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  1. CamillaRules

    Can you start a new flock later in the summer?

    Alas, a fisher killed the remainder of my girls: 3 hens in one weekend ---- my beautiful black Minorca Lenore and her two white buddies. We're going to be doing some traveling this summer, so I am thinking I'm going to refurbish and make my henhouse more secure and enlarge their pen. No more...
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    My hen is acting like a rooster!!!

    LOL!! My other half swears her comb is getting larger...he says she's a hermaphrodite chicken. ha ha ha
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    My hen is acting like a rooster!!!

    My little flock is now down to 3 hens, what with predators and deaths....the girls are 3 yrs old now. Lenore, my black hen has been rather bossy for awhile but recently she has started crowing like a rooster and mounting one of the girls as if she was the male? She literally flattens her victim...
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    knitting sweaters for chickens in UK

    I didn't know where to post this, so maybe the moderator can decide. Last year one of my hens was really being picked on, so we brought her into the house and housed her in a dog kennel in the basement until it got a bit warmer outside. A friend sent me this link about these dear, batty English...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures—Fall/Winter 2011

    Quote: OH MY I think we have a winner!! Yep! Get the stuffing ready!
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    RIP Cruella!! Any ideas on why she died??

    I can't imagine what it was that killed her, but I am so sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences. You obviously did everything you could for her and loved her.
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    Do spotlights deter predators ?

    Quote: My second thought was to get out there with the gun, but I think it would be gone before I spotted it.
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    Do spotlights deter predators ?

    The fisher cat came back at 4 a.m. today! Our Newfoundland dog raised hell and we turned on the floodlights, but someone suggested getting a motion detecting, solar-powered spot light. I was going to position it right over the hatch door. Has anyone tried these and do they work? My 6 remaining...
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    Hawk killed Tidbit

    I'm so sorry you've lost your momma Tidbit. I feel sorry for her babies, but I hope they'll be ok with the rest of the flock.
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    POL: how much do you chickens love you?

    BigDaddy'sGurl : 3 for me: I have one who welcomes me holding and petting her: she squats for me too! The rest will mingle around me, but should I reach down, they will scatter. NYREDS, may we all be so lucky to not need the emotional support our pets give us: I can use all the help I...
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    Huge wound on neck, what now?

    I'm not real experienced either, but I think you're doing just fine. One of mine was in that condition last winter. I think the others were picking on her. I treated her just the way you are doing, and moved her into a dog crate in the basement until the weather warmed up. Gradually got her...
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    Fisher living on my property

    Hi Chicken Lovers All! All your comments are really appreciated. As to whether or not it's a fisher, I listened to some tape recordings of it's screech...perfect match. I have seen them in the area, but not near my place before. We don't have lynx or bobcats. But we are certainly redoing the...
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    Fisher living on my property

    Thanks everyone for the advice. I'm going to seriously consider the hot wire and in the meantime we are "battening down the hatch" as it were. Dave screwed the hatch in place the last 2 nights and we're looking at doing more to secure the top of the run, since it appears that's how it got in...
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    Fisher living on my property

    At 1 a.m. we were awakened by an awful commotion in the henhouse. Horrible screams and cries...my heart stopped! I threw on my robe and ran outside in my barefeet, grabbing a long piece of wood off the deck as I went and yelling for Dave to find the flashlight. I turned on the spotlights and...
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    Use large dog kennel as a broody box?

    Wow, I think that's a brilliant idea. May I steal it when I need to? Actually my current dog crate, which is for my Newfoundland, is now being used as a small coop for my neighbor's Auracana's until they're big enough to move in with the older hens. Any port in a storm.... I might add you can...
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    6 chicks killed/missing

    I'm so very sorry for your loss. I too am mourning the loss of my favorite hen...3rd one this spring. It's true,I guess, we all learn the hard way and hope to make improvements to protect the next girls who come to us. But it's still heartbreaking to lose them.
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    Rest in Peace Camilla

    My Golden Girl is gone. That darn coyote, or something else took my Camilla.I'm in tears. We found a space in the chicken wire where either she was trying to tunnel out or he was digging to get in...either way my beautiful momma hen is gone. Just a few feathers on either side of the fence. I...
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    I've lost 2

    I had the very same thing happen to us. We also have lost 2. The girls found a way to squeeze out. We fixed the fence, but then one weekend they were "free ranging" for just an hour or so before night time and when we counted heads, one hen was missing. Never found a thing. Yesterday the other...
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    How long does moulting last??

    Quote: Thank you for that. At least I don't feel totally alone. I'm getting 2 eggs a day from my 2 Rhode Island Reds, but the rest of the 6 girls are still on strike. As long as I know this is normal, I'll live with fewer eggs for now.
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    How long does moulting last??

    Quote: I was so glad to find this because it's exactly what my girls are going through too. What kind of food or supplements should I be giving them? Can someone reccomend a high protein food? Also, since the days are getting shorter (and cooler) is it wise to put a light in the hen house or...
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