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    Introducing a duck to the hens

    Thank you for your help, Pirate Girl! We went and got a second duckling (our two year old has named them Daisy and Princess, Haha!) and we will work towards improving our run to make all our featherbrains happy.
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    Introducing a duck to the hens

    Hello! We have a fully enclosed run, approx 25-30ish square metres, with six pretty mellow, happy hens of varying breeds. (2 Rhode Island Red, 1 Blue Leghorn, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 x Sussex Speckled and 1 Plymouth Rock). They have a relaxed pecking order and the one on top is a big softie...
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    Chicken guard dogs for homes near Australian bush

    Thanks guys! I hadn't thought of an aussie cattle dog! I think I definitely want to avoid the ratters, regardless of the success stories. A herder might be a good option... and funny if I could train to herd the girls. Haha. I think whatever direction we go I'll have to find out as much as I...
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    Chicken guard dogs for homes near Australian bush

    Hi all, My husband and I are looking at getting a puppy in the next few months and I would love to hear some of your stories / experiences with chicken-guard-dogs to help us decide on a breed. I wouldn't be leaving them alone together anyway but I would like to think that we got a dog that...
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    RIR 18 weeks Hen or Roo?

    Thanks for your response! I hope you are right :) We have had 18 weeks of being nervous. Florence has always been on the plump side and back when (s)he was younger and we were Googling differences between hens and roos, she would portray every aspect of a male. E.g. yellow head, no stripe. (s)he...
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    RIR 18 weeks Hen or Roo?

    Hi :+) We have two RIR and an Australorp; you can see them below. All three are currently 18 weeks (as of second week of May). Left to right we have 'Foxy', 'Florence' (or possible Lawrence) and 'Lucille Ball'... though they all answer to 'chickies'. So far we have loved having them, they have...
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