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    2 Cubalaya Roosters -- Central KY

    Well... I was a little too ambitious at a poultry swap, and got two young Cubalaya roosters. They're actually quite nice birds. They're just a bit too flighty for my tastes and they could use more room than I have. According to the lady I got them from, they were hatched in April. They're...
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    Good mousing breed?

    I've heard that Buckeyes are supposed to be really good at mousing. But my Naked Necks, Speckled Sussex, and Orpingtons will go after mice like a feeding frenzy of sharks!
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    What do I have?

    I've been alternatively using havaheart traps and old fashioned spring-loaded rat traps. I've also been letting my cat that thinks she's a chicken into the coop at night. She has actaully managed to get mice and voles, but no rat thus far.
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    Mice?

    My girls are champion killers of mice and voles. Also, I see that you are in Illinois. I don't know about how much the weather differs, but here in Kentucky there's been a huge explosion in the mouse population due to last year's mild winter. I've been at war with the little boogers around my...
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    What do I have?

    I've been having the same problem! I've set up traps, but haven't caught anything.
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    banana peels

    I hope parsely isn't bad because my girls absolutely love it.
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    Need ideas to help one legged chicken

    You could soaking her leg in some warm water. Warmth is always nice when your muscles are sore. Also look out for bumblefoot, just in case. It seems to me that would be devastating for a one legged chook.
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    Buff Orpington maggots and infection

    You might be able to find a wormer at a farm/feed store like Tractor Supply, although the stuff sold at my local store is usually meant to be given in water to multiple chickens by the gallon. I took my boy to the vet in the beginning because the maggots totally freaked me out. I think they...
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    Buff Orpington maggots and infection

    Oh, and the purple skin is most likely dead skin. My chicken had a patch on his back where the dead skin just peeled off and you could see exposed muscle underneath. It was horrifying, but I kept spraying it with the peroxide and eventually healed up. He has a little scar there now and no...
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    Buff Orpington maggots and infection

    I had something very similar happen to me. Maggots are absolutely horrible. I agree that you should separate her until she's healed. I'd put her somewhere that you can put newspapers down instead of cedar shavings and change the newspapers frequently. She could definately use some...
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    Virgin Birth in Chickens

    Ah! And here I thought that was a happy coicidence. Anyhow, I remember reading about in my biology class in high-school. Apparently its fairly common in turkeys. I hadn't known chickens could do it until I saw it in that article.
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    OMG, had to share!! TINY EGG!

    As long as it's not a bantam egg it might be a cute little accident of nature. I've heard them called wind eggs, fart eggs (my personal favorite), and rooster or cock eggs (under the assumption that they were laid by roosters). They don't have any yolk. My girls laid one a few months ago and...
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    Virgin Birth in Chickens

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48995742 Here's an article on it that I just happened to read this morning. Beware, it's mostly about snakes, though. If pics like that trigger you.
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    Psycho duck brooding chicken eggs... HELP?!

    Broody = psycho. It is a determined hormonal state of mind that is hard for us to comprehend... She very well could hatch those eggs. My father always tells me stories about how he used to switch out the chicken and duck eggs when he was a kid. One of the best stories was of a hen with...
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    chickens won't use their roosting poles...

    When I first put my girls in the coop, they completely ignored the roost and clustered in a bog chicken pile by the door. They did that for awhile until one of them just started sleeping on the roost by herself and eventually they all followed her. I'd just make sure that they can get to the...
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