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    Help with Noisy Lambs. Baaaaaaa!

    Last year we got 2 male Dorper lambs @ 4 months old, and they hardly made a peep the whole time we had them. This year we got 2 male Dorper lambs @ 2 months old. And they will not shut up. We have had them almost 4 weeks now - their Mom had just died of a bad bloat after eating too much rich...
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    Help! We are trying to find a dog who can live with chickens but doesn't eat ALOT.

    ...a big chain-link dog run is also an excellent tool for keeping dogs and other things out. This is where we keep our young birds while they get used to life on our half-acre farm.
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    Help! We are trying to find a dog who can live with chickens but doesn't eat ALOT.

    Was your experience with an adult dog? Had it ever been around poultry or other livestock before? Our Heeler/Border Collie mix, Kota, gets along great with our chickens. HOWEVER, she has been around them since she was a pup, and was taught that they are her friends (not food!). I think if...
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    Hen with pale, floppy comb. Doesn't lay.

    Did a little more research and decided to check her crop. Sure enough, it feels like she swallowed a golf ball! Massaged it a little (which she seemed to enjoy, actually) and smelled her breath which was a little stinky but not outragouesly gross. So probably impacted crop? I will set up a...
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    Hen with pale, floppy comb. Doesn't lay.

    We have a six-month old Rhode Island Red that has quit laying. Her comb is floppy, shriveled-looking and pale. She is a lot less active than my other 5 chickens, and we often find her laying in the corner of the coop when it is hot outside. She is able to get around well enough - eats, drinks...
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