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    Ask The Moonshiner Anything!

    Hawks DO suck! I was gardening when it happened, outside with my chickens. It happened so fast! At first I didn’t know what it was, I THOUGHT it was one of my Americauna hens. It was a big brown blur. In the seconds it took me to get to them, Mooney was all over the hawk. I scooped up the hen...
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    Ask The Moonshiner Anything!

    @The Moonshiner you didn’t tell me the extent of the awesomeness of leghorns. Not only is Mooney people friendly, great with the hens, he gets along perfectly with my primary rooster, but he’s also a great protector. He saved a little hen from a hawk this morning. The hen is recovering with...
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    The Moonshiner's Leghorns

    @The Moonshiner how are ya? I’ve got a leghorn pullet about 18 weeks old or so. She laid her first egg 4 days ago, but hasn’t since. Does it take a minute to really start up? I read leghorns won’t lay in extreme heat. It’s been 96-100 degrees here. Any truth to that?
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    Hawk attack, my little hen is in shock

    Oh she’s definitely got the TLC going on. She’s so pitiful it’s heartbreaking. Cross your fingers for a fast recovery.
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    Hawk attack, my little hen is in shock

    Just letting you know, we got back from the vet today. And he said my little hen doesn’t seem to have any broken bones or internal injuries. He gave us some antibiotics. Her right eye is swollen shut and she has plenty of lacerations. He said to keep doing what I’m doing and she should recover...
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    Hawk attack, my little hen is in shock

    I worry about internal injuries, I’m hoping that’s not the case. I’m just leaving her be at the moment. Just pushing water. Hawks are awful. I’ve got 6 roosters, huge roosters. Did the hawk go after one them? Nope. The little bantam polish, who was just sun bathing. It breaks my heart. I’m...
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    Hawk attack, my little hen is in shock

    Yes I’ve got nutri drench, I think it’s electrolytes for chicks. I’m giving her that with her sugar water.
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    Hawk attack, my little hen is in shock

    If it wasn't for my roosters my little hen would’ve been killed on the spot! She’s a little bantam polish pullet. A hawk swooped down and looks like grabbed her by the head. My roosters was fighting the hawk as I was running out there. My coonhound got a hold of the hawk while I grabbed my hen...
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    Baby crowing and STILL not weaned! What age is your oldest chick to wean from mama?

    Omg how adorable!!! You know if that was a pullet she could’ve very well been laying. Can you imagine her running off to lay, and running back under her mama?!? lol So my mama is a standard size and daddy is a bantam. The chicks are definitely taking after daddy, they’re small..well short but...
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    Baby crowing and STILL not weaned! What age is your oldest chick to wean from mama?

    Hi, so I’m just curious. How old was your oldest chick that was weaned ? Typically my chicks are weaned by 5 weeks old. But I’ve got a clutch, they just turned 7 weeks, one of which is CROWING and mama still mamas them. It’s fine with me, they’re healthy and happy. But it hysterical to watch a...
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    My hens are making my roosters look good!

    My og flock of 12 hens and my primary rooster have got the grouch bug or something. I’ve also got a bachelor flock of 4 roosters. The boys occasionally bicker nothing serious. And usually the og flock is quiet and calm unless singing the egg song. But here lately, my hens have been just been...
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    Should I add a Rooster to my flock?

    What a handsome boy! Im trying to think, how old was my Cochin when he lost his hormonal mind..he crowed at 9 weeks and I THINK he was about 12-15 weeks when he turned into the cockerel nightmare. For about 6 weeks or so I really disliked him. He was awful, to me, the hens just a nightmare. But...
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    I HATE the “pecking order”!

    Yes! Every time!
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    I HATE the “pecking order”!

    No none of us would but the HENS do lol. They even have little cliques. And I think they talk about me behind my back. They’ll be all squawking in the coop but when I go out there, they get all quiet. And they look at me all judgey.
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    I HATE the “pecking order”!

    Right!? “Omg Betty, guess who slept beside Fred last night? Sheryl!” “What a skank, I never liked her. She thinks she’s all that, because she has feathers on her feet-ugh mutant” OR “Did you see Mary’s babies?? Omg girl they’re all yellow! I heard she was sneaking around with Charlie.”
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