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    Catching a Rooster with box and stick?

    There is an abandoned rooster across the busy road we live on and I've been brainstorming how to catch him. He's been wandering around a wooded area but mostly around this little pond next to an eletctrical station. There is a driveway there so it would be easy to set up a little spot to catch...
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    What would cause a single old hen to loose weight?

    This is a different hen, the last hen passed away and her symptoms were much more severe and acute... and no new chickens... can respiratory illnesses be a long term thing?
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    What would cause a single old hen to loose weight?

    So I don’t weigh my chooks on a regular basis, I weighed her several years ago and she was almost 5lbs, she’s gotta be less than 4 now, she’s really light. She Completely stopped laying last year and was only laying maybe 1 egg every other month before that. She also has some other symptoms, a...
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    What is the most common thing old hens die from?

    We’ve had birds that look bad but usually it was an egg stuck inside and they recovered. I think the biggest difference I noticed with this hen was her breathing really hard ;(
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    What is the most common thing old hens die from?

    you are a blessed human for straight up putting the info directly into your reply❤💜
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    What is the most common thing old hens die from?

    As my hens get older (we keep them as pets so we don’t mind them not laying) I get increasingly nervous about them passing away, and why, and should I cull? Cause I won’t know what’s wrong or how bad it is... I’m not sure if I’m comfortable yet doing an autopsy but maybe if I know the common...
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    King County, Washington!

    I find its a lot like having little puppies begging for treats, but I have also never owned bunnies ;)
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    LH/sexlink lays weird eggs

    I forgot to mention the wrinkled egg layer is only 1 year old.
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    Brabanters and Spitzhaubens--The Differences PIC HEAVY!

    Sorry I dropped off BYC for a while. At this point I don't even know if my girl(sold to me as a cream brabanter) is a mix, or just pure polish. Love her anyway ♡ I will probably go the direction of blue eggs in the future but I still love the look of the brabanter. If they're as goofy as my...
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    King County, Washington!

    I always drive around and see tons of chicken owners, I have yet to really connect with anyone local who owns chickens though!
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    LH/sexlink lays weird eggs

    She has been incredibly healthy this whole time so I never really paid much attention to her often misshappen eggs. No eye/nose discharge, normal poop, normal eating/drinking. She used to, if not still does lay double yolks, along with broken and mended/body checked eggs, wrinkled/corrigated...
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    Buff leghorn? Egg color?

    I feel I need to update. The place I got her from is now selling gold sexlink/leghorn mixes. That isn't what they told me, but it seems likely that is what she is. I have no idea what a sexlink temperment is like but she has classic leghorn flightiness.. it must be a strong trait.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Also late to the molting topic but I feel I've gathered enough feathers to make a new chicken! I was thinking maybe I could stuff a pillow if I took off the quills...?
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Do we get to see the paintings? I should do another chicken but the DH wants an owl for some reason :P
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Had the Dish salesmen at my door the other day(they dug my chickens). It really seemed like an awesome deal but literally no one I know has Dish... my husband remembers people saying the internet was slow but we have Comcast now and our internet is slow now so... any one have any thoughts on...
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