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    Weak hen, swollen abdomen and lost muscle mass

    This afternoon she worsened to the point of labored breathing and wouldn't lift her head anymore or take any more liquids from the dropper. I decided it was probably her time to go. DH looked at her too and agreed. So we sent her to the big grass field in the sky. RIP, good little chicken...
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    Weak hen, swollen abdomen and lost muscle mass

    Hi everyone. One of my hens is in bad shape and I'm not sure if I can pull her through or if it would be better to put her down. My birds are not pets so it would not break my heart to do so, but I don't like to lose a hen if I can restore her to a good and productive life. She is a Delaware...
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    Neighbor hates my chickens- will she do them harm?

    From your descriptions of the neighbors further down the road being allowed to have roosters, am I right in thinking you are at the edge of town? Is there any part of your property which lies outside of the city limits? If so, you may be able to do a partition and create a tax lot that you own...
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    Neighbor hates my chickens- will she do them harm?

    Sounds to me like she doesn't like it that your fence looks rather like hers, both light wood. She can't stand the similarity so is putting in something different. This is very much something that a mentally ill person would do. And she is mentally ill, no question.
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    Oregon

    Thanks for sharing this. I find it very interesting. I agree with you about dual purpose birds on a homesteading scale (surplus roos for dinner, FTW!). But on a commercial scale dual purpose birds will never lay as efficiently as the high-egg producing breeds. I doubt that the males are...
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    Oregon

    Those are very pretty birds. Thanks for sharing (even if by accident ;)).
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    Oregon

    Wow. Do you know if there's a difference in behavior between white and brown leghorns? I have a brown one in my flock and while she is by far the most skittish of them all, she free ranges with the rest in my front yard happily (4' fence keeps them in with wings clipped, they could get over it...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Looks like this is the week for chicks! My bantam RIR mutt hatched hers (8/10) on Labor Day but I couldn't get a good pic until yesterday evening. Of the other two eggs one was a quitter and one is unaccounted for. Last night I relocated them from her hiding spot at the back stairs to a nice...
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    Oregon

    In addition to my previously posted rooster I now have eight bantam chicks available ($2/ea) and six bantam hens available ($5/ea). I am in Lebanon. I've decided to get rid of all my bantams and only keep my dual purpose large fowl. Reply or PM if you're interested, thanks.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    She'll be fine you just don't want to eat her eggs because they will be medicated eggs (I've heard people say it takes a month before you can eat them again). Since she is with chicks she's probably not laying right now anyway. I have done the same thing with my hens before, not really the...
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Moving the hen with eggs is a crap shoot. Some will stay and some will break. Moving the hen with chicks seems to be ok though at least in my experience.
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Disqualified? Never! Come on in! :)
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    Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread

    Cute little fluffy butts! Awww! I had a hatch that was staggered by three or four days. It worked out in my case because I had two hens with eggs hatching at the same time, so I gave all the early chicks to one hen and all the late chicks to the other. The success of any latecomers will...
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    Neighbor hates my chickens- will she do them harm?

    You can trim back whatever encroaches on your property. I'd stay away from Roundup though since it would kill the base of the plant on his side.
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    Oregon

    Hello fellow Oregonians, I've got this beautiful BA X RIR rooster I'd like to give away. I live close to Lebanon (not in town so the crowing is not the issue). He's a great little guy, but he's surplus and he's 1/2 bantam and that is why I want to rehome him. We prefer dual-purpose birds...
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