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    When will all the screaming stop?

    You have two roosters and seven hens, correct? If so, that is too many roosters for the number of hens. Getting rid of one of the roosters will help. Some of "it" is a bid for dominance, but the rest of "it" is somewhat natural. On rooster can "service" ten to twelve hens, and more hens...
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    Frostbite help please

    Quote: Wow! You did a great job dubbing your roo! The more I look at my roo, the more I think it might become necessary. The tips of his comb are blackened and sometimes bleed a bit, and his wattles resemble well-cooked bacon, but there are no signs of infection, and he doesn't seem to be...
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    Frostbite help please

    MrsJWells...I have been having frostbite issues with my NH x Buff Orpingotn roo--black tips on the comb, grayish white wattles. I don't think it is a serious as yours (no swelling), but it is definitely a concern. We have a fully insulated coop with a heat lamp, but we allow our chickens to...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    5/6
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    Can a hen take a rooster?

    We have been battling frostbite with our roo, so maybe the damaged tissue was just too much to resist as a snack or too fragile to withstand typical jostling for roost position. Our flock dynamics are typically very pleasant, so I don't really think there was a fight, especially since the...
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    I made the paper! And I need a small favour of all of you.

    #355 I hope you get your wish! Keep us posted!
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    Can a hen take a rooster?

    Quote: Thanks, Speckledhen. That is how it appears from a distance. Going out in a bit to do a more thorough inspection of the the roo (and the coop) and doctor him up a bit.
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    May squatted!!!

    Yay for May! There's nothing better than a blue-green egg! Here's hoping that May delivers the goods soon!
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    The EE braggers thread!!!

    This is our EE, Sage. She laid the pretty, little, sky-blue egg in the middle.
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    Can a hen take a rooster?

    Not sure this is the right place to post this, but when I let my chickens out today, my rooster had blood all over the back of his head (it looks like it's coming from someplace on his comb), and my dominant hen had blood splatter all over her with no apparent sign of injury. The rooster's...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    5/5...I'm so proud of my girls!
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    5 out of 5...a first, and today I got my very FIRST BLUE EGG! The white egg is just a store-bought egg thrown in as a color reference. The bummer of it all it that I don't even get to eat my pretty blue egg, because we wormed recently and are still having to throw them out.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    3/5
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    I missed a fight in my yard

    Yay! So happy it looks like both your roos are going to be okay! I've been wondering about them all day!
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    chicken behavior

    Quote: Okay...now I want to hear the rest of the story!
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