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    Culling a chick??

    I'm sorry about your little one:( I was really worried about losing some of my hens this time around because the last group I had were broilers who seemed to die easily. I fed a couple of my dying broilers to my snakes. Not really an option for everyone I guess, but they died quickly and at...
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    Scaredy chickens

    My hens are about 5 months old and have alway been very friendly. Well, not very friendly, but if they're out in the yard they'll come running up to me, and they'll approach and eat out of my hand in the pen after a minute of checking me out. Last week an opossum got into their pen. It scared...
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    HOW are they getting out??

    Quote: Oh, yeah, sorry! They're about 5 months old. I think I'll try clipping the other side of their wings...darn buggers!!
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    Dog Breed Experience Poll/Database

    My pitbull has never bothered them. She's been out in the yard all day many times with the chickens roaming around and we've had no incidents. She will chase when they run and she's really excited, though. I sent her into the pen one time when there was an opossum in the coop. She scared the...
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    HOW are they getting out??

    I cannot understand how my chickens are getting out!! They are in an old dog run- surrounded by chain link that is 8' tall and sunk into the ground. There's a dog house in the middle of it (going to convert into a proper coop very soon! They aren't laying yet so it has been adequate for now)...
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