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    Rehabilitated Hen with bump on back of head?

    Hey! Our former rooster, a Welsumer, has attacked a Buff Orp pullet we have some three times. He would have killed her. He really, really seemed to hate her. She had been ill and got over it, but was left very submissive. The first time I realised he'd he attacked her I found her head a bloody...
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    Can chickens taste/smell?

    I can tell you that chickens can indeed smell, only because of a very sad event that took place in my flock. Namely, they attacked and blinded a Buff Orp hen while out freeranging one afternoon. So now I have a blind hen, who unfortunately my son is very fond of, and who I have to keep in a very...
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    Laying hens for sale- NE Florida

    We have 17 month old laying hens for sale here in St Augustine Florida. We are selling seven of our one year 4 mo old laying hens (hatched mid February 2008). $15 each. There are three Rhode Island Reds, two Buff Orpingtons and two Barred Plymouth Rocks. They are from our family flock and...
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    Keeping the girls cool in hot weather

    I've been reading about the iced water thing, the pros and cons of whether to drink it yourself in hot weather or give it to hot chickens. Here's my tuppence worth: last year in June when the hot weather hit I lost three five month old pullets in a week. Every day I changed their water, they...
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    What happens in a flock when there's a new rooster?

    Yes I'll quarantine them. I have a nice healthy flock and I don't want them bringing in any outside roo cooties.
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    What happens in a flock when there's a new rooster?

    Thanks for your replies. I've just followed up the Rooster Red link and see that I already read it in the early summer of last year when El Jefe (the bad boy rooster) started giving us problems. I do pick him up, and so does my husband. I've hung him down by the legs. It doesn't seem to...
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    What happens in a flock when there's a new rooster?

    We have an aggressive Ameraucana rooster who, despite making our lives difficult as chicken caretakers, nevertheless does a really good job with his flock. He's fertile, protective and nice to his hens. We've never had trouble with predators taking our hens even though we have many hawks...
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    Nigerian Dwarf Milk Nanny Goat for sale-----Florida Panhandle

    Hello! I've just been scanning websites for a nice friendly, family Nigerian doe and found you on my favourite chicken info site!!! Do you still have her? How I hope so. We are in St Aug and really really want some goat milk. We have two other does, so she'd have company.
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    What happens if Chickies eat laying hen feed?

    Hello friends! This is a message I've also posted under 'feeding time'. Hope that's ok. What happens if chicks eat grown up layer feed? My chicks are 6 weeks old and still hanging out with Mama Hen. I've had two feeders on the go: one inside the coop with the chicks containing Chick Start and...
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    What if chicks eat Layena?

    What happens if chicks eat grown up layer feed? My chicks are 6 weeks old and still hanging out with Mama Hen. I've had two feeders on the go: one inside the coop with the chicks containing Chick Start and Grow; one outside in the run, where the babies couldn't get, containing Layena (the...
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    Half-eaten chick in coop- dirty rats?

    Well, they say when you get livestock you end up with some deadstock... I asked you last week about coop security for the chicks I was awaiting. Twelve out of twelve hatched under our lovely broody Evangelina Pilgrim. All seemed well last night and this morning, or so I thought. Now I don't...
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    chick safety in the coop

    I'm embarrassed to say that when I said 'below zero' I meant 'zero degrees centigrade' (=32 degrees Farenheit) cos I'm English and still think in that if I'm not careful. So, yes, it doesn't generally get colder than a pretty pathetic 26 degrees F some nights. I used to live in MD, with snow...
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    chick safety in the coop

    Hello CK Chickadilly! Fifteen is an impressive number indeed!!!! I didn't know whether they were too many for her to look after- especially once they're free ranging. She seems to be doing wonderfully though. I don't like to mess with nature. Here's a question: we only intend to keep 6 of the...
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    chick safety in the coop

    CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!!!! Our little barred rock has hatched all twelve eggs!!!! All healthy all gorgeous!! I'm soooo happy!!!!
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    chick safety in the coop

    Thanks for the posts on my concerns about chick safety. So far, folks, our seven month old broody barred Plymouth Rock has hatched 8 of her 12 eggs! One hatched on day 19, which caught me by surprise, and the remainder were today, day 20. They are all sweet araucana crosses (the rooster is...
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