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    Not Sure If You've Got A Pullet Or Cockerel? Click Here! Thread 2

    Hello! I have a juvenile, not sure of age or breed. He/she was found abandoned on the street in an apartment complex in Dubai; when I got him home and to a vet he was diagnosed with bird mites and secondary infections -- he's had to re-grow all his head feathers and I'm not sure if it affected...
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    Quick Question about Quarantine

    Here's a "before" pic, poor thing :(
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    Quick Question about Quarantine

    Hello all.. I adopted a rescued older chick -- I'd guesstimate 2-3 months old. He/she was bought at an animal market here as a pet, but once they figured out a chicken doesn't make a good apartment pet the poor thing was left out on the street. I brought him home, but saw that he was...
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    Can I separate a mom hen and older chick?

    Thanks, I'm ridiculously nervous about these chicks! Kate
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    Can I separate a mom hen and older chick?

    Hi all, I live overseas in the desert, my chickens live in a large run that they share on occasion with several feral garden cats. The cats leave them alone, and will sometimes share in the kitchen scraps I put out. One of my girls turned broody over the summer. I don't have any roosters, but...
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    Good evening, all!

    Thanks so much everyone! After reading the comments here, we've decided to work on securing the weaker areas of our run. In the meantime we have been letting the ladies out in the morning then we corral them back into their little house in the late afternoon, before it starts to get dark. I...
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    Good evening, all!

    Thanks so much for your comments. We had originally thought to put a green shade cloth over the top, but were worried about the buildup of tree leaves. Maybe we should do it anyway, and try to brush off the leaves periodically... although they seemed to like digging around in the leaves...
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    Good evening, all!

    Hello, I'm a new chicken owner, I'm an American living in the Middle East. I've wanted to try keeping chickens for a long time, it has taken this long to finally get things moving. I've tracked down your forum because I need some hand holding! I let my chickens out of their coop for the...
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