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    Coalition of Animal Sanctuaries Urges Ban on Backyard Chickens

    Wifezilla wrote: Animal activism and logic have very little to do with each other. Well, I see what you're saying, but honestly, I think a lot of us here consider ourselves to be "animal activists" because we treat our chickens humanely, as opposed to crowding them into notebook paper...
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    Easter Egger Question

    EEs are some of the friedliest chickens, and they are not typically aggressive with other birds--not submissive, either. They tend to be sort of above the fray, not as interested in the pecking order as some other breeds. My Ameraucanas are the same way. EEs tend to have larger, more vividly...
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    homocidal broody

    Oh, how terrible that must have been. Sometimes it's tough to tell what kind of a mother hen a broody will be. One of our Silkies, Sylvie, is WONDERFUL. She has even adopted a nearly week-old orphaned baby, one I didn't even have to sneak under her. I simply presented the chick to her on my...
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    Amer/EE pullets from hatcheries: What color are your eggs?

    Quote: I totally agree, Pasofino. In my experience, Easter Egger egg colors are usually a little more vivid simply because hatcheries are breeding specifically for color. I love my wheatens, though, even if they have a paler egg. They're still pretty. If you're buying for egg color (or...
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    You might be a crazy chicken lady/gent if...Go on, post yours!

    Quote: That made me laugh like crazy. My contribution: When you spend three years trying to teach your blind "special needs" chicken how to eat from your hand. (And finally it works!) ... and then when it works so well, you now have to explain Hildy to EVERYONE (she'e not attacking you!)...
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    So we're supposed to report "fishy" statements about healthcare reform

    Uh huh except for veterans, VA and Medicare which is a HUGE number of people who have earned those benefits. Those are all socialized, government run health care programs. I think you may be missing the point if you think the White House is trying to tell people what they can say and what they...
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    little songbird on road...

    In an emergency, crush up dry dog or cat food with water until it's about the consistency of yogurt, and feed that. (Or you can mix it with the whey that you pour off the top of some plain yogurt). Make sure it's not too cool. Poor baby.
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    Chicks swelling with water when hatched---one dead :(

    Possibly mushy chick disease--it involves swelling and edema. Poor babies. http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/203800.htm...
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    What gives eggs their color?

    Here is the answer. http://www.mypetchicken.com/How-do-blue-eggs-become-blue-instead-of-H45.aspx?
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    Speckled Sussex-now you got me questioning myself!-UPDATE pg 2

    Quote: They will totally fool you sometimes. One of my speckled sussex girls has a HUGE comb, floppy, like a leghorn. Great layer. The other SS girls all have normal combs. One of my Cuckoo Marans developed a big, red comb at something like two weeks--she was also lighter than the others. The...
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    Best Tasting Chicken Breed

    I can tell a huge difference in taste between heritage breeds and grocery store chickens. I don't believe I've ever tasted pastured, humanely raised Cornish Xes. Perhaps they would have more taste. The chickens from the store taste like cardboard, and are very mushy. I was under the impression...
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    EE hen with non EE roo?

    Chances are, they will lay green. So far as eggs go, blue + brown = green.
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    Rooster crow

    Oh, how I love those first few crows! We had a rooster once whose legs were so long, he was like a gangly teenager. Whenever he tried to crow, hed lose his balance. (He did eventually get the hang of it.) Mine normally start at four or five months, but as other people have said here, it just...
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    Bald hen--from overexcited rooster???

    So maybe some breeds are more prone to easily pull feathers from? idunno I have some cochin/EE mixes and it does appear that a couple of my pullets have redder combs than the others. That's all I know however cause I'm new to that breed/mix. I think that's definitely true. For instance, I...
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    CRACK! BAD CHICKEN

    Sometimes they will peck a hole in the egg because there is a little calcium "pimple" on the egg shell. (I guess those are irresistible to certain birds.) They want to peck off the little spot! Do your eggs have any bumps? That might be it.
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