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    Review by '' on item 'Plymouth Rock'

    I miss them terribly. Does their coloring make them more likely to be taken by predators? The two times I've had them, when the attacks came, they were first to go. I loved how they would be the first to move in and snatch some food delicacy when the other chickens held back.
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    Review by '' on item 'Australorp'

    I've loved my Australorps. The last one I had died defending a chick she'd adopted. She was tough, but no match for a head-on confrontation with a fox. The chick survived
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    Review by '' on item 'Ameraucana'

    I started with six Ameraucanas and five got killed by predators. The survivor will have nothing to do with the chicken coop, rain or shine or cold she is roosting high in an oak tree next to the house and in the morning waits by the coop for me to let the other chickens out to play. She'll never...
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    Review by '' on item 'Rhode Island Red'

    My chickens are fully free range in close proximity with weasels, foxes, coyotes, dogs, raccoons, and hawks. My one Rhode Island Red has survived several holocausts and still lays though she is several years old. Gotta admire that toughness.
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    Review by '' on item 'Java'

    I've had black Javas several times but I'm not going to try them again because they do not survive in my free-range environment. You'd think they'd do well because they're so dark, but somehow I've had 100% death with them. The black Australorpes, on the other hand, are good survivors.
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    Review by '' on item 'Appenzeller Spitzhauben'

    I have just one. She has survived some dreadful predator attacks we've had around here (fox, weasel, raccoon, and hawk) and so I am glad she's skittish. We can't take our eyes off her. She often roams on her own.
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    How long to leave the lights on all night? and chick boredom

    Hi, My Java chicks were born last Friday and last Sunday (so they're not quite a week old). As an experiment I turned out their light a while ago and they went to sleep. When I leave the light on they seem to wake and sleep on a very short cycle. What's best for them? Also, they seem to be...
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