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    Complicated egg bound case

    I'm so very sorry 😮‍💨.
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    What did you name your chicks ?

    Our red chicken is called Cinnamon, her sister Rosie ( short for Rosinante, we live in Spain 😉) and the dark one is Maroni. Not very original but it works for us 😅.
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    Housing for bird flu

    I have seen green netting on big enclosures, that should cover everything.
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    Now in time of plenty, gather and store for times of want.

    An English couple is raising chickens and here is their way of keeping eggs. That might help
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    Got 4 yr old chickens about 2 months ago and only one of them has been laying

    Our Cinnamon is a rescue chicken (no idea what breed :rolleyes:). She was malnourished, with a very pale comb, couldn't roost, licked lettuce instead of eating it etc. You get the sad picture :mad:. After 10 weeks of TLC she surprised us with her first egg and hasn't looked back. For 3 years...
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    Really EXCESSIVE CROWING

    I doubt that a collar would help. When our rooster Philip had problems with one neighbour (day time crowing only, he slept inside a shed at night ... :( we brought him to the vet and yes, we lived in South Africa too 😉. I was told by the vet, that roosters have a voice box inside the chest and...
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    Not in the mood to feed European Starlings…

    If you have only adults in your flock, a "Grandpa's" treadle feeder could be the solution.
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    What does a broody hen do with her chicks in the first week after they hatch?

    We used a hen to raise golden pheasants in a separate aviary from everybody else. Mom took them for a "walk" around their home after 20 hours of hatching and I think the babies decide on the outing, mom just followed them. All went perfectly well. :jumpy
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    How do you store your feed/scratch?

    Plastic containers - never keep them in Plastic bags, they will heat up and spoil the feed.
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    What's your flock's favourite food/treat?

    Mealworm come first, fish and meat plus sunflower seeds a close second.
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    Roosters in the Woods

    We live in a posh, private "village" in Spain and somebody send their chickens in the evening to the street 😡. Our security guards brought them to us and we kept them, more followed: thrown over the wall ....🤬. And then there was the little rooster we could hear for days but never see or catch...
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    Any ways to get a rooster to stop crowing?

    We had Philip, living in a residential area, and one neighbour objected to his crowing during the DAY 😫 ( at night he was soundproof locked up). Off he went to the vet and he tried to glue the voice box, but with little success 😔. Philip was after that like a rooster with asthma: his head...
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    Any ways to get a rooster to stop crowing?

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    How cold is too cold?

    Write a mail to Fiona and Hugh ar the Youtube channel " English country life". They live on a smallholding in England and raise Buff Orpingtons. They both are extremely knowledgeable and will be able to give you advice Good luck to you and the girls 🙂
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    How to keep sparrows/wild birds out of run!?

    Have you tried a Grandpa's feeder? It is a treadle feeder and the chickens step on it to open the top (which is covered when they are not eating) and close when they step off. No more feeding the neighbourhood birds :) .
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