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    Question re integrating my 1 pet chicken with 1 new chicken in a new environment for both chickens

    Until recently, I had 3 chickens. 2 died, leaving 1 behind (an EE who's on the smaller side). I have been searching for weeks now (Craigslist, feedstores, shelters, etc.) for a new companion for her, but no luck. Then one of my husband's co-workers offered us one of her Buff Orpingtons, which...
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    Sick Chicken?--Need help in suggested diagonoses

    Thank you IMP, for that link. It made me feel better. I will see if I can take a picture tomorrow when there is light out. I am just concerned--it is normal to have poop crust over a chicken's bottom? It hasn't happened to my other two chickens so I figured that it was abnormal. I checked...
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    Sick Chicken?--Need help in suggested diagonoses

    I have 3 hens--a RIR, a BR, and an EE. They are almost all a year old. About 1.5 weeks ago, I noticed that the stool produced by my RIR would range from being soft and green to runny (diarrhea-like); her bottom is dirty as a result. Otherwise, she is acting and eating normally, and continues...
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    Aggressiveness in Egg-Laying Chickens

    I have 3 chickens--a Barred Rock, RIR, and an Ameraucana (this is also their pecking order, from top to bottom). They are about 24-25 weeks old. The RIR started laying about a week ago. I noticed that shortly before she started laying, she went from being sweet and nonconfrontational to...
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    Welcome New Section: Local Chicken Laws & Ordinances!

    Thank you Nifty Chicken for your thoughts! Quick, interesting update, and possibly educational, for others similarly situated as us... Bottom line--I am feeling quite good about this and it looks like we will get to keep our chickens. So how it came down-- We called the code compliance...
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    Welcome New Section: Local Chicken Laws & Ordinances!

    Thank you Nifty Chicken for maintaining this excellent site! I have lost much sleep over this ordinance violation notice issue for the past couple of days. The argument we will be making to the code officer this week is that in order to reconcile the 2 separate sections in the Suisun muni...
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    Welcome New Section: Local Chicken Laws & Ordinances!

    We live in Suisun City in Solano County, CA which is a suburb of SF. Much to our chagrin, we unexpectedly received an ordinance violation notice yesterday, stating that we are to get rid of our chickens immediately because they are a nuisance (which they are not--there are only 3 of them, we...
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