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    what to do with bullying chicken?

    This excellent article may help. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-bully-chicken-victim-a-two-sided-issue.73923/
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    Open Contest Mister BYC Beauty Pageant—Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contest

    Harold. Old English Game +? Five years old at a guess.
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    Open Contest Mister BYC Beauty Pageant—Official 2025 BYC Mini-Contest

    Treacle. Marans/Old English +?. About one and and a half years old.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I started out looking for a picture of Jenny perching on the fence. I knew I had some somewhere.:D It's taken a long time for me to be able to scroll through the pictures of the tribes without feeling sad. Well I found a few others while I was looking. Moon sitting. Treacle. Harold...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    I think that's a Muscovy and they perch.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two and a half hours this afternoon. Dry, chilly with lots of sunshine and mostly winter blue skies. Steak, about a half inch cubed for each, a few bits of cheese, maybe one one sixteenth of an inch cubed and a quarter of a Brazil nut each. Waiting for more, off food moult or not.:rolleyes...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    They are perching birds after all...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Are you going to keep him RC?
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Great series.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    He's getting his own back. When a jackdaw flew too close in the past, Glais would run.
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two and a half hours. No rain! :D Sylph is eating more. They went proper foraging today. They're going to need the calories. It's going to get cold overnight and colder still the next few days. A noticeable drop in the wind strength probably helped to get them out. Jackdaw v Glais standoff...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two and a half hours. Damp with half mist half drizzle later in the afternoon. Everyone got out for a couple of hours.
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    "Egg yolk peritonitis" and 'Hysterectomy' - Decision Points

    I think @MaryJanet has some experience in implants and a couple of other people on the forum, but I can't recall who. I would be very interested to read of peoples experiences.
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    MJ's little flock

    It is a privilege. You earned yours. I've learnt a lot form chickens about chickens but I've learnt a lot about myself in the process You'll all miss her.:hugs
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    It rained. Then it hammered down. It rained some more. It went on most of the day. Apparently we are on the path of the latest Atlantic storm. My phone's MET app has yellow warning notices plastered on the main page, the news has it featured. It's a bit of weather ffs, we've been getting it...
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    Is it appropriate to de-worm during molting?

    So I've read. I have no experience of this. I'm going by what some of the producers state of their product and the advice of a couple of vets. It's really a decision for the keeper. Only they can judge the impact of a parasite infestation in one of their birds and weigh it up against the current...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    My uncle used to keep mink for their coats.:idunno They lived in banks of cages. They used to chew through one sixteenth guage wire ti try to get at the mink in the next cage. My uncles son lost the tip of his second finger due to a mink bite. We had the American black mink in Catalonia. They...
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    Very lethargic rooster - eats but doesn't drink - watery poo

    I would consider trying a proper wormer as a starting point. ACV and Garlic are not going to deal with any parasitic problems. I would also try syringe feeding feeding him water and see if that makes any difference, no more than 30ml per session three times a day. It is possible that if he is...
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    Sleeping in Nesting Boxes After Move to New Coop…

    I think sleeping in nest boxes is a common enough occurrence during moult for it not to be something to worry about. I've had hens use nest boxes for a number of reasons; bickering at roost time, junior hens getting pecked at roost time, recovering from an injury and old age for examples. I'm...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Two and a half hours, dry with some sunshine, 14C ish. We all had a couple of hours in the field. Mow and Sylph did do some foraging. Glais acting the fool again.:D
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