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    What breed of dogs do best with free-range chickens?

    Thank you all for your response. We have been working with "Bella" on a leash and walking around the free-range chickens and each time she tries to lunge I yank back the leash and yell NO. She is a young dog ( a year old) so I think we have much work to do with her but I feel we made the...
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    What breed of dogs do best with free-range chickens?

    We recently lost the best watchdog ever! She watched over our flock for 15 years. She was a cross between a German Shepherd and Chow. We just went to the animal shelter and purchased a 1 year old female Shepherd/Boxer mix and trying to train her to be kind to our feathered friends. Do any of...
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    Found skunk in chicken house ~ Do they kill chickens?

    I have had 2 chickens in the last week killed, one in the chicken run and the other found in the chicken house. Both times their necks were eaten and the entrails pulled out of the backside. I have been lacking egg production for about 2 weeks now and blamed it on the stress of the trauma of...
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    Rats!!!!

    It could possibly be a weasel. I just had 2 of my beloved hens killed in the last 3 days (one of them just last night) and after much researching found it to be a weasel since I recently killed off the rat population in my small barn with poison. Weasels will eat rats and after the rats are...
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    What's best way to get rid of weasels?

    HELP! I have had 2 of my beloved hens killed within 2 days and I believe it is a weasel since nothing else could possibly fit in the tightly kept chicken house and run. When I have found both hens it was almost exactly the same scene. Head severed and entrails pulled out of the back end. I...
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    Broody sitting on 14 eggs!!! HELP!

    Thanks for the replies! .....and yes there is a rooster that my broody "belongs" to. There are actually 2 roosters that have their own flock of hens and each other respects that which is kind of unusual according to some of my friends who have flocks.
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    Broody sitting on 14 eggs!!! HELP!

    Since getting my chickens last year, I finally have a hen that has become broody and is sitting on eggs. She started about 4 days ago and every time another hen comes into the hen house to lay her egg the broody gets up and allows the other hen to deposit her egg in the community nest. Once...
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    Comment by 'RoosterPecked' in article 'Camping Breakfast'

    Sounds delicious! I have also used sausage and green onion in my recipe and then added shredded cheddar cheese on top and let it melt before serving.
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    My hen escaped the HAWK!

    Quote: Thanks Erin! We were just given 14 more hens and another rooster last weekend so it probably would not be a good time for "Bo Peep" to go in the lions den quite yet. She does want to go in there and sits atop a bale of hay near a window where she can see inside the hen house at the...
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    My hen escaped the HAWK!

    Thanks Heather......I was kinda thinking that's what I'd hear. I will continue to keep her isolated than.
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    My hen escaped the HAWK!

    After watching a hawk take off with my hen I never thought I'd see "Bo Peep" again until the next morning when I spotted her out at the barn. When I walked up to her she fluffed her feathers up in fear and I saw on the back of her neck where the hawk had taken about 2 inches of flesh out of...
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    What to do with my mean ole Roo?

    Please help! I have a rooster, 5 5 Black Sex Link hens, 2 guinea fowl and the cutest little Cochin hen. My problem is the rooster won't leave the little cochin alone. As soon as I let them all out of the chicken run in the morning he goes after her, biting her in the neck and throwing her...
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    Lost 52 today..

    I can't even imagine your loss. Even though I am a newbie I am already very attached to my chickens. I would not hesitate to sue them for damages. You need to do that to not only teach them a lesson, but also to be able to finally get your life back with your chickens. You deserve that! I...
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    What does a guinea's egg look like?

    Thank you for your response. The whitish eggs I have been getting along with the brown eggs are the same size as the other hens but they are a bit pointy also but have some brown specks in them. Whoever they come from ~ they are delicious as I had 3 this morning for breakfast!
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    What does a guinea's egg look like?

    I have 2 guinea fowl and believe one of them may be a female. Yesterday, when gathering the eggs from my other hens I noticed that one of the eggs was very light - almost white with specks in it and wondered if it belonged to the guinea. Someone please help. Thanks!
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