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    What are these little guys?

    You funny!
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    What are these little guys?

    Thanks! I look forward to (hoping more) eating and using their eggs.
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    What are these little guys?

    I bought these two little cuties while picking up my chicks and forgot to ask what type of ducks they are. They are with the chicks and act like little mothers to them. Making sure they are warm, counting heads, etc. Pretty cute. My kids are enjoying them as well. And how do the eggs taste? Not...
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    One chicken left

    Thanks for all the advice everyone! My neighbor (the one without the dog) will be taking her in for a while. She says that she has a special area she can set aside in her coop so that my hen can get used to her's. Then I guess I am starting over with a new batch. And to answer the question about...
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    One chicken left

    Thanks for the advice. So get another chicken right away? Full grown or chicks? And no, different neighbors. The neighbors with their own flock don't like the neighbors with the dog either. Apparently, the dog has been to their house as well and has hurt some of their chickens.
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    One chicken left

    I lost a rooster and seven hens yesterday to a neighbor dog. I have one hen left that survived with not a scratch on her. What a horrible thing to come home from errands seeing my "babies" dead. I found five of the birds and have not found the other two yet. My question is with my one hen left...
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    Help with feeding

    Thanks for the advice. I am giving them "scraps" from the garden such as lettuce, corn, tomatos, and a bit of alfalfa. They still get the laying grain and a little bread. Since the grasshopper season is over, they are waiting to be let out of their enclosure to run around. I am just waiting for...
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    Help with feeding

    I just looked over the chart on what to and not to feed the chickens. Great chart, by the way! We have a vegetable garden and I feed the hens whatever we don't eat. They weren't sure of lettuce or corn at first, now they love them. I do feed them grain that I buy from my local feed store (can't...
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    My poor rooster!

    I actually looked at his feet last night and he didn't wince in pain, but my concern is now he cannot grasp to anything. I tried to get him on one of the perches and he couldn't do it with the good foot. Plus, the good foot is looking swollen too. I don't know, guys.....I don't think he is going...
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    My poor rooster!

    It has been cold here and the insulation on their coop was thrown away by my teenager because, in her word, "it got yucky with chicken poop". So if it is frostbite, then I will feel better. It is just the foot I am worried about.
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    My poor rooster!

    That's the good thing about Crispy, he doesn't mind being carried around. So, look for scratches? Should I take him in?
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    My poor rooster!

    Ok, got the images done. Hard to take a picture of a chicken at dinner time around our house. The girls all thought my camera was food. Crazy birds! So here are three images that I did take that were not blurry. From reading around though, I think he has frostbite (or had) on his crown. Not...
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    My poor rooster!

    I will post them tomorrow. Thanks for your concern!
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    My poor rooster!

    I need advice from all of you experts out there. My poor rooster (who is only a year old) has a major problem with one of his feet. It looks like his center claw is "frozen" or atrophied extended. He can barely walk on it now and sits most of the time. He eats fine and clucks when he wants. When...
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    Letting the chickens out

    You guys are funny! Actually, I have never let them out, but they do try to escape all the time. Maybe I will try today. At least they can't go that far. Just put running shoes on the kids and watch them round them up. Yee haw.
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