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    Hilarious rooster behavior!!! Why does he do that?

    I am a first time chicken mama and I have spent lots of time observing and enjoying the sometimes hilarious stuff they do. Our rooster, Bach, thinks highly of himself and he of course shows off for his girls. When we first let them out in the mornings, he does his mating dance, but it looks...
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    What's YOUR chickens' favorite treat?

    My chickens like most anything, especially bananas, strawberries, tomatoes, and watermelon and Bach the rooster is the biggest pig of all. They expect delivery from my hand though....I can throw the exact same stuff on the ground and they won't have it, but will eat it if I feed it to them or...
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    Sponsored Post Keeping Dogs and Chickens - Tips for a Harmonious Introduction.

    Thank you for this! I have a rescue rottie that we have had for years and she evidently was a farm dog in her prior life. She is EXCELLENT around my girls and my roo and they do fine together. She even guards them, following them around and lying within a few yards of where they are (mine are...
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    Ended Contest #2 Photo Caption Contest #1 - 7th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-a-long!

    This is my favorite place to browse in BYC . My job is very stressful and I like to visit during my lunch time and just look at the creative captions and cute pics and giggle for a couple of minutes. Makes me smile and de-stress instead of being in distress! THANKS BYC all all the creative...
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    BYC Café

    It is supposed to be near 80 today here in upstate SC. That is GREAT, but what often happens here is that everything (including PEACHES...my very favorite upstate crop behind strawberries), start blooming and then whammo....we get a hard freeze and it decimates the peach crop! I guess the only...
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    BYC Café

    Hi Trib and others. I am Cynthia, have an amazing husband, a rottie, a Min Pin, a kitty, and am a proud chicken mama (5 hens and one roo). We just got the chickens last April as babies and we managed to successfully raise them. Our girls give us at least 3 eggs daily, are friendly, and...
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    New Chickity Chicken Mama from MD!

    I have a selectively aggressive roo...Bach loves his mama but he hates my husband! Bach will sit on my lap and eat out of my hand, let me pick him up and move him where he needs to go, will let me pet him but all bets are off with my poor husband. Steve carries a broom around when he is...
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    Funny Chicken Names

    I named my girls after famous female musicians since I teach music. Beverly (Sills) opera singer, Audra McDonald (opera singer), Leontyne (Price) opera singer...Teeny for short, Anna (Magdalena Bach-wife of the famous JS Bach), Clara (Weick Schumann-wife of Robert Schumann) and my roo...
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    Pecking....need help

    The tractor is 10 x 15....plenty of room for 6 chickens. Clara has been my favorite since she was a little chick and she is the lowest in the pecking order so I guess I should not be surprised. I generally put them out every day but I have just let Clara run around outside the tractor since...
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    Pecking....need help

    I put my girls and my roo into the large chicken tractor Friday afternoon and all was well. In less than an hour, they had pecked a spot on one of the hen's back the size of a silver dollar! I am new to chickens and this bunch is my first attempt. They grew like mad, started laying right on...
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    What's YOUR chickens' favorite treat?

    My chickens go bananas for bananas! I peel them, cut up in small bug size pieces, and put them in a pan of milk. They gobble them up! They also like strawberries, tomatoes, apples, and pasta. I know it is important that most of their food is layer rationto be sure they have the nutrition...
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    New member with first egg today also :)

    I have an Aracauna chicken named Clara that lays beautiful blue eggs like the one in your pic. This is my first time with chickens too, so maybe that is what you have! What a good daddy to put the time in and work with the the baby chicks for his baby chicks!
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    New Chickity Chicken Mama from MD!

    HA....I hope I do. All my girls and my roo are named for musicians (I am a choral director and a pianist). I have Beverly (Beverly Sills, opera singer), Audra (Audra McDonald, opera singer), Clara (Clara Schumann, wife of Robert Schumann), Anna (Anna Magdalena Bach, wife of JS Bach), and...
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    New Chickity Chicken Mama from MD!

    I guess I am one of the lucky roo owners....My roo has shown some aggressiveness but only when he is upset if one of his girls is fussing or frightened (for example, when I was carrying a cardboard box to the garbage can and lifted it over the coop so I could get by....it scared the girls and...
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