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    What am I?

    This chicken is a bit of a mystery... He's a he I think? We brought home 4 chicks that were a couple weeks old, at the end of May. The other 3 (a Dominique and 2 oiolas) are definitely hens and definitely look like what they're supposed to be. This chicken came from the same breeder who said...
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    Ontario, Canada

    Im in alvinston near london :) right now we have 4 red sex link hens, one black mystery hen, and a jersey giant roo who has a death wish. i think we need a new roo...
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    Aggressive Rooster

    thanks for the awesome response! Ive been watching his actions, and he does a lot of what you described sometimes, sometimes hes golden, and lately hes been a downright bugger. im not home during the day now, hubs is... and wyatt hates him. two days ib a row hes actually chased me down in the...
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    Aggressive Rooster

    Now i have a similar question to everyones... my roo isnt aggressive unless hes cornered. i can approach him in the yard, i can take the hens out of the coop, i can be in the coop with everyone working, but if hes backed into a corner, he starts jumping and puffing up. and i mean like within a...
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    Neighbor hates my chickens- will she do them harm?

    I just finished reading... this is like a novel! I feel really blessed to have tolerant neighbors... the donkey across the street has ptsd and screams like hes dying, so my roo in comparison is quiet lol. poor donkey though... my neighbor rescued him from his old herd beating him up.
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    half blind bird i think ;(

    If she is partially blind, she will adapt fine :) i have a polish hen who ot pecked in the eye before we took her in. at her old coop, she hid in the corner with he head stuffed in it. she didnt roost and screamed if anyone touched her. At our coop, the first few days she did the same. Then she...
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    Debeaked rescues...

    Those are neat! I might gwt some either way! So far thwy seem to be coping... ive seen them all drink out of the waterer. i think it is bothering me more than them lol
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    Debeaked rescues...

    Thanks! I have layer crumble, its just as fine as the chick starter. i brought out some baked soft apple chunks and bananas and they all seemed to gobble it up. im starting to think they were just too scared from the move to eat. i was able to catch the second worst beaked hen, and trimmed her...
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    Debeaked rescues...

    On Sunday, i rescued 4 red sex links who have been debeaked to varying degrees. 2 of them have a somewhat normal top beak, but short. one has a bit shorter top beak, and it looks almost normal. still short, and from the front has a hole between top and bottom. th last one is the worst, she has...
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    Canadians check in here....

    Hi all! I'm in southern Ontario, and although I have been stalking the forums for the past 3 weeks, I have 4 mystery eggs I got from my husbands uncle that are on day 11 in the bator! This is my first round of my own chickens, hubbys never had them. I'm already planning our next batch of either...
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