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    Butt-feather plucking

    My students and I have 7 chickens. We have three coops. - 2 silkies in a small coop ... plenty of room, and they get along great. - 2 slikie/Polish in a medium coop ... plenty of room, and they get along great. The silkie/Polish and silkies get along great. - 3 standard sized hens, 2 buff...
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    Update: crop surgery with graphic photos

    Thank you for this update ... I was despairing after not hearing for so long...
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    Do people lie about how many eggs they get??

    We have 7 chickens... when school was in session, just recently, I was getting 5-6 eggs a day. Not during the winter, mind you, because they do no have a light. Then we were getting 2-3 per day. All of my hens are the same age, 1 year, and only one has molted fully. Then school went...
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    Update: crop surgery with graphic photos

    Please get back to us on how your little one is doing? I cannot tell you how much emotional investment I have in this thread.
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    Pecking Order Challenge

    I just wanted to update this posting. The silkies and the frizzies (polish/silkies) get along amazingly well. The big girls (2 buffs and a barred rock) are doing fine with them, just a little pecking to let them know who is in charge. This transition has taken all of 2 months, and we are still...
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    Pecking Order Challenge

    So, great stuff. The new chickens, though donated, were selected for their temperament and their silkie roots. The woman who donated them did so because of her familial link to persons with severe disabilities. The new ladies are in their own coop with wire all around. They were in...
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    Pecking Order Challenge

    Hello! First Post ... Recently, a person from our neighborhood came onto school property with their child and their dog and took one of our silkies out of their loft, and their dog killed it. Horrible for everyone ... A person donated two polish-silkie chickens to our flock. Another family...
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    Functional Chickens

    I am excited to be a part of this community. I may have my students post questions from time to time. Thanks.
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    Functional Chickens

    I am new to the forum. I am a functional skills teacher in Missouri. I started to raise chickens with my students as a project based learning. I will continue this project based learning every year because it is simply miraculous what chickens do for students with severe disabilities...
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