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    Dominant Hen or Closet Roo?

    I have a couple hens that are acting weird. They climb up on top of another hen's back and it looks like they are mating? They bite down on the top of their head and hold them down while they do this. I now have several hens that have almost no feathers left on their head or on their backs at...
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    Murray McMurray?

    I got 26 birds from them and it was my first time with chickens. I'm in south texas and they came healthy and happy right on time. No fatalities. Started laying right on time and laying like crazy right now. I'm getting 14+ eggs a day, sometimes 24. My one problem was I ordered all pullets and...
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    Someone gotta warn us Newbies that chicks sleep like THIS:

    Love the sleeping chicks, was hilarous when I would catch them dozzing off and jerking awake until they just said the heck with it and fell over asleep. Uh, that isn't oyster shell in the first picture on the thread, is it?
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    will standards pick on bantams?

    I have a flock of RIR, red stars, and black stars and they have a very competitive pecking order and can be downright mean with each other. Moving to a bigger coup in the spring when it is finished and hoping will improve behavior. Since my EE's turned out to be roo's and my mom really wants...
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    Lay crumble O.K. for roo's??

    Hi RoxyOtis, I just asked a similar question yesterday and I had a few replies. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=108038 Basically they said it is fine as long as they are full grown. It is during the growing process that the extra calcium could be harmful. Hope that helps...
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    Our Home-Grown Melamine Problem

    There is a place in Texas called Coyote Creek Feed Mill. He is an older gentleman who educated himself when he was diagnosed with cancer, and he beat it. In his research he was motivated to grow his own ingredients for his flock's feed so that he could control everything that went into it. He is...
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    So what do I feed the roo?

    My pullets just turned 18 weeks old and since I got my first egg yesterday it is time to switch to Layena. My problem is that one of my birds turned out to be a roo. Is it safe for him to eat Layena with the other birds, or is the calcium going to be too much for him?
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    will eggs be buried in deep litter?

    Concerning the baby moniter. My Hens were making that bwack sound for a couple weeks (I was so concerned about it I posted to find out why under ""creepy hen") and no eggs. Then today, out of the blue, my mom heard some squaking that distinctly sounded different then their usual noises, and...
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    Post your FIRST EGG pics!

    My chickens (Born July 23) are still in temporary housing from the hurricane (big coop half built now) so they are in the garage. My Mom was trying to take a nap and called me in and said she heard a noise that sounded like one of the birds layed an egg (she has no chicken experiance either). I...
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    Creepy Hen

    Quote: I scrolled back up to look at the photo after I read this and cracked up, that is exactly what it looks like.
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    Creepy Hen

    She doesn't have any roo feathers and she looks just like all the rest of the black stars I have (I did end up with one roo and I was able to figure out he was a roo by his feathers before he crowed last week, but he is an EE). She has nicely rounded feathers, and she has "talked" like this for...
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    Creepy Hen

    I have about 20 hens and they are not quite laying yet. One of them constantly makes this croaking brrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaak brrraaakbrraakbrraak sound. I've notice when she does this (which is almost all the time when they are up and active) the other hens all sort of twitch their heads, like a...
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    I get to order more chickies! What should I get?

    needmorechickens! : Wheaten Marans - They lay dark brown eggs and the birds are so pretty! ~Rebecca Ok so I never heard of these but I googled them and they are increadible! Would LOVE some of these, but can't find them except from 1 breeder. Great suggestion, Thanks!
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    I get to order more chickies! What should I get?

    I ordered birds awhile back and we are loving it! However because of a recent incident I had to add on to my coop and then ended up finding a new home for the flock instead (see post in emergencies if curious why). I had ordered araucanas because my mom loved the idea of blue eggs, however they...
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    Are they eating each other, how to save?

    Update! The women that was renting the house to them says they skipped out on their rent too. Apparently they gave her a false name and she says she didn't check them out when she rented out the house since she usually just does the honor system and goes by her instincts (not anymore!). Poor...
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