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    Hi! I finally can go on a forum! I am new to raising chickens.

    I got my chickens at a day old. I am now collecting eggs and selling them. In the cold weather of a Canadian winter no less! what made one egg's shell shatter? It was soft and I put my thumb through it.
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    Need ER advice. Chicken ate half an avocado skin...looks bad

    ooohhh.....I didn't know. What a good idea for organic pest control! I must give it a try! In Canada in August there are numerous mole hills which I want to get rid of.
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    Need ER advice. Chicken ate half an avocado skin...looks bad

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    Fox got 4 hens last night/early morning ?

    I have the most amazing dog ......St Pyranees....I have had free range chickens for two years and have no trouble with fox, coyote, raccoon, or hawk. I love my dog! She is the greatest babysitter! Or chickensitter rather. But my cats ate 11 of the Whyandottes when they were babies. Now that they...
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    Fox got 4 hens last night/early morning ?

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    Need ER advice. Chicken ate half an avocado skin...looks bad

    Sorry your bird is sick from the avacado......I didn't think an avacado was toxic to chickens. Good to know.....as I eat the inside and give the skins to my birds. Sometimes they eat them sometimes they don't . Tempermental! I live in Canada where it is cooler and the scraps do not get warm or...
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    Please Help! My chicken is sick.

    Oh HI! Good Morning to you. I have to crow like a rooster as I don't have one! One of my hens was acting the same when the weather got cold. She was solitary, tail down, wouldn't eat or drink, and had the diahreahs. I am not sure which virus it was but it certainly is something which plagues...
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    Please Help! My chicken is sick.

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    new

    My name is Carol and I am a newby! I quilt and knit as well. Raising chickens in retirement is a great hobby! The chickens are hardly any work and offer a respite from sedentary hobbies. I have 9 laying hens and 3 Guinea guys who eat up the profit in the winter but earn 3X their keep in the...
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