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    Chickens and Cats

    Quick question, we are thinking about getting a couple barn cats to keep the rodents down a bit. I do not see a problem with the chickens, but as my chickens start having chicks this spring, is that going to be a problem? Our renters has two indoor/outdoor cats that caught tons of mice but never...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Hey Western Washington people, has anyone noticed a massive increased in Rats the last year or so?
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    Cause of death help.

    Got a question here. Today when I got home from work I noticed a hen laying next to the coop. I walked over and noticed she was not well and gasping for breath. I picked her up to check on the crop, it was completely empty and nothing smelled abnormal. I set her down to think about what to do...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Wow, thats good to know. Someone gave me these. Good looking birds.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Thanks. The two different colors are different, which is odd. their are two light red and two dark red.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    What do you think? Breed? Sex?
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    Chicken ID

    yeah they are pretty cool. I have another one like that, they are good layers. I also have this one.
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    Chicken ID

    Wonder what you thought these were?
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    Feeding fish to chickens

    Thats funny, I was just about to post and say that my chickens eat every fish but bluegil. I boil them for a few minutes and blend them in an old blender, then they eat them.
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    Momma hen is rejecting 1 chick

    Thats awesome. I started brooding outdoors last year and its amazing. I am in western Washington where temps are very mild, so I was just curious how it worked in colder climates. .
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    Momma hen is rejecting 1 chick

    I have read that article before, its a great one. One question where are you located? How cold does it get there at night in February, are cold nights a problem?
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    Keeping ants out!

    Sounds like free chicken food.
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    Chickens and Calcium

    From my experience I just put them in a bowl in a corner (along with some granite) and they will go eat them when they need, its not something they eat a ton of but will wonder over and eat a few pieces here and there. I would just try that instead of mixing with the food so their wont be as...
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Have that .22 ready.
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    What mix is this?

    I know the dad is a faverolle The mom is most likely a Rhode Island Red, New Hampshire red, Rhode Island white, Barred rock or I have a few other mix breeds. Just wondering if any of you experts had a guess.
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