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    Rooster and two male Guineas beating up hen

    At least 3, maybe 4 years old. Guineas are 2?
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    Rooster and two male Guineas beating up hen

    I'm considering rehoming one of the guineas. I like to have them as they eat bugs that the chickens don't. Last year I had only one and he was no trouble. This year I have two and they tend to gang up on the hens. Female guineas are too loud for me.
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    Rooster and two male Guineas beating up hen

    Yes, they are. I think I'm going to try to put her in with a hide board, and see if that helps.
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    Rooster and two male Guineas beating up hen

    I have one rooster, 8 hens, and 2 male guineas. Yesterday I caught them all ganged up on one hen and pecking her severely. It seemed as if they were trying to kill her. She's in the hospital crate and I think she will be OK. She is the low chicken in the pecking order, but it makes no sense...
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    Dog proofing pop door

    My Brittany Spaniel is proud of her ability to get in and out of the pop door. I raise Buff Orpingtons and some Guineas. I started out with a 12"W x 16'H guillotine-type door. She hardly had to duck her head to get in. I put a piece of cattle panel over the door so the opening is 6"W x 12"H...
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    Comment by 'The Kibble Goddess' in article 'Common egg quality problems'

    I'm having an issue w/my hens eggs that was not addressed in this article. Older hens, they are laying eggs where the yolk seems swirled into the white. Occasionally the white is thick and rubbery, but mostly it is think and runny. What would cause yolks to not hold together inside of the egg?
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    What is this growth on chick's eyelid?

    4 week old chick came up with this growth on it's eyelid. Anyone have ideas as to what it could be and how to treat? It is not eye worm or an infection that i can tell. I thought it had gotten pecked on they eye and cleaned it off pretty well before I thought to take a pic. I didn't know...
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    Why are they laying addled eggs?

    Does anyone know what would cause chickens to lay addled eggs? You know, where the yolk and white are mixed in a fresh laid egg? Is it due to age, heat, something wrong with the hen? My flock is a mixed age group of Buff Orpingtons. Some of the girls are 4+ years, some are this years hatch...
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    Found what I believe is a king pigeon or a dove? Not sure what to do..

    Search for your local pigeon fanciers' club or pigeon racing in your area. They could probably help you out.
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    Need advice on running a sustainable, self-reproducing flock

    Hmmm....no opinions?
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    Need advice on running a sustainable, self-reproducing flock

    Y'all, I'm trying to run a sustainable flock of 20+ Buff Orpingtons. By this I mean a flock that is healthy w/o a lot of medications, that are good foragers, and can raise their own babies. I don't have enough resources to have separate breeding clans, so i do bring in an unrelated replacement...
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    Do chicken eggs sell?

    One more thought: DO NOT DELIVER. You will eat up all your profit in gas, and be at the mercy of someone else's schedule. That said, i do deliver to one client, but she lives only a mile from my house and she pays more than i charge other customers. Each of my customers has a day their eggs...
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    leg Band Woes

    Yesterday Hubs commented that one of my hens skips instead of running. So I started watching who was doing what. I saw the skipping, but she seemed fine; i just thought, "More chicken weirdness." Then I found the same hen roosting in the nest box instead of on the roost. Went to move her to...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Update: The weak chick passed away tonight, but he was warm, dry and loved. Further research on the high number of deaths just after hatching lead me to Suzy Sunshine's article on Mushy Chick Syndrome, Somehow in my several years of chicken keeping I had never come across this. Guess you just...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    Scarlet, my little broody bantam, has been so faithful setting her eggs. Yesterday I noticed her talking to her eggs. One hatched, and since he was doing so well and peeping out from under her wing, I went ahead and got excited about seeing more chicks this morning. How depressing to find...
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