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    Suburban Backyard ~ Temporary Fencing Suggestions?

    We live in a suburban neighborhood surrounded by 6' fences. I like to allow my 5 girls free-range as much as possible but my husband's pet-peeve is chicken poop on our patio. I don't know if it's the warmth of the afternoon sun or what, but the chickens are drawn to it like a fish to water! I...
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    Reusing Molted Feathers?

    Ohhh, thanks for the pictures and tips! Having selected our 2 Barred Rocks mainly on their pretty black and white feathers, I'm excited that I might be able to re-purpose their feathers into other items - and I'm glad that no one laughed at my thought of reusing them - and no, you're definitely...
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    Reusing Molted Feathers?

    Oh yes, I'd love to see photos too! I have 7 and 10 year old daughters that LOVE hair clips. Do you clean them before using them?
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    Reusing Molted Feathers?

    Our 2nd hen is going through her molt at the moment and after looking at all the feathers covering the coop floor, I began to wonder if anyone collects/cleans them and reuses them for anything - pillows, fishing lures, jewelry? It seems like such a waste in this "reuse everything you can" world...
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    Fleas?

    Once again, I'm so glad that this forum is around! We just found fleas on our 2 cats and 2 dogs yesterday and coated them with Advantage. I was worried that my 5 girls would also get them, but you've all reassured me now. Thanks!
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    Egg Hiding - How Long Will Eggs Keep Without Refridgeration?

    Thanks everyone for the replies! Now I'm even "redder" that hubby tossed the eggs....oh well though. Live and learn. I've already seen my sneaky hen walking around outside the tractor this AM so I'm off for another Easter Egg hunt and will do the water test.
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    Egg Hiding - How Long Will Eggs Keep Without Refridgeration?

    One of my hens has a bad habit of escaping from a tractor extension we temporarily set up while working on plans for an ark - and we know she's been hiding her eggs as they're not in the coop with the others. Over the weekend, my daughter found a nest of 9 eggs in a geranium planter under her...
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    Toenail Outer Covering Removed

    This morning, I noticed that one of our 5 mo. old Barred Plymouth Rock chicks had blood on her feet. I picked her up, brought her into the bathroom, and washed off her feet. The wound seemed to be on the underside of one foot and was already stopping bleeding. I used some liquid wound cleaner...
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    Easter Egger Aggression?

    LOL! Good one spook!! Actually, the kindergarten experiment was watching the eggs incubate and hatch. We brought 3 of them home the day they were born (and right before Easter vacation), before little fingers could start poking around at the poor little babies! Thanks again everyone!
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    Easter Egger Aggression?

    Thanks everyone for your replies. I put our RIR roo outside this afternoon to get some fresh air and scratching time and Alice came right over to say "Hello! Where have you been hiding?" I barely blinked before he jumped on top of her....so the pheromones must be oozing right now. The poor...
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    Easter Egger Aggression?

    As an update, I just spoke to a woman tonight that took 2 of the other EE chicks that hatched with ours - a kindergarten class experiment. She said that one of her pullet's combs had recently grown and the other pullet had just started attacking her comb and waddles so much they had to be...
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    Easter Egger Aggression?

    I've read that Easter Eggers are sweet and gentle, which our 23 wk. pullet normally is, but over the last couple of weeks, she's gotten a mean streak too, biting at our hand when we reach into her portable coop to change/add water or food. Is this normal or is she mad at us? We did the...
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    My roo tried to ...um you know

    WOW! That was a great article! I had no idea that you had be alpha with roos just like dogs - that comes second nature for me with them. But after reading that article, I have a different idea now about our first roo. I figured it was just pecking order between the 3 of them and he was "top...
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    My roo tried to ...um you know

    Thanks for your quick response. I must have intuition, as I went out this afternoon and he went after her just as you all discussed - poor girl was scared out of her mind. So, I guess I'll have to separate them for now and he'll be meeting Mr. ax this week - we can't have roos in our city...
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    My roo tried to ...um you know

    I have one rooster (RIR) and one pullet (EE) left from a kindergarten incubation project - rooster #2 met the ax a couple weeks ago once he started chasing us around the backyard and crowing incessantly. The remaining 2 chicks are now 17 weeks old. I really don't *want* fertilized eggs so...
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