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    chicken ate rat bait

    We were just given 3 two-year old golden comet hens today who were part of a small flock that one or two had gotten into poison put out for mice. The lady we got them from wasn't sure which hens had gotten into the stuff, but only one showed some bloody droppings the next day and they all acted...
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    Review by '' on item 'Orpington'

    We have 4 buffs rescued from a flock that had been over-roostered and over-crowded. Eventually they began to get comfy with us. For several months they were pitiful looking, half their feathers missing, low weight, etc. After they molted last fall, all their feathers grew in and they finally...
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    Fall Lucasville Ohio Show - Southern Ohio Poultry Assoc.

    We're near there and that sounds interesting! Have never been to one of these things.
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    Broody, sick, or no hope?

    Such relief! I believe the broodiness for this go around at least, is over. She's off the nest and resumed her foraging with the other girls and roo. We don't have a place to separate her out, so we put milk jugs in our nests at night so she had to roost. In the morning we removed them so the...
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    Broody, sick, or no hope?

    One of our orpingtons seems to have gone broody, but we're not sure. She has remained on an empty nest for the past 2 weeks. The other hens were getting in the nest with her to lay their eggs (we have 2 nests for 5 hens which has been adequate) but now they will not go near her, laying their...
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