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    Sudden Hen Death, No Symptoms.

    Hi, I know this is an old thread that I am reviving but this may help someone out there. I searched for hen died and it led me here. My black australorp was found dead a few days ago. No signs, she seemed fine and then I found her dead. It was very very hot here and I thought she may have spend...
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    wht are the best egg layers

    I want to chime in with another question. I have one black australorp that is 5 months old...she is so big and that maybe why I am so impatient...when am I going to get an egg from this bird? anyway to add my 2 cents on the question...I have 2 red stars that give me an egg each every single...
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    How to move in the new pullets

    I know this HAS to be the most common question but I really couldnt find an answer anywhere. I am sorry if it has been posted too many times. I am trying to put my 12 week old pullets in with my ten 6 month old hens and it is a brutal scene everytime!! they all gang up on the new guys and pick...
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    A Raven Beheaded My Chicks

    Believe me...it was a raven!! I had the same exact thing happen. I was in the house just 15 minutes, i had let the little guys out into the yard for the very first time and when I came back 2 had been beheaded!! I believe i must have interrupted the attack and that they would have come back for...
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    :( Ravens :(

    I had two smaller chickens get out and later found them dead in pieces. I thought it must have been a coyote since we have tons of them! Then one day I saw a big raven chasing one of the not so small chickens around the yard pulling out its feathers and as I neared I saw that they had already...
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    anyone have experience with mutts?

    Thanks so much for all the replies. I am having such fun with all my new friends. My girls like to pair off, funny. I have a pair of the red stars, a pair of barred rocks, a pair of americanas, 1 RIR, 1 Leghorn 1 australorp, 2 polish hens with the pom pom on their heads? I call them the monroe...
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    anyone have experience with mutts?

    Hi there, I am new here and a novice with chickens. I have 9 chickens that I raised from babies and I got impatient waiting for eggs so I bought a couple of red stars that were 7 weeks old and even though I paid a ridiculous price for them I am getting an egg a day from each. They are very cool...
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