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    Merry, the Christmas Chicken Update - Not Sure Where to Go from Here. . .

    Hi - Thanks for responding. Well, she is doing better out with the flock. They seem to be leaving her alone after several days of "seeing her around" in her pen. I am still bringing her in at night into her own kennel, however. She is about the same. I have no idea how old she is but I can ask...
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    Merry, the Christmas Chicken Update - Not Sure Where to Go from Here. . .

    Well, Merry, the chicken I received on Christmas Day - is still alive, and seems to be doing better each day. She is starting to fuss a little bit when I pick her up - so, I'm assuming that's an improvement over total passivity. She is eating and drinking well. And the pecking has let up from...
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    Adopted After a Weasel Wiped Out the Rest of Her Flock

    I agree it seems small. But, they do have a choice of two coops. I built a much larger one specifically for the guinea hens - and while they like to go in there and "hang out" - when it gets really cold (we've had sub-zero temps already) - they prefer to crash the party in the other coop when it...
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    Adopted After a Weasel Wiped Out the Rest of Her Flock

    Thanks - they sleep in their coop at night - 10 x 10 - but it's a bit more crowded since the snow hit and 11 guinea hens decided to "bunk in" with the rest of the girls. From dawn on they all have the run of 4 acres - or as far as they can get...so, I don't think they're going to be too crowded...
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    Adopted After a Weasel Wiped Out the Rest of Her Flock

    Thanks, I appreciate your response and the picture very much. Is there a possibility that she will never "fit in" with the rest of the chickens? She is a different color and has a different body shape - so, I'm wondering how much of an effect that might have? Is one peck serious - or is that how...
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    Adopted After a Weasel Wiped Out the Rest of Her Flock

    So, for Christmas - I received "Merry". She is a beautiful buff orpington who had to watch the rest of her flock be decapitated by a weasel over the course of several days. How she survived was either resourcefulness - or pure luck. Her previous owner asked if I could bring her into my flock...
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