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    Sick Hen. No appetite, Green poop? (Pictures) start corid?

    I think this is a good start
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    Had a cotournix hen killed and dismembered IN THE CAGE

    Do you have raccoons? They’re nasty buggers and will tear and pull anything they can grab. They can also climb.
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    She lookin’ like a man…

    I love me a Cochin rooster. We had a black one named Zorro when I was a kid. He was a very good boy! Hope yours turns out the same!
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    My 8 month old hen stopped laying and her feathers are odd.

    Most of mine that age are molting. They don’t look as rough as my older hens but I can see their feathers lying around so I know it’s happening. Not only can a molt stop egg laying but as days get shorter they will lay less or not at all. Her comb is still red so it’s also possible she has a...
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    Starting my resilience flock.

    I’m sure it won’t all be sunshine and rainbows. I had a daytime free range flock in the city for a few years and I did have a hen build a clutch under a plant in the garden (I can’t remember what the plant was but it had big enough leaves she managed to squirrel away a couple dozen eggs). By the...
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    My mom seems to think the turkeys hang near her chickens more for protection from hunters than predators. She does have two dogs but they’re inside usually so by the time they get to a predator it is already too close to the house for comfort. But the turkeys also come and go seasonally...
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    Starting my resilience flock.

    The other chickens lay in the coop and the barn in an old feed trough. I am not getting many eggs because of molting and the time of year but I get enough to feed my family so I’m happy with that.
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    Starting my resilience flock.

    Because she was locked in the coop for a few weeks when I got her I can tell her egg from others (also because only two of my four games are laying) so I do get the occasional egg from her. She sneaks back to the coop to eat and lay an egg then she disappears again.
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    Help! Chickens dying for no reason!

    Any suspicious poops?
  10. BlindLemonChicken

    New to thread

    Hello and welcome! I am in the south as well (not that far south—in western NC) and I got a coop with lots of ventilation because of the humidity. I’m in the mountains and it does get pretty cold here so it’s nice to be able to close off some areas to prevent drafts.
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    Biosecurity question with dispatching birds outside my flock

    You could always bury it if you’re worried. I haven’t butchered anything yet but when I dispatch a raccoon I take it up on top of the mountain for the buzzards and other wildlife to pick at.
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    Starting my resilience flock.

    Exciting! I’ve been doing the same for about five months now. I love my game hens and my mixed breed (EE and game) rooster has been very helpful. Next spring I plan on adding some Leghorns as well. I didn’t start out with a survival chicken plan—I just wanted to free range. But everyone told me...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Ugh. Been there. Don’t envy you. :hugs
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    Landrace/adaptive breeding discussion

    I heard something interesting today—maybe someone else can speak to this but I have no experience with it personally except the two night time experiments I’ve done. A flock of wild turkeys hangs out near my mom’s place and she says the males roost lower in the trees than the hens—presumably to...
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    Odd Rooster Behavior

    That’s not a bad ratio. I’ve raised some naughty roosters accidentally. Fortunately they all live with my mom now and she has a high tolerance for nonsense. I do not. My last naughty boy became someone’s dinner and now that I have a good rooster it makes a world of difference for me and the hens
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    Do most/all layers, who are allowed to free range, eventually relapse to egg-hiding?

    I have only had egg-hiding be an issue when I had a free range chicken trying to brood. Currently my free range flock lays in their nesting box or in a trough in the barn. It’s possible they’re hiding something somewhere I haven’t found but they lay different colored eggs so I’m fairly confident...
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    any idea what breed she is? she is 8 years old.

    I agree-looks like a brown leghorn
  18. BlindLemonChicken

    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

  19. BlindLemonChicken

    MysteryChicken's, Flock.

    Ugh that would make me uptight.
  20. BlindLemonChicken

    8 week Speckled Sussex - Hen or Roo

    Keep us posted! Hopefully I’m wrong haha
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