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    My hens and the soaring eagle above. How do they know?

    Hey all, I noticed this afternoon for the first time that my two adult hens kept eyeing off the sky above them and I started looking up wondering what it was they were looking at and I soon noticed either a hawk or an eagle soaring high above. How do you think they notice this even though the...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Greetings from Maclagan, that little town near the Bunya Mountains on the Darling Downs in QLD that no one has heard of, hehe:-)
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    A bad run of luck with losing flock members lately...

    Thank you . Yes I have sure learnt from losing these hens and my rooster. My three remaining girls are doing well, and my broody is well...the broodiest and most feistiest thing I have ever seen. The way she comes tearing out of the coop to have a peck and a dust bath every so often is...
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    A bad run of luck with losing flock members lately...

    Hi all, This is only my second or third post here, I'm pretty new so I should "officially" say Hi :) I had to share with you my horrible luck lately with my chooks. I know, it's not a nice thing to share, but I was hoping maybe some BYC members may have had similar experiences at times with...
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    A sore and sorry Chook...

    I wish she would. It happened about 5pm yesterday (I'm in Australia), and this is the second night she is gone. There are lots of places around she could have tucked herself away in. There are also a lot of foxes around here too. I hope she might turn up eventually.
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    A sore and sorry Chook...

    Hi, Sorry I hadn't got back to your replies to my post till now. Thanks a bunch for the advice. I'd named her Freda, and she was doing really well, starting to bear weight on her injured leg. Yesterday one of the dogs on our property was chasing my hens that were free-ranging, and it wasn't...
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    A sore and sorry Chook...

    Hi, I have a hen that I brought home from work with what seems to be a broken leg. I work at an aged care facility that has hens for the residents. One of the residents who collects the eggs and cares for the hens alerted me to what had happened. I went and had a look and I spoke to a couple...
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