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    White Leghorn - Brown eggs?

    What are Tetra Tints?
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    Confinement Issues

    Hi, thats exactly the run/coop I have. I have soil and lots of treats in the run for them and they will go in at sun down, just not before. I really need to keep them locked up most of the day as they literally demolish the garden. Hopfully 2 chickens in one of those should be OK for now.
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    Cats after chickens?

    We have loads of cats around our village but none really dare stalk the chickens. The only one I was concerned about when we had her was a very tiny bantam silkie cross but she was so plucky she ran and chased any cats who dared come into the yard. Now they don't even watch from the fence, they...
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    Confinement Issues

    Hello, I'm relatively new to owning chickens and have been making all sorts of mistakes as I go. I think I may have stumbled upon another one. I have one of those standard coops/runs you buy from ebay/amazon with the little window in the house part. I think its one of the larger ones so maybe...
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    Louise the Brahma?

    When we got Louise I was told she was a Brahma though I suspect with the colouring she has something else in her. Can anyone tell if she has another breed in there?
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    Asserting Dominance

    My top hen Molly is a very confident but kind lead hen. She rarely chases the other girls or displays any type of dominant behaviour. She does like the best pick of the food and she will chase another hen slighly if she thinks they are getting a bit too bossy for their own boots but altogether a...
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    Chickens with wanderlust.....

    My chickens love a good wander. Could you put a fence for them?
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    Noisy Hen :-(

    She isn't generally a chatty hen unless I come outside and then she follows me everywhere talking to me. This is fine as its nothing too loud more "baww .. ba .. ba .. babawrp" mumblings. But there are just certain times in the day while she is out free ranging when she does the calling and she...
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    Noisy Hen :-(

    Molly my large fowl buff orpington is head chicken and has started this week to make loud 'kawwrr' noises early in the morning (about 6.30) and then at certain periods in the day. She is a large bird so this can be quite loud and I have neighbours on either side so I need to keep the noise to a...
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    Adding new chickens to a flock of four

    We had two chickens who grew up together and wanted two more so we got two adult chickens of about the same age. It wen't well immediately and I think that is because they were the same age, the numbers were even (eg - 2 vs 2) and they were still young enough (18 weeks) to not be too set in...
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    Mixing Breeds & raising chicks

    I would be interested to see those mixies too ... bet they would look awesome. Welcome to the forum.
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    Too Friendly

    Awwww! I love it when you get a super friendly chicken. Mine is my Buff Orp Molly who follows me everywhere ... and to be honest my other chickens are also super friendly but there is something so human-like about how Molly acts its adorable. I love how small she is so you carry her around ...
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    New Chickens! - Thelma and Louise

    Aw thanks ... her feathers are kinda unusual looking which is why I picked her ... Its kinda of confusing because my name is also Louise but the hubby was set on calling them Thelma and Louise so now I never know who he is refering to ... We bought them some live bugs from the pet shop and...
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    Hoppy

    Awww, I'm so sorry ... What a sweet and special boy he was and he was very lucky to have been so well cared for and loved. Rest in peace little Hoppy!
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    I'm a chicken hoarder

    I hoard cuteness ... I have 4 cats, 4 chickens and I had 4 gerbils but now have 3 ... 4 seems to be my number for some reason. My DH tells me off all the time for my needyness to hoard cut fluffy feathery things, but they just give me so much joy and I always look after them better than I look...
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    New Chickens! - Thelma and Louise

    So I have now completed my little flock. We adopted Thelma (White Leghorn Hybrid) and Louise (Brahma) to join Molly (Orp) and Mini-Mol (Silkie X LightSussex) and from day one they have been getting on admirably. Molly has been a little more vocal and she on the first day she chased Louise...
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    At what age do Silkies become friendly? Mine think I stink!

    My silkies never really took to me and were very flighty and nervous ... we didn't really bond as I expected. At 18 weeks it didn't get any better and I gave the girls away with the roos except one silkie/light sussex hybrid who has a spunky personality and seemed braver that the rest. That...
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    Skittish Chicken - Anyone else have a White Nova?

    Oh dear. She is a little better today but I didn't have the nerve to leave her free ranging in the garden incase Molly and Mini-Mol chased the new ones and she scaled the fence again. We have a deep slope and wooded area behind us that leads to a freight train track so I can't have her go over...
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    Cleaning out the run?

    For all those with a dirt run, how do you clean the run out and get rid of the poop? At the moment I have concrete slabs down, covered in sand and I am constantly sieving or replacing the sand and couldn't imagine having a dirt run as I can't imagine it would be easy to get the poop up? I got...
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    Skittish Chicken - Anyone else have a White Nova?

    I have 4 chickens who free range in my garden. I have 1 super friendly and soppy large fowl buff orpington that follows me everywhere, taps/sits outside the conservatory if she thinks I am around somewhere in the house and if I lay in the garden, she lays next to me. It is very sweet ... My...
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