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    Hens picking on one hen

    We have 8 hens that are about 2 years old now. They were raised together and got along well. They have a 20 x 20 coop which they sleep in at night and free range all day. One of the hens, a red sex linked, has spurs and some of the hens pick on her. One will jump on her back and peck at her...
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Amazing that others do not have Guineas that ruin plants, while they do not scratch like chickens, they tear off branches of my young trees, and peck at the stalks of new trees, creating deep punctures that are oozing. Also they try to make nests where my shrubs are and cause the shrubs to die...
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    Rooster unsteady on feet and sitting a lot after being attacked by Guineas

    My Rooster was attacked by a few Guineas a few days ago, I do not see any visible sign of injury, however he is walking slow and is unsteady on his feet when standing, sitting down a lot and sleeping. He is eating and drinking and getting around, but not himself now. The Guineas are gone now...
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    My guineas, 4 of them, attacked one of my hens and she died after a few days, don't know if they punctured her somewhere or what, no visible trauma, but she could not eat nor stand well after that. About a month later they attacked a rooster, and he is in bad shape now, so I have decided to...
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    How do I keep Guineas from eating certain plants? They don't bother too many things, but we have some beautiful Mexican Petunias that they have decided to pluck clean. I made a wire cage to put around it. They also chewed off all my Irises down to the rhizomes. Does anyone have any other...
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    9 week old Black Copper Marans...gender guesses please.

    I think he does this because this pair is in a pen, I mean't in a pen, not a pet. oops.
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    9 week old Black Copper Marans...gender guesses please.

    I chose the nicest Roo and put him in with the only pullet of the 8 BCM straight run I got, in their own pen. That leaves 6 roos that are free range, they come to me when they see me go out to do chores, one of them in particular is really fiesty and chases all the other roos around and pulls...
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    9 week old Black Copper Marans...gender guesses please.

    Thank you for the EE/Olive tips and I will post some new photos of those roos soon, they are beautiful!
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    9 week old Black Copper Marans...gender guesses please.

    You are so lucky if they are both hens, and they do look like it. I purchased a straight run of 8 BCM's and 7 are roos. They are going on 5 months and I don't know what to do! I already had a rooster. I just wanted some good BCM hens, lol. Now what to do...they are all crowing and getting...
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I have found that my Guineas want to be in the area they were raised in, even when we moved their "area" out of my garden to another section of our property and they run around all day, they go right back to roost and hang out where I raised them. So might be good to raise them in the area you...
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    I have 5 guineas and am new to them. They make noise all day and some of the night, pretty funny birds they are. I started ringing a bell every time I fed them and the chickens and now whenever I ring that bell, they all come running. I have a little under 2 acres. So far, no complaints from...
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    When I try to post in the classifieds it says I am not able to post classified ads, and to accept the rules and regulations, however when I go to the rules and regulations page and read through it, there is no where to agree to it. How do i do this?
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    Black Copper Marans

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    New Member

    Hello, I am a new member and joined this group to learn more about chickens and to share my experiences with some new chickens I recently acquired, and ask questions about them or perhaps there are some threads to go through that I will find some of my answers. I also have some extra roosters...
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