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    Stray chickens?

    Thank you all for your input. We were able to get a better look at her this morning. It appears as if she may have had an encounter with a predictor of some sort but was able to get away. We will have to wait until tonight to quarantine her but our rooster is doing a good job at keeping her away...
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    Stray chickens?

    Most people have experienced a stray cat or dog showing up at some point in time but has anyone ever had stray chickens show up? In the last two months we've had 3 new hens try to join our flock. All three have looked a little scrawny when they first show up and I wonder if maybe a neighbor has...
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    leg bands? spiral, bandettes or snap on? does it matter?

    I've been researching leg bands for my chickens to see which kind would work best for my specific situation. I want to band just a couple of young roosters so I can easily identify them as they get older. The problem I'm having is knowing which kind would be best. I allow my chickens to free...
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    Hello from The Texas Hill Country

    Thank you for the warm welcome. :) GaryDean26, you're not far from me. We live between Burnet and Bertram. As I said before, we acquired 20 chickens last summer...4 roosters and 16 hens. Unfortunately we are down to 1 rooster and 7 hens from the original flock due to predators (we allow them to...
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    Hello from The Texas Hill Country

    Hello, My name is Emily. I live in Central Texas and joined the site this morning. We acquired 20 buff orpingtons last summer on short notice. I've never owned chickens before so we've been winging it with the help of lots of Google searches...since so many of my search results have led me to...
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