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    Two Laying Hens in Los Angeles who need a new home

    Update: Chili and Pepper have a happy new home with 4 other chickens and a sweet family. Thank you all for your kind words!
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    Two Laying Hens in Los Angeles who need a new home

    Totally free to a loving new owner!
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    Two Laying Hens in Los Angeles who need a new home

    Pepper is a beautiful Cuckoo Marans who lays brown eggs with some speckles. Chili is an Ameraucana who lays eggs that are cream-colored. They're both great girls who lay most days. We've had them in our backyard for the last year and a half or so, but with new construction projects going on both...
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    Why are my chickens screaming every morning?

    I haven't noticed any signs of break-in as far as possible egg thieves go, but I do think you're right - it must be a predator. I've been trying to sneak up when the girls get loud, and every single time I hear a scurry of tiny clawed paws or catch a tail darting under the deck. A new house is...
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    Why are my chickens screaming every morning?

    The neighbors are very understanding, luckily. (It helps that we gave them a bottle of wine when it got really bad, and of course eggs) But the girls aren't pushing any eggs out now. So I'm wondering if there's something else in the mix that they're trying to tell us since this is new behavior...
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    Why are my chickens screaming every morning?

    Short Version: Ok, I'm at my wit's end with my two girls. For nearly 3 weeks now, they've woken us up around 5:30-5:45 every single morning with loud squawks and sometimes, one even crows like a rooster. We've gotten a call from our poor neighbor about it and now we rush out every time we hear...
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    Free Golden Laced Wyandotte in SoCal/LA

    We have a beautiful Golden Laced Wyandotte. She's 7 months old and lays an egg nearly every day (averaging 6-7 a week). The only problem is we have a small flock (just 3 hens), and she doesn't seem to get along with the others. She's particularly rough on the chicken at the bottom of the pecking...
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    Where to send a Beautiful Bully Hen

    Thank you all for your suggestions! I really appreciate them! We're in LA, but I know there are people on the outskirts with much more space so I will try all of these ideas to find RedHot a happy home. Thank you again!
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    Where to send a Beautiful Bully Hen

    Thanks! A (possibly silly) follow up - Where does one advertise a chicken? We got our pullets from a feed store, so I don't know where people tend to look for chickens otherwise. Is there a good site to go through, or is it just a craigslist and crossed fingers kinda thing?
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    Where to send a Beautiful Bully Hen

    I have three hens and one, RedHot is an absolutely gorgeous golden laced wyandotte who lays an egg almost every day. RedHot is also a stone cold bully to my other hens, particularly the one at the bottom of the pecking order (pepper) - though she's taken to plucking out Chili, (the top girl)'s...
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    Ruffled fluffy feathers

    One of my chickens started losing some feathers on her back a month and a half ago and has had this patch of fluffy down for a while. She's 7 months old. Could this be a juvenile molting thing or something else? She's still laying an egg a day and seems to be totally healthy otherwise. We've...
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    Hen with bloody vent

    Nothing seems to be protruding. At most, the bottom seems a little swollen, but nothing is hanging out.
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    Hen with bloody vent

    It looks like it's coming out of her vent - but the other birds definitely took a peck or two.
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    Hen with bloody vent

    I have three chickens and the oldest, Chili, has been acting a little odd this week. She's always been a pretty relaxed hen, but she's taken a few flying leaps at us the last two days during free range time. We noticed some blood in the laying box too and a quick survey found Chili is bleeding...
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    Advice on Blue Kote/Aprons/Integrating new pullets

    Thanks so much. Everyone's feedback has been so helpful and that article is great! We'll keep a close eye on the girls once we get the blue-kote just to see how it goes. One of the pullets already looks damage-free today with just some gentle washing/antiseptic, so I imagine she'll be the first...
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