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    I Haven't received a egg yet

    How many weeks are they?
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    Frustrated

    I've been searching all over for eggs, problem is- I've got 23 acres of lawn and woods to search through and then some if they sneak into my neighbor's property. Sometimes I leave them in for a little longer in the morning so that they might lay eggs inside the coop. I've tried to confine them...
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    Food/Water Intake After Attack-Advice Please

    I wouldn't press food too much right now, but if it has been a long time since they have drank, you can go ahead and pry their beak open and drop some water down with an eye dropper. Try to get as much as you can down. It's going to be hard to do by yourself especially if your chickens aren't...
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    Frustrated

    Just an update- I found one of my austrulorp roosters mating with a dominique. So I'm guessing/ hoping that that's a sign that eggs are coming soon. Though is it normal for roosters to do this before hens are mature? I got them all as day old chicks so they are very close in age.
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    Buff Orpingtons

    How big are the buff minorcas? I let my chickens free range after failed attempts of keeping them in so flying wouldn't be too much of an issue.
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    Newbie Chicken Farmer

    Welcome to Backyard Chickens! I have 3 Black austrolorps as well, though they have yet to lay
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    Hello All From Florida

    WELCOME TO BYC From NC
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    Greetings

    Welcome To Backyard Chickens! I'm not from Washington state, sorry.
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    Chicken attacked by Hawk

    Thanks for this info. I don't think I'll do the sutures but I'll certainly clean it out and things.
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    Dominique with crook in neck

    Ok, I'll see if I can find some, maybe at petsmart. In the meantime, It's sort of covered by his feathers so hopefully it'll keep out the bugs.
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    Dominique with crook in neck

    I hadn't really examined his neck until an hour or so ago when I discovered a very gruesome gash on the back of his neck behind layers of feather. At first I had a panick attack because I'm not too great at that stuff but I managed to put some tea tree oil on it to keep off the bugs. It could...
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    Chicken attacked by Hawk

    Aww, Chik- ira is adorable. I never knew that owls went after chickens. I always thought that they went after mice and things. I was examining my dominique's neck today and I found that it was much worse than I had origionally thought . There's an enourmous bloody gash hidden beneath his neck...
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    Buff Orpingtons

    When I first got into chickens I loved and wanted buff orpingtons, but I held back because I was afraid that it's too warm down south. I've heard that they're very hardy against the cold, but in nc that's rarely too big of an issue. Would heat be a problem for them?
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    Dominique with crook in neck

    My dominique was attacked by a hawk yesterday and now he's always turning his head to the left and never to the right even when he's turning in that direction. He looks pretty miserable. I'm think he has a crook in his neck. What should I do about it? Just wait it out? Any suggestions are...
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    Frustrated

    Thanks for all of your help! I'll be sure to watch if my chickens are squatting and I'll let you all when the first egg comes!
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