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    mixing flock failures

    Has anyone here tried mixing flocks or even just adding a chicken or two and had it been so disruptive you just gave up and got rid of either the picked on chickens or the the offenders? i have two bunches. the first was two hens and two roos. they lived together amicably originaly. then when...
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    alaska chicken people please post tips

    hi all., was wondering if the alaska (extreme cold weather) chicken owners would be willing to post their coop and management solutions for dealing with extremely long cold spells of like 20 below and colder, i had my chickens last winter in a 70 degree heated building but this year would...
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    Here is our coop!

    very nice!!!
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    Chicken Lovableness

    they have a cool vocabulary that makes you think they are talking to you. they are soft and fluffy and smooth and satisfy the human desire for a comforting textile under the hand(or the chin). they are dependent on you and make you feel needed. they are silly and goofy and humorous and grab...
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    Indications of being egg bound?

    hi. my hen acted very similar for a period of days setting with no eggs. i posted a long post on what i did and what happened in emergencies under " eggbound chicken experience". set them in warm water. and lube them inside and out and calcium and aspirin for pain and muscle relaxation...
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    Make summer last well into the winter with strawberry jam

    wow. great artcle and photos and recipe. jennpeeps you should sell this to taste of home magazine. it inspired me i am makin jam?
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    cuddly chicken stories- yours welcome

    i have a blacksex link hen name of Grace (actually Gentle Gracie Goodhen) that is one year old. she has always been a sweetie but lately its like she has fallen head over heels for me. if i go out she runs to me. when i go in in the morning she gets as close to me on the perch as she can. or...
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    bedtime routines for your chickens

    sorry forgot subject line on post so reposting. hi. i have three age groups of chickens . my older bunch puts themselves to bed unfailingly at six. the second group is learning but i have to call them and help coax them in. my last group is just two silkie chicks that i catch and bring in...
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    Lethargic Hen-Not Walking or Moving Around

    Maybe she is eggbound. My hen spent lots of time in box when she was. Just posted my experience on this forum. Hope you'd gets better. Poo Shoes
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    Eggbound chicken experience continued

    Sorry here is the continued post. The word living in the previous post should be lubing. I kept her quiet and alone that night and returned her to the flock the next day. She has laid well since with no problems. The egg that was stuck was of normal size. This was my own experience with...
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    Eggbound chicken my experience with tips

    Hi all. Just thought I'd share this experience so anyone with this situatio might benefit. My one egg a day araucana hen sat for three days about four or five hours each time trying to lay. The third day she seemed concerned and even came over and hopped up on my lap such she never does and...
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    You Know your Addicted When???? (Game)

    You don't have kitchen cupboards but you have a really skookum chicken coop built. When asked what the perfect wedding anniversary present would be you don't say "diamond jewelry" you say "a new chicken coop". Ha. But it's so true ! Poo Shoes from Poo Shoe Farm
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    SLW pullets with different development rate

    Hi all. Was wondering if I could have two SLW pullets with different rates of comb and wattle development or is that possible. Both are about six weeks old from same batch. One has small pink wattles and and comb the other nothingto speak of. Will try to post pics tonight but could some...
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    Over

    To Ondra's Seramas, that is a neat pic of your bird on a post. almost a bird on a wire. what a beautiful area it looks to be. Is that taken in Chelan? Poo Shoes
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    Over

    Hi, I just posted these pics of Buddy Roo, by 10 month old rooster in the araucana contest. He said he wanted more exposure, though, so here he is again. He is married to his true love, Hazel Hedy Grump a white araucana hen that he was incubated with. It was a marriage made in eggan. They...
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