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    What do you do if two hens start acting like mortal enemies?

    They don't free range (too many predators) but I've attempted to integrate them both in the run and out on the grass (while standing guard for predators). Their current run is about 8-10 feet long and 3-4 feet wide, but in an L shape. Hmmm it could absolutely be a pecking order problem. Before...
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    What do you do if two hens start acting like mortal enemies?

    You'd think that one of my two roosters would intervene in the fighting, but instead, they look freaked out and back away lol
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    What do you do if two hens start acting like mortal enemies?

    I've tried shorter versions of this and everyone else gets along just fine (after the standard amount of minor initial pecking order squabbles). When the younger chickens were still chicks, I had an incident where my cranky older hen kept stalking and attacking them (and needed to be separated...
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    What do you do if two hens start acting like mortal enemies?

    They've been on either side of the wire for 5 months. Good suggestion about the head fluff! My old hen has the smallest poof and can see just fine but the younger hen is extremely fluffy. That said, the younger hen doesn't attack my other old hen.
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    What do you do if two hens start acting like mortal enemies?

    I have a flock of six silkies: two roosters and four hens. Everyone was getting along just fine until this winter, when I had to separate out my two ten-year-old hens from the four younger chickens because the old ladies were having a hard time in sub-zero temperatures and needed to be kept...
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    YO GEORGIANS! :)

    Awesome, thank you for this reminder!
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    Counties in GA that allow roosters?

    Did you manage to find a county that allows roosters? And did you happen to see any in eastern Georgia (ideally in the general Augusta area) that allow roosters? I just got a job in Augusta and would like to take all my chickens (roosters included) with me when I move.
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    YO GEORGIANS! :)

    Hi Georgia peeps! I just got a new job in Augusta Georgia and I'll be moving to the area this summer. I have six silkies: four hens and two roosters. I'm looking to live in an area within an hour's drive of Augusta, to the west of the city. Does anyone have any suggestions about general areas...
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    Do any chickens need fostering after the Los Angeles fires?

    That's awesome! My mom is also available to foster chickens in Northridge! She has a big, empty, predator-proof coop/aviary and isn't in a wildfire-risk area. She's been calling the various animal shelters and rescues (including Pasadena) to check to see if anyone needs a place to temporarily...
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    Broody silkie

    Oh gosh, silkies are SO persistent! How long has she been broody for? I usually remove their eggs, repeatedly lift them up off their nest/wherever they're broody, and sometimes block off access to the place they've fixated on. After I've done all that, it usually takes several days for them to...
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    Chicken and Fires. What to do?

    Echicky (or anyone else reading this who is evacuating), message me if you end up evacuating and need a place to foster your chickens! My mom lives in Northridge, has a giant, empty, fully enclosed aviary/coop/run, and said she can foster chickens for up to a couple of months! We had chickens...
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    Did I make a mistake bringing my 3 chickens in the house overnight because of the cold?

    I think you made the right call in bringing them inside. I have a house hen right now (an elderly silkie bantam) who I'm sheltering from the cold. The rest of my flock is a little more hardy but are staying in the coop until temps are in the double digits this afternoon. I second putting up...
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    Freezing water

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    Bringing a hen inside during a cold spell

    Thank you so much! I've got a cold little rooster on a 30 min house warmup right now and wasn't sure if I was doing the right thing. I just moved to the midwest and have never dealt with temps like this before! I have the inside temp set to the 50s, which seems to be pretty comfortable for...
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    Bringing a hen inside during a cold spell

    Thoughts on shorter-term stints indoors? If I have a particularly cold-looking chicken, how long can they stay inside before they would need to acclimate? Is it fine to bring them inside to warm up for, say, 30 min? An hour?
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