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    Help, mama rejection

    She had 8, now she ok with the 5 she has left, but every morning I go out I worry about what I'm gonna see. We have lost 2 so far, and I took the eggs left in the nest and one hatched so now I have 2 to keep going. They both take water voluntarily from an eyedropper, so we mixed some...
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    Help, mama rejection

    Hen had rejected 3 chicks, 7 days after the hatching began, everything was fine till this morning, went out and found one dead, one almost dead, and one with it's head scalped but perky (if you can believe that). At first I thought maybe it had been a wood rat or a weasel, but our 4X14...
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    Comment by 'chickitup' in article 'Dog - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Dogs'

    I'm sorry, but we've had chickens & dogs of all breeds for generations, even wolf crosses and the only way to get it through their heads is: you, some chickens, and the dog, inside a small pen with a decent size stick. Every time he goes after them, wack & yell NO, it will only take twice or...
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    Comment by 'chickitup' in article 'Coyote - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Coyotes'

    Coyotes can gang up on 1 dog and Coons can lure the dog into a pond and drown them. We have a guard Llama and a mini horse in our chicken pen and they keep all predators away. The only thing that wouldn't scare off I suspect, would be a cougar...can't win em all....
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    Comment by 'chickitup' in article 'Raccoon - Chicken Predators - How To Protect Your Chickens From Coons'

    Our chicken yard is large, so we have a Guard Llama, and a Mini horse who scream the alarms, and run around like crazy, when anything gets remotely close to the fence. We hear lots of strage sounds at night, but going on 3 yrs without loosing a chicken (not bad), keep up the good work "Mitus &...
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    Rooster picking on a hen?

    I kept this hen penned up for over 3 wks till she was healed up (rooster may have torn her up), but as soon as I let her out both roosters pick on her (especially the youngest), the older rooster protects all the others except her??? They free range on 4 acres, but she hides most of the time...
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    Aggresive Chickens/Roosters toward humans

    I've been working on figuring out how to keep my rooster out of the pot, cause he chases everyone & flogs em, especially the kids. First, I watched a really good example of how to remove the outer casing of their spurs on You Tube. Caught him at night, wrapped him in a sheet, in case he tried...
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    I want to buy some bulk grains at the grocery store for this winter.

    I think probably most of America, heh...heh...heh
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    Why no chicks till February?

    Well, I added some teens that had been hatched by a renegade hen from a lady, so possibly next summer I'll get a few chicks from them, we'll see...and thanks for the tip, it takes me a long while to slow down and read the directions on how this site works....it more fun just to cuss it...
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    Why no chicks till February?

    Question? I have had my hens and rooster for over a year ( 2 springs & summers), and no chicks??? They have free range and come in every night, and all lay, so whats up? The roo is geogeous and big and does all the things nature intended him to do, but still no chicks, and now winter is...
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    Dead chickens

    We have a guard Llama in with our chickens, the pen is about 120' x 80', during the day we hook the gate so the chickens can go freely in & out (Lama won't even try), there's a tree in there with a couple of chicken houses, and during the hot weather I run the sprinkler in the afternoon. At...
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    Hen Suddenly Died! - Why??? :(

    found my rooster's favorite hen dead in the bushes with no signs of trauma. Two days later found another healthy one dead in the nest at the end of the day with no sign of trauma, her neck was crooked down and her butt was wet & weird looking.???? What is up??? I have noticed brown diarrhea...
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