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    The one night I forgot to lock them up *sigh -_-

    Mine go in the minute it starts looking a little dusky. They don't even wait for dark. I thought they all did that.
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    Portsmouth, VA Chicken Laws?

    I'm in NC, an extremely rural little town. My town ordinance was ridiculous about letting me keep chickens even though I own an acre lot that is backed by woods and no neighbors. There is a lot of property between any of my neighbors and my house. The town council wouldn't address the change...
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    Leghorns

    I have one white Leghorn that I call my "dog chicken". She follows me around the pen and if I don't pay attention to her she will peck my leg, like "Look, here I am, down here". If I sit down somewhere she will fly into my lap. If I pick her up she will sit with me forever. Sweetest thing in...
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    Cost per egg

    I was so excited when I got my first egg. My husband called it the thousand dollar egg because that's probably how much we had invested in the whole deal!
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    I have two chickens

    She is just too cute!
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    Diarrhea? Help please...

    I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination but I know I read on here that their poo can become watery in the summer when they drink a lot of extra water. May be the medication or could be extra water intake?
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    Should I force them to like being held?

    I have an EE and she's been handled as much as my other birds and she still hates to be touched! She is my least friendly bird. Maybe it's something with them. I forgive her because she's beautiful and gives me pretty green eggs.
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    2 Legged Predators.....

    I think I might have come out firing warning shots into the air. It would have scared the **** out of tehm. Maybe having the gun pointed at them was enough.
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    Roost problems

    When you got out in the evening, pick them up and put them on the roost. After a couple of days they will get up there on their own.
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    Free chickens, need help identifying them

    By all means, take them! JMO. Don't look a gift chicken in the mouth.
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    Cleaning out the fridge

    My chickens will eat all kinds of beans. They always get my leftovers. I eat beans a lot as my meat replacement at dinnertime and there's always some leftover for the girls. Good source of protein!
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    A sad happy day

    I don't know the folks who took the roosters, they were being delivered by a friend of my sister. They will be living on a farm where they do horse rescue and they raise ducks and chickens and sell the eggs. The chickens are all in safe enclosures and properly cared for. I feel good knowing...
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    A sad happy day

    I knew it had to come. But I'm really not ready. My two little roosters are going to a new home today. I hate to have to do it, but I can't keep them here in town. They will be living on a farm not too far away. It's good that they will have a chance at life and not be someone's dinner. I...
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    Brahma chick, is it a roo?? And another chick breed question...

    The red looks like my New Hampshire pullets. They're really friendly birds.
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    Impacted/sour crop

    My sweet Buffy has a sour crop. She shows all of the symptoms--crop large and hard first thing in the morning before feeding. She won't come down off of her roost in the morning without help. She has the smell from her beak and when she got pecked earlier this morning some yucky looking fluid...
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