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    Maryland Gazette STORY TO COME!

    I'm being forced to "get rid" of my chickens after over two years with them due to a falling out with a neighbor who has pushed zoning to enforce the rule of a coop being 50 feet from anothers property line. My property is only 50 x 150. I wrote a letter to the MD Gazette and they are going to...
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    MARYLAND THREAD!

    I am a chicken Momma in North Linthicum and have had a falling out with a neighbor and they contacted codes after not having an issue after two years of me having my 5 hens (no roo!). I wrote a letter to the MD Gazette and they are going to run the story. I wanted you all to see the letter and...
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    How do you vacation when you have chickens?

    I never leave my dog, but my cat and 5 hens get left behind at least a few times a year. I have great neighbors with a teenaged daughter who looks after them. It's simple really...she comes over in the a.m. and opens the coop, checks for eggs and gives them food and fresh water. At dusk she...
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    anyone have trouble with bantams and standards getting along?

    I started with 5 standards, lost one, and then added two more standards and three bantams (two were slikies). The Silkies got picked on so bad I rehomed them. I still have the one bantam, and she's too fast to get picked on, but it was definitely stressful. I think it's chicken racism.
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    How many of you let your chickens free range in the wintertime?

    My chickens won't come out of the coop if there is snow on the ground. This a.m. they came out to free range int he a.m. like always, and then it snowed! They hung out under the deck, but wouldn't cross the snow to go back to their coop at dusk! I was out there at dusk wrangling hens and putting...
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    Dealing w/ extereme heat??

    We've been experiencing temps. in the high 90s, low 100s with humidity values staying in the 90 percentiles, making it feel a whole lot worse. My adult flock free ranges all day, so they are able to find the area that is most comfortable to them. There's two fans in their coop, one aimed...
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    Help deciphering chicken and dog dynamics

    My crazy BR hen tries to intimidate my 77 lb. Border Collie all the time! She usually is successfull too! Matilda just looks at her and steps away! It's a riot when the chickens chase the cat too!
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    Help eggs to hot to keep

    My Mother almost cried when I told her the eggs hadn't been gathered yesterday by 5...I told her it was ok, that they'd be fine...she looked like I was telling her a mean lie! I'll have to show her this thread!
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    6 eggs from 7 hens!
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    Did I make a big mistake- One Wimpy Chicken

    I had gotten two bantam silkies, a bantam Seabring, and two buff orpingtons (standard) to add to my flock of 4 standards. The two silkies would have been killed. Ima Chicken and Yora Chicken were either blind or dumb, and slow as death. Luckily I have a co-worker who has a bunch of bantams and...
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    Clipping Wings

    Wing clipping saved my entire flock! You really can't screw it up and they are immediately unable to jump, fly or flutter over anything...fantastic!
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    I think my chicken is sad. Am I crazy?

    When my Reba died (mysterious illness) Rita was forlorn for quite awhile...the other chics didn't seem to be too phased but these two were always together. That's why we neamed them Re-re-Rita and Re-re-Reba...they were both kind of dingy and reliant on each other. Rita has since gotten over her...
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    Chickens behaving badly

    I made a bad mistake by adding two silkie bantams to my standard flock of 4...they have abused one of the silkies to the point of rehoming. Thankfully I have a great co-worker who also keeps chickens in the 'burbs who has all bantams. It's the worst thing to watch an animal get picked on and...
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    Black Sex links ? and eggs

    None of my girls layed before 20 weeks, including the black sexlink - Poe. She's a reliable layer but didn't start until about 21 weeks...be patient!
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    Egg Squat

    Oh I'm so excited for you! I remember that first egg squat and then one day I looked in the oregano patch and an egg!!! Whoo Hoo!
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