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    Chicken is not eating with diarrhea

    Please please get her some antibiotics! The Feces test is the only way to tell what is really wrong but I was told by a really great avian vet that chickens can have digestive issues that lead to infections. If you take her inside make sure she has lots of water with a bit of apple cider...
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    Will caponizing stop mounting behavior?

    Actually found out I have 5 cockerels but I LOVE them all. So Rocci gets to be with the girls and the 4 boys get to be the Kaltasin Krew! I'm currently no longer eating chicken as I've come to realize they are now pets and not meat machines. They also produce pink, blue-green and khaki eggs...
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    Will caponizing stop mounting behavior?

    Oh I have the same problem but with 4!!
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    Feeling like a total idiot

    Me again! So I would be pretty careful with a rifle unless you have training however an airgun or wasp spray could work wonders! This is the wasp spray that shoots out almost 16-20 ft. I have a couple of cans for safety against predators including human ones. The pellet air guns may be a better...
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    Feeling like a total idiot

    I totally agree that live trapped raccoons (and released into wooded forested non-residential or farming property) is fine! We’ve been dealing with an infestation of raccoons because some idiot neighbours think it’s fine to feed them because they are so ‘cute’🙄. So we have live trapped and...
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    Neighbors dog got my rooster today as he was protecting his hens. Captured on security camera

    Wow! I just read this and your patience is amazing. However once a dog does this it’s pretty much open season on everything else including you girls so be very careful with them. Maybe have a can of wasp spray handy if the girls are playing outside in case the dog or other predators attack. I’m...
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    Neighbors dog got my rooster today as he was protecting his hens. Captured on security camera

    Awwww, I so sorry this happened!! Please what ever you do post this to your local animal control and police department!! You just may have saved my roosters as I was getting careless leaving them outside while I went into town on errands! Thank you for sharing your grief and as painful as that...
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    First Cull, Didn't go so well

    I too have been both city and farm raised and have had to mercy-kill animals in the past. Now that I have a new life in the urban countryside with a great flock of 12 Ameracaunas (maybe?) it looks like half are roosters. I will not be doing my own kill unless it’s absolutely necessary (raccoon...
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    New chicken owner

    Awwwww! One of my older fur babies— Coco, a tortoise SH female feline decided she was Momma to my 12 baby chick Amaracaunas. Now that they use their beeks for everything the cats take off rather then get pecked. Having decided keep a flock of chickens and 6 ducklings has given me the gift of time!
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    Keeping a Chicken Run From Getting Muddy?

    After lots of research I constructed a coop with a French drain and used chimney bricks with sand between them. Then in the run I’ve had good luck with wood chips from the trees on the property. I’m nearby in BC to the north and we live in a rainforest so the best deal is making sure there’s...
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    NO WAY this is a chicken!!!

    Awww she’s a cutie! Make sure she doesn’t get picked on by the big birds!
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    Hello all! I live on Vancouver Island 30 mins. west of Victoria on a seaside piece of heaven. Have 12 Ameracauna pullets & 6 ducklings = LOVE

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