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    S.O.S. MY FRIEND GAVE ME EGGS TO EAT AND ONE IS PEEPING

    Yikes, trying to give you three week old eggs to eat? Glad they’re inedible in a different way :lol:
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    Coyote attack in the middle of the day.

    Yes they’re super hardy, I notice more loss of young offspring than of the adult population, although when the adult population does wane I can usually attribute it to hunters. There actually is one that sustained a leg injury about three years ago and despite now walking with a pronounced limp...
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    How intense is your pecking order?

    My birds generally don’t have many issues with the exceptions of everyone getting fed up with any broody birds, and my Sumatra and my Millie Fleur d’Uccle. The Sumatra would absolutely terrorize the bantam, chasing her around the run, pinning her down and dominance mounting— often pulling out...
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    Coyote attack in the middle of the day.

    I did try to go after him but probably scared him way off with the UTV. Counter productive, I know, but I wasn’t thinking lol. I almost never leave them unattended but its been so unbearably hot this summer and my heat tolerance is too poor to stay out there with them all day. I definitely...
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    Coyote attack in the middle of the day.

    He’s been chased by dogs before and he always climbs a tree to escape. The issue is that coyotes can climb too and he’d end up trapped if that were to happen. He’s a super tiny cat, the size of the chicken the coyote took off with, so not worth risking it at all. Coyotes definitely go after...
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    Coyote attack in the middle of the day.

    This isn’t a question so go ahead and move it if I’m posting in the wrong forum, I’m just so frustrated and need to say something about this. I haven’t lost a bird to a predator in nearly six years and today, while my birds were free ranging, that streak was broken. They hadn’t even been out...
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    Found Red Mites. Am I completely screwed?

    I’ve heard time and time again that red mites are a living hell to try and get rid of, but always sort of naively thought that I would never have to deal with them myself. Well, I was wrong, and now I completely have no idea what to do. This is not a war I’m wanting to fight, and at the same...
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    Brought her in to treat a wound and realized she can’t stand

    Not sitting on eggs to hatch, no. I generally just let them be broody and just take the eggs since it can be a hassle to break. I hadn’t even considered that letting her with the heat this bad could increase risk, so thank you for making me aware. I have her in the garage now with a fan going on...
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    Brought her in to treat a wound and realized she can’t stand

    I just brought my one year old blue orp in the garage to treat a pretty bad head wound from pecking when I realized she cannot stand. She’s been broody for a good number of weeks now, and because of that I haven’t seen her out of the nest. For that reason I also don’t know if this has been going...
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    Walking/Running Thread

    I was going to say I bet it was him who first dragged you out the door :lau
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    Walking/Running Thread

    Nor did I. The cats are what got me into it lol.
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    South Georgia snowwoman

    Crazy thing, wish I could’ve seen it myself.
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    Back after several years

    Welcome back, Tammy! Also in the south making it through this crazy cold winter. Nothing like we’ve ever had before. Did you get snow in WV?
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    New member

    Welcome to BYC! Great flock, your rooster looks quite proud of his hens there. :welcome
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    Glad to be here

    Welcome to BYC! Growing chickens are definitely great eaters, no doubt about that. Good luck with the new feeder and waterer!
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