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    Hen Stuck in Rat Trap Glue

    This morning one of my month old Dominant Coppers escaped from the large stock tanks and became stuck in a Rat glue trap. Thankfully all I do was come to Back Yard Chickens. I was able to save the little Hudini, she didn't care the whole process. But seemed content with warm towels didnt even...
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    Keeping Hens From Roosting in Nest Box

    What I did was use my drill and 1/2 inch rebar cut to go from each side. Put two in small coops from TSC, more in the larger TSC Coops all are above the nesting boxes. During the day they have 14 acres to range on.Building my first self made coop. 8'w X16'l X 10ft high. Plan on 24 nesting boxes...
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    They have worms

    Started giving them pumpkins when my oldest were 8 weeks old, the flock new and old love them seeds and all. Thank you for your answer.
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    Is Penny a female chicken or is she a he?

    Thank you and thank you for his new name. Caroline's baby is boy, no wonder he loves her.His name is and fever shall be Lenny.
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    Is Penny a female chicken or is she a he?

    Yes thank you. First time jenks did a mix up on me. Should have guessed the way he cuddles with Caroline.
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    Is Penny a female chicken or is she a he?

    Novagen but yes penny is a Lenny now thank you
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    Is Penny a female chicken or is she a he?

    Penny will now be named Lenny thank you.
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    They have worms

    Is Pumpkin really a natural reformer? I just bought 20 pumpkins from Costco. They quite large figure I can store them in my root cellar to hold them over until next year at this time. Works with my winter and summer squash.
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    Is Penny a female chicken or is she a he?

    Can anyone tell me the sex of Penny she is a third larger than her/his hatch mates. Also her/him coloring is different. They were bought from Jenks Hatchery, they hatched on July 30th.
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    Banty Rooster keeps running off immature roosters

    Thank you will do just that, it's off to solitary confinement for Moe. Who won't be getting paroled anytime soon.
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    Banty Rooster keeps running off immature roosters

    Thank you for your advice, began construction on new coop, and run for him. Going to use the frame from an old portable garage replacing sides, ends with chicken wire. Make a high roost. It will be a Maxiumum Security Prison for Criminally Insane Banty Roosters. Sorry a dad joke
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    Banty Rooster keeps running off immature roosters

    Thank starting construction on it tomorrow. Caroline wants him to be free range. I told her, Moe won't be in solitary confinement forever. Just til the bigger rooster get established, and Moe learns to be nice. To me that's never judging from what I read and your posts. Thank you.
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    Banty Rooster keeps running off immature roosters

    Is there anyway to stop a 2 and a half yrs old banty rooster from running my full sized rooster's off. As soon as they 20 weeks he chases them off. Neighbors have Albert and 6 hens thanks to Moe. Oh Moe is Caroline's pet, so culling, killing, giving him away is not an option if I want a happy...
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    Berry feeding time for My Flock

    Know that one, even when I get in the truck they surround the vehicle, only moving very slowly as I honk the horn, and creep forward.
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    It happened to me, too many chickens

    Right now I have 8 coops, and have started building a coop that will be 12×24. This it no more Chickens and no more coops. Well at least untill Caroline makes me buy more hatchlings when the current ones out grow wanting to cuddle on her.
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