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    Piper or Pete?

    Bearded Gold Laced Polish. 1 month and 3 weeks old tomorrow. No comb or wattle forming yet.
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    Gold Laced Polish

    Mine is going to live in the house as a house chicken so I hope she is a she. I named her Piper. Normally, I choose the chicks they run up to me because obviously they want to come with me. But turns out it means they are roos and want to protect the hens. So this time I chose the one who ran...
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    Gold Laced Polish

    1 wk old gold laced polish.
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    My mille fleur bantams question

    My Millie Fleur d’Uccle rooster looks like this.
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    Chicks Mothering?

    It’s very sweet to watch. They never did this when it just them two. The addition of Peppercorn started it.
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    Chicks Mothering?

    Him and Her are about 4 weeks and Peppercorn is about 1 week. There are in a brooder in the house.
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    Chicks Mothering?

    Sometimes Peppercorn is sleeping nicely by herself and then Her will come and sit on her. It’s so sweet. But lately Him and Her have been pecking each other to decide who gets to sit on Peppercorn. ETA: none of my hens are broody so I’m new to this behavior. My previous chicks never did this.
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    Chicks Mothering?

    I hatched 2 chicks. My duck hatched a chick and I had it in the ones I hatched. They are about 3 weeks apart in age. I was sure the older ones would attack the little one, Peppercorn, so I had her in a box in the brooder. Well it jumped out and the for sure pullet, Her, began to mother...
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    Dog and Eggs

    What an awesome idea! I also have an Aussie. She hates using the dog house but did go in to take eggs when she realized a hen was using it to lay eggs in. But a small one just might work! We haven’t had many problems with attacks from birds. A owl came once with the first flock and got my roo...
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    Dog and Eggs

    Little Hen, even though she isn’t broody, has killed 2 chicks over coming near her eggs in the nesting box. Is there a way to deter that behavior or just need to add more nesting boxes in a different part? Can she learn to share? There are multiple nesting boxes and she only uses one. The...
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    Dog and Eggs

    How did you make them use the coop? Only Little Hen lays eggs in the nesting box but doesn’t sleep in the coop. Our neighbors flock stays in their coop except one of their hens sleeps in a brush in their front yard. She just jumps the fences and in the morning returns to the flock. I did read...
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    Dog and Eggs

    And a run helps how when they roam over an acre and don’t want to go in the coop? My ducks nest isn’t random. You do not understand the situation at all. ETA: our coop has a run. They still don’t want to use the coop. There is nothing wrong with the flock sleeping on the porch if that’s what...
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    Free ranging and ticks

    My husband sprays the yard with this stuff called permethrin. Haven’t had any ticks or flees since; he sprayed once like 2 years ago. Safe to use it on livestock and dogs, too.
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    Dog and Eggs

    They have a coop. They used to use the coop. However, they prefer the porch so that’s where they stay at night. The duck isn’t a random duck. She is our duck. She made her nest where she wanted. She seems to enjoy sitting on the eggs I put in her nest. My dog protects the flock from other...
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    Meet Peppercorn!

    She protects them from the bobcats but not hawks. She won’t attack birds.
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