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    Whats the best way to tame a Pigeon

    I found a pigeon and after much work I can't find its owner. I'd like to make a pet out of it. Right now it is in a huge cage in my family room. I can reach in and pick it up but I would like to get it more comfortable with being held. Should I keep holding it on and off? It will stay in my...
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    Hen killed newly hatched chick - educate me

    This chick was clearly killed by the hen. It was torn open. I'm not sure night would have helped. She killed it on the second day. I checked on her the next morning and I could hear the chick peeping. That evening there was silence so I lifted her up and found the dead chick. I guess I...
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    Hen killed newly hatched chick - educate me

    I had a coffee can in my coop that I had put "old"eggs in. I didn't know what were too old to hatch, new, etc. Well they were in there for a couple of weeks and this weekend an egg actually hatched! (That's how hot it is here in Kansas!) Anyway, to keep me from having to care for one chick I...
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    My dachshund just proved she can never be trusted around the girls

    I have two huge Cochin roosters that live in my back yard. I couldn't bare to get rid of them and I already have a rooster in with my hens and four others that live in my barn. My dogs, a Rattie, a Corgi, and a Belgian Tervuren stay in the yard with them during the day while we are gone. I...
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    Help, Hen gone crazy

    My often hysterical Hudan hen hatched 2 chicks. One ended up getting mixed up with another brood so she has just been raising just one. She doesn't come out of the dog crate in the coop much so she and this chick have been living with limited activity. I have water and food available but she...
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    It's official, I have crossed over to the dark side...

    There is a magnetic pull on me that I find myself heading out the door toward the chicken yard and coop. I often think to myself, "why am I heading this way?". To which I answer "to see my chickens, of course". I can spend hours just watching them, filling feeders, refreshing waterers, etc...
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    Took a couple baby chicks away from the mother-when can I return them?

    I had a chick get mixed up with another hens brood. The hen never seemed to notice that she had an extra chick and it was during the day. The hen that lost the chick didn't seem to have a problem either. She has one now and the extra chick is now one of eight. I don't think it would matter...
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    the debate: broody or brooder

    I have chicks with hens for the first time this year. While I love raising them in the brooder, watching hens with chicks is extremely fascinating and entertaining. My Houdan hen had 2 hatched but one got mixed with another hens babies. So that gave my black Australorp eight (she hatched 7...
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    how to introduce new chick to existing flock

    I had about a doz mature hens with a few roosters in my flock. I waited until night time and put in about a doz hens that are about half grown. I made sure I opened the coop early the next morning and my chicken yard is huge. I never had a bit of trouble, it was like they had lived together...
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    Can Mama Hens Count?

    Do hens appear to know how many babies they have? I have a hen that had two chicks and I let them out with another hen that had seven chicks. Now one hen has one and the other hen has eight. I couldn't figure out which chick went with which hen and it didn't appear that the hens or chicks...
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    I think I have to get rid of my rooster chick and Im sad.

    I've often wondered if neutering roosters would keep them from crowing. I know that capons (SP?) are castrated males. I husband asked our country vet if she knew anyone that did it and she suggested with check with the Amish community. Still haven't done it but may be more motivated when my...
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    How many chicks do you have?

    I have a Hudan hen that hatched 2 mutt eggs, a polish hen that hatched 2 mutt eggs and an Australorp hen that ended up with 5 hatchlings. I think the father to all are my gorgeous, red Polish boy, Hector. I feel a little like a "chicken mill" letting these eggs hatch but I will be a...
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    How to make babies eat?

    Since you can't watch them constantly (I'm assuming), they are probably eating and drinking when you are not around? Hunger and thirst are pretty strong instincts so I would guess they are probably all right.
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    Tell me what your experience is with Polish Crested.....

    My rooster is a Polish and he is the best of roosters. He tends his flock really well and he is not the least aggressive. I originally had 6. 3 roosters and 3 hens. I'm down to one rooster and one hen. Predators got the rest. My hen is a good egg layer and is not one of my broodies. She...
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    Will my chicks be safe???

    How long can chicks be kept in the dog crate with momma hen? I have a german shepherd size crate with a hen and about five babies. That doesn't seem too bad but I have two hens with about 2 babies in sheltie size crates. Those crates seem too small for very long. I've used a horse watering...
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    Eggl Hatching is Nerve wracking!

    I don't have an incubator but the eggs had cooled quite a bit. They were cool to the touch. I have no way of knowing how long they were not being sat on. Can you tell if a chick in an egg is alive when you candle or just that there is a chick in it? My candling techniques are not great but...
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    Eggl Hatching is Nerve wracking!

    I just went out to shut the door to the coop. I heard loud baby peeping. I have three dog crates in the coop right now each with a hen and several babies but all seemed asleep. Where was that peeping coming from?!? I shined the flashlight all around trying not to wake too many birds. then I...
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    Will Hen protect chicks?

    I have 2 hens that have 2 babies each so far. They are both setting on more eggs but I may only give them another day or so before we all give up on the eggs. I didn't really plan for this so right now the hens and chicks are each in plastic dog crates. I'd like to get them integrated with...
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    Was I unlucky or stupid??

    If you have more than one broody hen do you keep each separate from the others or together separate from the rest of the flock?
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    Was I unlucky or stupid??

    I have a coop full of broody chickens. I'm letting them sit on eggs and would like to let them hatch and raise some chicks. I had a chick hatch this weekend. It was dry and fluffy by the time I saw it. Hen stayed on nest with other eggs but seemed to be tending the baby. One of my roosters...
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