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    Black and Tan Coonhound experiences

    My dad passed away this week and had just taken in a sweet 1.5 yr old black and tan that wandered out of the woods in the ozark mountains. He had nursed her back to health and got her spayed and planned to keep her. My mom can't stay in the remote area alone and handle the coonhound with a lab...
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    Potbelly "Mini" Pig

    Thanks, I did get a harness is leash for him though he doesn't really walk on it. I also sectioned off a small area by his house and have been letting him out in there in short bits while I'm home.
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    Potbelly "Mini" Pig

    We just got Mardi a supposedly mini pig. All the adults at the farm were pretty small, 50ish pounds max. I didn't realize how tiny he would be at 8 weeks old. He seems like he is maybe 5 pounds. I have him in a dog crate with straw, food and water and am trying to get him used to us before...
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    Guard dogs

    We have an 11 year old chocolate lab. When he was 9 when first got chicks, he seemed excited and drooled at the sight of the chicks so we were worried. We let him know as they grew the chickens were our friends and he needed to be nice. We leave him alone with them now. I wouldn't call him a...
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    Help skull and neck exposed! How to euthanize my hen

    I ended up having hubby come home and help. She was definately going to die. Poor girl was soaked in blood and barely responsive. Hubby thought he could see brain. I feel so sorry for the pain she must have been in for hours before I got home. We didn't have an axe or knife (not that I am going...
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    Help skull and neck exposed! How to euthanize my hen

    I think my picked on hen got mauled by the flock today. I came home and found her barely moving with her skull and inner neck exposed. She will die but how can I help her sooner? Shes standing and taking a few steps but looks woozy. I don't want to cut, snap or chop her neck because of the...
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    Pecking Order- Flock attacked one girl

    I let Loser have the coop to herself for an hour yesterday. She was so happy to eat and drink and scratch. I added some extra roosting space and tried to attach some food and water she could access from the roosts since everytime she gets down she gets attacked until returning to roost. I added...
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    Pecking Order- Flock attacked one girl

    So I think the one poor girl (we've decided to name her Loser) has not really been able to eat or drink the past two days. Everytime I go down there she is hiding on a roost. When I throw scratch down she tries to eat some then Meanest comes up to attack her and she is back on the roost. The...
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    Pecking Order- Flock attacked one girl

    Update: We started to build a chicken tunnel setup this weekend to give the girls some more space and less boredom. It seems when we were in the coop installing the door they got very agitated. They were all fighting really bad. We decided to take the two mean ones and put them in the secluded...
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    Pecking Order- Flock attacked one girl

    Quote: Thank you so much for the detailed response! I am buying some higher protein feed to start on now. They are not free ranging and although they have a very large coop there is just sand and not much to forage for. We have been thinking about adding another large run to the coop behind...
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    Pecking Order- Flock attacked one girl

    They are about 1 year old. Their coop/run is about 15x25, they eat layer feed, veggie scraps, and sprouted lentils. One small section of the coop is separated and there is chicken wire between so they can see each other. Here are some pics of the coop before they moved in.
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    Pecking Order- Flock attacked one girl

    Thanks for the response! I tried putting her back with the flock this morning. At first no one cared or noticed and then after 10 minutes as I was leaving they all ganged up on her and were ripping out feathers and pecking. I ran back in and grabbed the first one I saw go for her and held her...
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    Pecking Order- Flock attacked one girl

    Well I just went and checked on her and her color is no longer pale and her comb is not droopy anymore. I inspected her poop anyway but nothing in there and it looked great.
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    Pecking Order- Flock attacked one girl

    I've researched on the forum but I'll ask since my situation seems different. We were outside today and heard a commotion in the coop/run and saw 5 of our BSLs attacking our 6th one. I ran in the coop because she stuck her head into the hole of a cinder block and wouldn't move. When I picked her...
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    Things you wish you had done in your 20's...

    So I turned 29 today and I have been thinking the past few months of creating a "Things I must do in my 20's" Bucketlist! Now I know realistically I can do whatever I want when I'm 30 but this is all in fun. I have accomplished a lot of great things so far in life and am at a very successful...
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