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    Amercauna quit roosting

    have a one year old Amercauna hen. Up until recently she has been the perfect chicken. However recently she has decided not to roost on the roosting bar. She will sleep in the doorway of the coop, or in a nesting box or even outside the coop. I had a broody hen but this seems totally different...
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    Do I really have to keep chicks in brooder for 6 weeks?

    I got 4 EE and kept them in the house for three weeks. I put them in the coop with a single Amercauna who was not yet 18 months old. I also kept a heat lamp in the coop. The Amercauna took to them like a duck to water and gathered them in a nesting box. She was like a mother hen and watched over...
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    Do I really have to keep chicks in brooder for 6 weeks?

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    Found - eggs under bush

    I read to put the eggs in water if they stay submerged they are ok to eat. I know we have one EE that lays in that area but the brush is think and Gorse is abundant (Very nasty prickly bush). I put these eggs in water and they stay submerged. These eggs ould be anywhere from 8 weeks to one day...
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    My Neighbor shot at Me and My Chickens This Morning

    Responsibility to obey the codes is the owners responsibility. For a person to use a violent act is dangerous and illegal. The better question becomes did the violent person address the situation in accordance with the law. I bet not..However when I purchased my chickens I researched the codes...
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    My Neighbor shot at Me and My Chickens This Morning

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    My Neighbor shot at Me and My Chickens This Morning

    Hopefully they took this more serious then the FBI did with the shooting in Florida. This is erratic behavior and needs to be thoroughly investigated. Peole like that have no business owning guns.
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    My Neighbor shot at Me and My Chickens This Morning

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    New member from Oregon

    2nd hen layed her first egg. Three more to go. Hopefully it doesn't start at 5 AM again.
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    Chickens won't stop squawking loudly for no apparent reason

    Mystery of the extra sqauwking solved. One of the new hens laid her first egg. Got two out of five laying now.
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    Chickens won't stop squawking loudly for no apparent reason

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    New member from Oregon

    Just went out to check on all the loud squawking this morning. The older hen had laid an egg. However at least one of the younger hens had been in a laying nest., but no egg yet.....
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    Chickens won't stop squawking loudly for no apparent reason

    I have 5 Amercauna hens. One has been laying for several weeks. The others are now around 18-20 weeks and their combs are turning crimson red. They are sqawking like crazy lately. From the way the older hen acted I'm thinking egg production should be coming anytime. The older one seemed to quit...
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    New member from Oregon

    Welcome to BYC. I joined about a year ago after getting some Aracaunas. It was a rough start but the articles on this site has helped this city after moving to the country. Which happens to be on the Oregon coast just north of Cape Blanco. We could practically be neighbors.
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    Comment by 'Larrycauna' in article 'COLD WEATHER HOUSING, STOP SPOILING THEM!!!'

    An animal that is mistreated like a dog on a chain in freezing weather and kept on a chain is completely different then a chicken in a coop. They have shelter, water, feed available. My father raised different types of birds from pigeons to peacocks. Never using lights or heat in the coops. We...
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