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    Is this a chicken?!

    Thank you for the confirmation.
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    Is this a chicken?!

    Thank you for the confirmation.
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    Is this a chicken?!

    Thank you for the information. I thought she looked like a game bird. You're right, she is absolutely convinced that she needs to make more chickens, even though we don't have a rooster or want more little chickens.
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    Is this a chicken?!

    One member of my little flock has always been an unknown. I bought Arwen last October at a feed store--she was alone in a cage marked 'hens,' even though she was still a pullet. No one at the feed store knew her breed; when I brought her home, my Americana freaked out. For two months straight...
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    Reintroducing a broody hen back into the flock

    I just wanted to post an update. After nearly a week in the 'cage of shame,' and supervised outdoor time with her sisters, Arwen has successfully reintegrated back into the flock (she's the black one with the straight tail and gold on her neck). Everyone seems to be adjusting well. Thanks to all...
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    Reintroducing a broody hen back into the flock

    Thanks for the advice. Yesterday, we moved the 'time out' cage into the yard with the chicken house and run. We also had all four chickens in the same semi-enclosed area for around an hour. Arwen avoided the other three at first, while the other three alternately hide, flew onto me, or stood...
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    Reintroducing a broody hen back into the flock

    That must be it, broody hormones. Chicken PMS is no fun.
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    Reintroducing a broody hen back into the flock

    Thank you. I'll research local stores to see where I can buy peepers.
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    Reintroducing a broody hen back into the flock

    I'm seeking advice from the chicken community on how to reintroduce a broody hen back into the flock. Four days ago, we separated one of our hens, Arwen, from the rest of the flock because of broody behavior. She's in a good size wire cage in the front yard. She can't see the other girls and...
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    Two-year-old chickens not laying in June!-looking for advice

    Crude protein is 17%, according to the feed bag label. It contains peas, flaxseeds, limestone, and alfalfa pellets, among other things. Nobody is molting so far this year. I'm in California where the weather has been desert-like--hot days followed by cold nights. (It's been in the 80s during the...
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    Two-year-old chickens not laying in June!-looking for advice

    I have a very small flock. Two, two-year-old Rhode Island Reds and two, one-year-old Americanas. Their pen/run spans half of our backyard and goes along the side of the neighbor's house. They have a lot of dirt to play in, which they love. All of our chickens began to lay when they were about...
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    Injured and Shocked hen

    Thank you so much for the tip. I'll check my local feed store and Amazon.
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    Injured and Shocked hen

    Thank you for the advice. Atty seems to be a little bit better today--I brought her out to the front yard this morning to free range and she enjoyed eating grass and roaming around. She stayed out there peacefully for about an hour. I think she's still in shock, though, because she moves really...
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    Injured and Shocked hen

    Hello all. I am fairly new to chicken raising and could really use some advice. The other night, Saturday, while I was getting my chickens ready to go in their coop for the night, one (or possibly two) of my hens viciously attacked another one of my hens. I have two chicken species, Rhode Island...
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    Collapsed egg hanging out of vent

    The same thing happened to one of my girls, Missy, towards the beginning of her first big molt earlier this year. She was just standing around with a collapsed egg hanging out of her. I put on gloves, picked her up, and got it out of her, then cleaned her vent gently with water, gave her lots of...
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