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    Your prettiest chicken contest

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    Hens setting on eggs

    I am dealing with a similar situation except I have one hen that hatched 6 of 9 eggs and gave up after 6. Luckily, I had a broody hen that refused to stop being broody and I gave her the last 3 eggs (they were added by my layers after we marked the first 6 and we had no idea when they would...
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    6 yr. old having walking problems

    We have a 6 yr. old hen, no longer a layer, but, she is a great ol' gal and she keeps the peace in the mixed age flock. 3 days ago she was walking around the yard with difficulty, her back end hanging way down, not making an attempt to go up the ramp to the coop at night. We have had to help...
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    Hola from Costa Rica!

    Thanks for the warm welcome, for the forum links on cats and the other suggestions. I've been reading the cat posts and finding many of them entertaining! Hopefully the kitten will outgrow the need to chase the chickens. Unfortunately, the chickens are not brave enough to attack the kitten...
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    Hola from Costa Rica!

    Hola! I live in Costa Rica and have been gleaning info. from BYC for almost a year now. We acquired 8 hens and a rooster almost a year ago to control our tick population on our farm. We started out with a red/buff Frizzle, 3 Australorp, 2 red longhorns and a Rhode island Red and a beautiful...
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