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    Neighbor's dog just killed my oldest pet chicken...

    So sorry for your loss. I just lost my whole flock to 3 dogs. Where I live, way out in the country, stray dogs pack up and there's not much you can do about it but call animal control Seems so senseless to lose a chick to dogs. It's one thing when a real predator gets them. Racoons, hawks, and...
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    Help identifying

    LOL. Yes, lucky for me, he likes a little junk in the trunk.
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    Help identifying

    I think you are right, he did good! I just went out to the coop and found a couple of big brown eggs! I didn't think they would be laying already. I am much more of the type of person who does research before buying. Hubby goes with his gut. He picked them because he liked their fuzzy white...
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    Help identifying

    Thanks so much for the quick response.I don't know what I'd do without you guys!
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    Help identifying

    A few days ago, I lost my flock to 3 feral dogs. I was devastated, but my husband said it just didn't feel right not having chickens, so we decided to go to the stockyard and see what was for sale. We went with the mindset that we were going to get a breed we knew, but hubby fell in love and bid...
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    Lost all my chickens today.

    Thanks everyone for your kind words. I just started looking into electric fencing. Now that I'm over the shock, I know I want some new chicks in the spring, but this time I'm gonna make that run seem like Ft. Knox!
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    Lost babies.

    I just posted my own sad story today. I truly know how you feel. I am so sorry for your loss.
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    Lost all my chickens today.

    This morning as I was going out to feed my flock, I found three wild dogs in the run. They killed every one of my chicks. It was absolute carnage. The dogs are trapped in the run, and we are waiting for animal control. I am heartbroken. My husband has tried to console me. He says that now that...
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    When do Buff Orpingtons start laying?

    My girls started laying mid-afternoon, later and later everyday, then started laying in the early morning, getting later . I think they lay something like every 28 hours, so it's always changing. It'll change as the light does in winter also.
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    Campine Chicken thread?

    I got a breeding pair of silver campines. My hen just started laying. So far, 3 itty bitty eggs. Everything I have read says they lay white eggs. Mine lays sorta pink/tan ones. Is it possible she's not a campine? Below is a pic of her egg next to an orpington egg, a pic of her, and a pic of my roo
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    I know it's hard to see it. I guess in my experience it seems like its always the worst of times, yet it's always the same. My once hip, cool husband has lately become a grumpy old man, saying things like, "kids nowdays, always punching away at their devices.... " I have to remind him that we...
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    I grew up in the 60's and 70's. We had the Vietnam war, the civil rights movement, race riots, women's rights, Watergate..... times were turbulent. The kids around me were no different than the kids around you, lazy and uncaring. Drug use was common place. I felt a lot like you do. In 20 years...
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    Egg in the run

    Glad to hear it's normal. They have only been laying a couple of months, so I guess it's only natural to have some strange behavior on occasion.
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    Egg in the run

    When I went out to feed my chicks the other day, I saw an egg in the middle of the run. Hasn't happened before or since. Any idea why one of my girls would do that?
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    7 layers, 6 eggs... a record!
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