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    Ended 7th Annual Easter Hatch Along Contest #3 Flapper Contest

    My two 4-month old bantam Cochin roos and a little sibling rivalry!
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    Very Shy Chicken

    With my first group of 4 hens, they all had completely different personalities. Three were very friendly, but my Rhode Island Red was so shy and skittish. I had them all for 2 1/2 years, and the whole time, no matter what I tried, Red would never come to me. The other three would eat out of...
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    May've intro'ed youngins wrong, now shunned

    I introduced my new, young flock of chickens to my older hens in all the right ways, and yet they were still ostracized. They young-uns were not allowed up on the roost, they were chased away from the food, and the old hens literally set up an ambushing station where one would stand guard, one...
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    Mama Cochin has abandoned her 3-week-old chicks

    Thank you...I raised my current flock as starter chicks, and we have a wonderful little micro-coop for them inside the coop, with a heat lamp. She's taught them how to get their water and such, so I guess the main thing is to keep them warm and safe until they're big enough to be out on their...
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    Mama Cochin has abandoned her 3-week-old chicks

    My 7-month-old hen Sweetie hatched twelve chicks 3 weeks ago, and was a wonderful mother...until a couple of days ago. Now she leaves them to go graze for most of the day and doesn't care where they are or if they are cheeping loudly for her. Last night she decided to sleep on the roost and...
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    Comment by 'rccola7' in article 'Bedding Part 2: Maintaining Your Bedding'

    Wonderful article, thank you!
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    Overwhelmed Momma Chicken?

    Thanks for the input...I guess every new mom needs a little help!
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    Overwhelmed Momma Chicken?

    My 6-month-old bantam Cochin Sweetie just hatched 12 eggs yesterday (whew!) and this morning two chicks were laying out of her nest in the cold, twitching. I brought them in and warmed them up, and they seem fine now, so I put them all in a large plastic tub with a heat lamp so if any wander...
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    Letting hen hatch her own eggs - need advice please

    I'm not sure if you got your problem resolved, but the Chicken Chick has some excellent information on broody hens, and on hatching http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/05/broody-breaker-when-hens-mood-to-hatch.html
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    I think my chicken may be a turkey!

    donrae from what I'm reading I think you're right. Thankfully I have a large yard where I can keep my chickens "together but separate." I'm excited to see how she does!
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    I think my chicken may be a turkey!

    BuckAlorp haha sort of a dyslexic "Asil"..."Alis"! She will now be officially known as Alice! It will be interesting to see my proud little roo try his moves on her.
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    I think my chicken may be a turkey!

    Oh wonderful! I looked them up and I believe she is exactly that. She is so friendly and very intelligent, and gets along extremely well with my other birds (sounds like I lucked out in getting only one!). I did get my chickens for egg-laying, but I don't care if she's not a good layer, she's...
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    I think my chicken may be a turkey!

    I got these chickens as babies from our local nursery, and they are now 6 months old. This girl looks nothing like the group (one Polish, one RIR, two bantam Brahmas, two bantam Andalusians)...I wonder if she got mixed up at the store. She's tall and lanky; my kids call her Ostrich. She is...
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    Large Polish rooster aggressive towards Banties

    Yes I do...he's just kind of a turd, he grabbed our Polish hen by the head feathers and drug her around the yard...but I find that unless there is bloodshed, it's usually best to stand back and let them be chickens. I have a way to separate my free-range area into two spaces so I will probably...
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    Large Polish rooster aggressive towards Banties

    I have 11 chickens of assorted sizes...four are banties and the rest are larger-sized. All are 3 1/2 months old. The past few weeks my Polish rooster started being very aggressive towards my banties (3 hens and 1 rooster). Is this behavior just going to become worse the larger he gets? I...
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