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    Americauna egg delay

    Our Americauna is over 7 months old and not laying yet. Is this normal?
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    sick chicken or brooding

    I have a 15 month old barred rock hen. She has been sitting on an empty nest with one golf ball in it for 2-3 days. She sleeps in the nest and does not get on the roost with the other chickens. She makes rocking motions at times and other times she just sits listless. It has been 90 plus...
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    Aggressive behavior

    We had seven chickens. Three nights ago a hybrid was killed by a predator. Two days later our other hybrid's comb was destroyed. Now the 5 remaining chickens are pecking the damaged hybrid relentlessly and brutally. Did the other chickens do the original damage to the hybrids comb or, was it...
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    It ate the rear end !!

    Will the opossums usually come back night after night.
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    It ate the rear end !!

    I live North of Atlanta about 40 minutes. This morning my wife went to collect the eggs and found broken eggs, dead chicken with backside eaten out. It had been dragged out of its house but left in the pen. It still had a head. According the the article it sounds like a weasel but I was...
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    Hard Boiled Eggs

    Thanks nccatnip and everyone else. I love this site.
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    Hard Boiled Eggs

    Our hens have been laying for about 5 weeks now. The eggs are still pretty small. Average size about 43 grams. Our largest egg to date is 73 grams. Our Concern: When we hard boil our eggs we cannot peel them. The membrane under the shell will not release easily from the white of the egg...
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    do barred rocks usually peck at you?/ hope not dup. post :-)

    One barred rock lets me pat her and one sex-linked lets me pat her. The others are wary of my hands. However, my chickens are not laying yet.
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    Can I free range 3.5 month olds?

    when the temperature was warm enough they started free ranging.
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    What are the best layers for Georgia Climate?

    I live up 575 in woodstock.
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    Do chickens segregate according to color?

    My one white chicken is the leader of the pack. One of the RIR is on the bottom.
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    litter for roost pit?

    Won't that wire be in the way when the chickens are full size?
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    A little carried away

    mlheran, I was thinking the same thing but those pictures you posted were great help for this post.
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    Scalding and plucking~ VS ~skinning the whole thing

    I've never done it and I already know I would pay $2.50.
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    Our Coop is 95 % Done!!!!! LOTS OF PICS

    impressive!! How much did it cost?
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