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    Almost had a heart attack tucking the girls in last night!!

    *disclaimer* bloody pics, but no actual harm done thank god Every night I do a head count and tuck my girls in and get in some bedtime snuggles before closing up the coop. Last night I went in, looked to the left where the nesting boxes are and saw my big fat chantecler, butter, roosting on the...
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    The story of Chestnut and Buttercup ❤️

    Are they Delawares? I have two Delaware hens that are a year and a half old. We got them as little chicks and they’ve been so wonderful. Mines names are Willow and Tinkie. Tinkie was always the most outgoing and friendly. I was sure she was going to be a rooster but I was wrong! By the end of...
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    Hen got a little too excited 😅

    😂😂😂 apparently! Several of my chickens do this, I have to be very careful where I squeeze!
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    Extremely tiny preening gland???

    Good to know! That kind of makes sense, she’s just a little over a year old and hasn’t had a big molt yet
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    Extremely tiny preening gland???

    Nope, all hens. It’s not really her “back” per se, it’s her fluffier feathers as her tail starts
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    Extremely tiny preening gland???

    How are their feathers?? My hens feathers have always been gorgeous and then recently they’ve changed to looking stringy and dull (just the back ones, her head and neck and chest are all still really pretty)
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    Extremely tiny preening gland???

    I’ll try to get some today! She’s my least friendly chicken but hopefully I can get her to stay still long enough to get a few.
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    Extremely tiny preening gland???

    Hello! I have a buff chantecler that is just a little over a year old. She has always had gorgeous, glossy, healthy looking feathers but lately I’ve noticed her feathers down her back look really stringy and oily. They aren’t being bitten at or pulled out, they’re just stringy. I might try to...
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    Chicken Breed Behaviors from Experience!

    That doesn’t include the many variations we also call them lol. Tinkie Winkie and Stinky Tinkie are my favorites The one we call lemongrab has that name because she sounds like an adventure time character with the same name, if you're not familiar I’d look up a vid of him screaming “DUNGEONS!”...
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    Aggressive behavior in chickens bought as pullets??

    In my experience, 14 week pullets are in a “teenage phase” and are jerks. Every one of my girls has gone through this, I’ve always noticed an uptick in mean behavior when they are getting close to the point of lay. It’s like they can tell something is changing in their bodies and it pisses them...
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    Chicken Breed Behaviors from Experience!

    We sure do love them, they’re all great girls. And yes we’ve named them all! -Delaware: Willow and Tinkie -Buff orpington: baby peaches -Lavender orpington: Luna -Chocolate Orpington (might be an australorp): Twig (sometimes we call her lemongrab) -Light brahma: Lilly rose -Silkie: Gypsy...
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    Chicken Breed Behaviors from Experience!

    Hi! I have all sorts of breeds that I’d love to share about! I’m fairly new to chicken keeping but here are all the breeds I’ve owned -Delaware -Buff orpington -Lavender orpington -Chocolate Orpington (might be an australorp) -Light brahma -Silkie -ISA brown -EE Wyandotte x -sapphire gem...
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    How many quail do I need for meat?

    Hi everyone! I’ve been keeping chickens a little over a year and recently I’ve been thinking about keeping quail also. Not together…separate housing. I know the basics of care, but my question is how many do I need for a family of 3? How should I start? It would be okay if we had extra, I could...
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    My girls gave me a Christmas surprise this morning!

    Lol Thanks! I’m sure they’ll all be fine, everyone still looks healthy and all are still laying almost daily!
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    My girls gave me a Christmas surprise this morning!

    The Christmas surprise was roundworms. Two. Huge. Roundworms. Left right on top of a roost for me to see as soon as I walked in the coop this morning! 😁. So everyone got a nice dollop of fenbendazole this morning. My sweet Delaware, Willow, recognized the syringe and came running to gobble up...
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