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    Three Chickens: Hens or Roo's

    im not sure about the 2nd one, but the first and third are definitely roosters.
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    Ameraucana Rooster or Hen?!

    these look like our Ameraucauna hens.
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    whats the best breed of dog to get with 3 chickens in the backyard?

    hi everyone! we are planning on adopting a dog (not a puppy) from the animal protection society soon. we have three chickens (two wyandottes and one americana) who are about 5 mos old (not laying quite yet). i assume we will be getting some mixed-breed mutt, as it's from the pound. can you...
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    whats the safest dog to have with 3 chickens?

    hi everyone! we are planning on adopting a dog (not a puppy) from the animal protection society soon. we have three chickens (two wyandottes and one americana) who are about 5 mos old (not laying quite yet). i assume we will be getting some mixed-breed mutt, as it's from the pound. can you...
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    black australorp hen or rooster?

    yep - ROOSTER! yall were right. HE is back at the hatchery now, and things are a lot quieter around here. he was such a sweetheart - sad day....
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    black australorp hen or rooster?

    we are suddenly not so sure that one of our girls, Nighttime, is really a girl! she is about 20 weeks old and not laying yet. ive checked descriptions of black australorps and she has some female qualities, but also some male ones. female: no spur. male: large comb. large-ish tail. she seems...
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    my chickens keep moving the hay out of the nesting boxes...

    --- so you use shavings? the man we bought the coop from said to use hay and not shavings. he said there was some type of shavings (cedar?) that would "burn their butts." yikes. what type do you use? maybe i can switch to those for now.... -Amy
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    my chickens keep moving the hay out of the nesting boxes...

    we have 3 nesting boxes, and 6 younger hens (4 different breeds) that should start laying in Jan or Feb. we keep putting hay in the nesting boxes so that when they are ready to lay, they have a nice little place to sit. they pull it all out and scatter it on the floor of the coop within an hour...
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