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    What is my BOO!!??

    ebay egg I luv her but not sure what she is!
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    Crazy hen attacking me?

    berrr gooawck! good thread..insane chooks 👍 🐓
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    Major attack - is this a bear?

    i live in alaska TONS of bears! we had a curious bear this year, this isnt true of all bears in the lower(more habituated) but bears up here actually just like the corn and if they maul a chicken its a second thought...soooo when one is around we have to pick up the chkn feed pita! just hardware...
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    FIRST OLIVE EGGS!!

    Im about to get my first olive egg! Arent they the coolest color! Need a better pic of your hen!
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    What shape of roosts do you use in your chicken coop?

    chicken people are cray! really 5 pages of roost talk!🤣 Soooo i join...intricate branching 2x4s and shellacked old picture frame 2x2 for the new peeps! silkies just hudle on an old milk crate!
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    Comment by 'polar peckers' in article 'Short on Time? Recycle-a-Prefab Brooder'

    wooohhhh what are those chicken decors on a sting behind the chickens! lights???name tags!???
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    mereks carrying silkie hatching eggs...

    still alive. just for record im thinking it was not mereks. I now have 17 chickens!
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    Comment by 'polar peckers' in article 'Bee's key points to successful and safe free ranging.'

    Live in alaska WITH bears and eagles and havent lost a chkn yet! Free range walk abouts for probably 6 hrs a day...and prob exception to the rule but ..my husky/heeler is an AMAZING chkn herder!! Our all female flock actually tells US when there is a moose or bear around almost better than the...
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    Ended Funny Chicken Name Contest - Win 60 lbs of Grubbly Layer Feed From GrubblyFarms

    Our proud mamma silkie is named FLUFFERNUCKLE! And boss chkn is our BRAHMA MOMMA! (she is not however a momma)😊
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    Protein and comb size

    seems like higher protein good but ya got to wonder if theres anything too it. idk just wondered..not that im anti comb! I found it crazy that my hens dropped egg product after switching feed for two days! like a 2% drop in protein was all it took😮touchy birds indeed
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    Protein and comb size

    "Protein content should not exceed 19% as too much protein is linked to large combs, A little grain (scratch/wheat) may be feed twice a week. Too much grain will cause your serama to be fat and sluggish. Serama hens are great moms, laying, hatching and taking care of their own chicksrain (red...
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    How do I make my chicken like me?

    Sounds weird but what kinda pants do you wear!? Do you have dark nail polish or jewerly? I learned from parrots that birds are afraid of some of these things. look through a chkn/birds eye! and yes call to them like a chkn momma! cluck cluck dont chase make them chase YOU!
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    White spots on rooster's comb (pictures)

    Ahhh my hen got these kinda raised white spots developed over a couple months in winter>>i think someone err crapped on her head! and then this happened...finally know what it is! lorde just put coconut oil on it...maybe fungal cream next thanks!
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    mereks carrying silkie hatching eggs...

    Still super healthy and growing at 3 weeks now no sign of Mereks! What I have been reading though the incubation period is long with Mereks and I do not consider myself in the clear. So much confusing info online)We DID vaccinate all chicks at one week of age, except one that was vacc. at 2 days...
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