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    Texas

    Quote: Hill country here, too. Love Utopia. Will be there next week.
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    Texas

    Or maybe a Black Rosecomb Bantam. She looks a lot like the hens in your link. They might be the same thing.
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    Texas

    I think she is a black cochin bantam. I will go try and count her toes...haha
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    Another reason I love my chickens

    Quote: FOR SURE! They are so efficient, no chemicals, plus the bonus of eggs and yard fertilizer. win-win-win
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    Texas

    I do not know what kind she is. I met a man who sold his ranch and he was leaving and was going to leave her there, so he gave her to me. She is small and solid black. Is that a specific breed? The rancher called her a banty. She has been laying a light brown, kind of large egg a day, then...
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    Another reason I love my chickens

    I also think they have been eating *fire ants* of all things. I had several fire ant mounds pop up recently since it has gotten warm, and one was in my garden. I do not like to use any type of ant killer because I am an organic gardener and have the chickens. These are those nasty fire ants...
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    Show off your chicken names!!!

    Rebel is my new black banty rescue chicken. She crows like a rooster in the morning, and then lays an egg during the day. So we named her after Bowie's Rebel Rebel cause she is not sure if she's a boy or a girl. Does anyone else have a crowing hen? Is that normal? (define normal haha)
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    Check out my rescued hen (PICTURE)

    Super cool. Great story. And Sopa...great name!
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    Another reason I love my chickens

    I know how much they love bugs, and help with bug control. And their great eggs. I have another confirmed reason why I love my chickens. This weekend my daughter and I found our first scorpion of the season. We are in an area of Texas where we do see quite a few scorpions. We moved a brick and...
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    Texas

    Hello everyone Does anyone have an extra banty hen? I acquired a banty hen that was being left at a ranch, and she is so great I would like her to have a banty hen friend. I have 5 silkies and they get along well with the banty. But they have different nesting habits and the banty is left to...
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    Feral tomcat

    I am happy to report the feral tom I was worried about has respectfully stayed away. I see him prowl through the field to this pocket of trees. He hunts there for something and must be getting what he wants.
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    Feral tomcat

    Thanks, not going to throw cat food.
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    Question on Hawks?

    I copied this re. predators: Several birds killed; mauled but not eaten Dog Several birds killed; lots of small bites on body, bodies neatly piled, some heads eaten Mink or Weasel Several birds killed; heads and crops eaten Raccoon One or two birds killed; mauled, abdomen eaten Opossum One...
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    Feral tomcat

    Quote: I am in the hill country in Texas. I haven't seen many feral cats around here until this big guy started coming in from the ranch behind my house. I noticed him a few weeks ago, but he kept his distance and vanished into the woods. But today he was on the fenceline...just looking at my...
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    Feral tomcat

    Quote: I guess I do not know for sure. I am not really sure how I would know, except that it is a very large, wild, un-neutered male cat that lives in the woods in a pasture behind my house. I think it is very unlikely that he is a stray. He is wild, not just scared. My fence backs up to...
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