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    Switching out Roosters....

    He's coming from another small backyard flock from people I trust who say he's never had anything. Mites / lice / worms, etc... He's about 7 months and coming into a flock of year and a half year old ladies. I hope he can handle them. There's a couple who take no crap from anyone, even my big...
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    Switching out Roosters....

    Hi all, I'm fairly new at this whole chicken flock thing and I'm looking to replace my rooster. The silver Wyandotte Roo I have now is one I have had since I started my flock. He is large and super aggressive to both the chickens and humans. Not the greatest when you have a little kid. Although...
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    My chicken's skin in turning yellow -- help

    I have a young pullet that is currently VERY yellow and this thread came up when I started researching it. CMV - is there any chance you could post a link to where you got this information about pigmentation please. It sounds possible in my situation, but I would like to know more before I...
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    Bloody Combs?

    Hi, I have 16 hens (6 BOs, 3 RIRs, 3SW, 2 BR and 2 Auracanas) and 1 Silver Wyandotte Rooster. For the past couple nights when I have brought in their food to refresh and refill it, there has been a varying amount of blood on it. Upon inspection of the girls, it seems as though some of thier...
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    Free Range or Not? What Does Everyone Prefer?

    This thread interested me because I am just learning the in's and out's of having chickens. I have just in the last month started free ranging my hens and I go look to see what they are up to and count at least once an hour when they are out. Mine are truly free range. Once out of their coop...
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    My dog just killed my chicken :(

    Dogs are tough. I have one that would definitely eat the chickens if he came in contact with them, so stays inside the fence at all times if the chickens are out. As far as training your dog, you could try finding an experienced trainer to the balanced training method and work really hard on...
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    HELP! Something got some of my chickens and I found one alive

    Hi. I'm so sorry this happened to your little girls. I would probably flush out the puncture wounds with some dilute betadine solution. Use a smaller gauge needle on like a 10 cc syringe and flush well. I think animax has a steroid in it, I would opt for a neosporin instead and get some right in...
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    Comment by 'Ladybug922' in article 'Deep Litter Method - The Easiest Way To Deal With Chicken Litter'

    Is Straw good for the DLM? I have been using shavings, but I would rather use straw to compost for the garden. As it is starting to get to winter I would like to use a less intensive cleaning method so I'm not freezing my arse off cleaning the coop all winter!
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    Which comes first? The Rooster or the Chick?

    OK, so I have 17 4 month old chickens and apparently ended up with 1 rooster. (Still not 100% sure, but it's looking more and nore like it each day) I had originally planned on all hens, so now I am a little concerned being a first time chicken owner. My husband is REALLY concerned that all the...
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    I want Happy, Healthy Hens!

    If it was only that easy, I have poison ivy EVERYWHERE! It's been destroyed around the house for the most part, but if they wander into the woods at all, there is no way to avoid it. I'm just hoping they are smart enough to avoid it. Thank you to everyone who replied, the girls have been out on...
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    I want Happy, Healthy Hens!

    Ok, so I just got 17 chicks that are now almost 3 weeks old and I've started letting them out in the yard (confined) so they can get the feel of grass and dirt and dirt under them. I've been doing alot of reading on what is good and bad for them and am concerned. Is clover ok? Pretty much every...
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