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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    ValerieJ, I really appreciate your advice on dealing with Raven. I am so sorry about Rosie. Sadly however, Raven's story was similar to hers in that she is gone. She was killed by a fox last spring. Perhaps though, I could apply this to the others? Both Dottie and Jojo pick on Sunshine. Dottie...
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Thanks! I'll order some as soon as I can.
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Thank you so much! I'll look into building them some more perches and such. We have a lot of power tools and scrap wood lying around, so it shouldn't be too hard. :)
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Thanks for the advice, everybody! I am so surprised and happy at how many people responded. I will definitely be increasing their run space (maybe using bird netting?), cutting back on the treats and feeding them meat scraps. Maybe we'll even get a little BO chick, ya know, just to solve the...
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Thanks for the idea with bird netting! I never thought of that. I will definitely look into it! Aww... your GLW sounds just like Sunshine! I wish her luck in dealing with the BO.
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    I never knew that they had such a high fat content! Thank you so much! I'll definitely try to work my mother around on the idea of feeding them meat. :)
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Thanks for the advice! I'll look into getting a different feed. They do have access to crushed oyster shells in a separate dish. Do those contain protein? I thought it was just calcium. Huh. Anyway, I'm not sure about feeding them meat. Would meal worms and unsalted sunflower seeds work as well?
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    My mother was feeding them treats that I didn't know about. :) She didn't know better. That at least should change. As for getting another Orpington, we did consider this (I wanted to name her Honey), but we decided to wait and see if any of them would go broody before getting another chick...
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    We are working on a way to cover the large area so that they can be out there all the time, but we haven't been able to execute it yet. We do try to give things to do to counteract the boredom (treats that involve a lot of pecking etc. We are also thinking about getting a small shatterproof...
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    They receive treats around 2-3 times a week (not including apple cider vinegar, which they receive every day in their water) Treats include: brussel sprouts broccoli acorn squash (rarely) corn on the cob cilantro parsley kale strawberries mealworms cabbage scratch (from MyPetChicken) lettuce...
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Thanks for the advice, DallasLoneStar, (and I agree with you - we certainly are trying) however, I don't think I could bring myself to kill them. Like, I said, we got them with the intention of holding, petting, and generally loving them as pets, and in that at least, we succeeded. They also...
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Could anyone tell me how to add photos? Thank you! :)
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    We buy food from MyPetChicken. There is a link to it posted below. https://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Organic-Feed/Organic-Layer-Feed-see-options-p1085.aspx
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Thanks for the advice, ValerieJ! I forgot to mention that we did try that. We kept Raven in a separate pen in the garage for a week when she was being aggressive towards Sunshine. It didn't help, though. We have two feeders (one twenty pound one with two openings and a smaller one from when they...
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    A Newbie Chicken Owner in Hot Water

    Hi! I'm new to this site and joined because I really, really need help. I don't even know how to describe my problem, because it's not really one problem so much as a bunch of interrelated ones. We received four baby chicks last July with the intent of totally spoiling them (they receive lots of...
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