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    Mouse catching hen?

    So anyway, I thought it was funny. She came running up to the door with the mouse (that was still alive) and treated it like a cat. She seemed to be toying with it. She would put it down and as soon as it moved she would peck it. She did this over and over. I didn't know if it was safe for her...
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    wrinkled egg shell

    What causes a wrinkled egg shell?
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    my flock won't be nice to the new hen

    They will not leave her alone even if I take her out. I will try distracting them tomarrow.
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    my flock won't be nice to the new hen

    I have a hen that I adopted because someone dropped off in my neighborhood. I am trying to get her introduced the the flock (4 hens, 1 rooster & 5 chicks that are 4 weeks old). None of the hens or rooster will let her out of the coop. They are fine if she is in the coop but if she comes out...
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    HELP!!! my mother hen sat on her chick.

    What would you use to do this?
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    HELP!!! my mother hen sat on her chick.

    Hey, guys does any one have any advise. If she falls down she can't turn herself over. Can I help her by maybe bandaging her wings up?
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    HELP!!! my mother hen sat on her chick.

    My mother hen was keeping her chicks warm and some how one of her chicks got stuck to her behind. I heard a ruckus earlier today so i went out and checked on her. Changed her water and stuff. I didn't count the chicks at that time I just assumed that she had one under her and that, that one was...
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    Rooster problems

    My rooster has recently decided that he doesn't like my son. I need to find a way to have my son show my rooster that he is the boss. How do I do this? read somewhere that there is a page on working with roosters but I can't find it. My rooster also stares my hubby down with flared feathers. He...
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    Rooster spurs?

    No, I don't have to trim them I just do not want him getting anyone with them. So I thought if I filed them or something that they would not be so dangerous.
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    broody hen

    We are in Idaho. I am concerned because I only have the one coop and do not have the ability to set up another. I would be able to bring the chicks in, but then I would have to reintroduce them to the group. Something that I would like to avoid.
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    Rooster spurs?

    How do you clip/trim a roo's spurs and nails? Is it just like a humans?
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    broody hen

    I think she has been sitting for about 4-6 days and she is sitting on 16 eggs. I was thinking that i would go out and move her into the coup tonight. She has decided to sit on her eggs in the shed which is not heated at all and I worry about her getting cold. Do you know what is a good # of eggs...
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    broody hen

    I have several questions. I have a broody hen that sitting some eggs (which i do not know if they are fertile or not). It is the middle of winter and I am looking at them hatching (if they are fertile) in mid-late Febuary. It will still be pretty cold then. So here are my questions. Will she...
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    HELP!!! can you move a broody hen.

    Will she try to go back to the place where she put the nest in the first place? Why do I not want her with the other hens? How long will she be there?
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    HELP!!! can you move a broody hen.

    One of my hens has decided to go broody in the middle of winter. Can I move her egs and her so that she will stay warm. She is in a place that I can't put a heat lamp. I am worried that she will get to cold. Our nights are getting down to 20-30 degrees. Is this to cold for her or will she be all...
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