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    Bloody comb (graphic images)

    yup, it looks like it's healing well. Glad to see that! I think you've made good choices in dealing with the bully. Eventually, they'll get used to the noise of the falling nuts and will stop reacting to it, but you can muffle it if you want. Mine have a very flappy tarp that rustles and...
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    Possible to free range meat birds with egg layers?

    If you're looking to do CX type of bird, I can recommend the Freedom Ranger Hatchery White Rangers. They are extremely similar to CX with better livability, and still get huge. I've heard the CX roosters get mean upon maturity, but mine never are allowed to live that long. My remaining White...
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    Possible to free range meat birds with egg layers?

    Best decision IMO is just to feed everyone one feed. 20% chick starter/grower is a good year-round all-flock feed. Add a bin of oyster shell and a separate bin of grit, and the hens that need the oyster shell will eat as much as they need. If you can get pelleted 20% feed, all the better...
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    Tell me what’s wrong with our nesting boxes

    They need privacy. Curtains, or something to provide a visual barrier so the other hens can't just look at the hen laying eggs. For mine, they lay in 5 gallon buckets in the covered run with a plastic lawn chair turned upside down on top of them to block the view of the entrance of the bucket...
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    Bloody comb (graphic images)

    This is true. I've had hens with similar wounds, threw blu-coat on it to discourage more issues, put her right back with the flock and it turned out fine. Chickens are in some ways amazingly resilient. Most wounds heal up fine with no medical attention as long as the chicken started out...
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    Bloody comb (graphic images)

    Everything you plan sounds like a good idea. I'd do that. They won't forget her in a day or two, so reintroduction shouldn't be an issue. I'd keep an eye out to see if the bullying happens again, and see if they need more space in the coop or something. If there's a cause for this that you...
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    Why are my blue orpingtons not friendly?

    Some chickens are just mean, and sometimes it's genetic. I've had several mixed flocks now, and raised chicks multiple times a year, and the chicks, hen or roo, that will come up and purposely attack you (aggressive pecking) at 3-4 weeks only get worse from there. I'm not talking about curious...
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    Scabs on chicken skin?

    That bird looks like it was healing up fine. You can just not eat the scabs if you want. But I would eat the bird. Now, if they had a gaping infection they were fighting or they were sick, I'd wait until the bird was well prior to processing. Only eat a healthy bird. There's a number of...
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    10 week old olive egger hiding staying by itself

    You have two 10 wk old olive eggers. They are significantly smaller (I assume) than your 3 year old chickens. They will not become one flock with the big chickens until everyone is laying eggs. Until that time, you actually have two sub flocks - the babies and the hens. Spending most of the...
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    Breed question! Eggs don’t match breeds?

    Catch the bird you think is laying. Put a dab of food coloring in the inside of her vent. Once the daily egg is laid, if it has a smudge of food coloring on it, you've correctly identified the laying hen. Alternatively, you can put the potential culprit in a large wire dog crate in the run...
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    Skinning vs plucking

    N95 dust mask. Or a cartridge filter respirator like they use for painting, with a particulate N95 filter attachment in place. You could also use anything more expensive if desired (half face shield, full face shield, etc). Just be sure to keep the cartridges or dust mask dry to make sure...
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    Skinning vs plucking

    Yes. Many folks do this much faster. I work by myself without an optimal setup, and am a bit slow. Plus setup and cleanup time.
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    Comment by 'FunClucks' in article 'Nest Boxes; why do we make a sitting hens job so difficult?'

    Hahaha! Looks comfy! (crazy chicken! No idea what they're thinking half the time!)
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    what would be your flocks catch phrase

    My flock's catchphrase: "Muddy puddle! Muddy puddle!" Their theme: "I don't care how much clean water you provide, I want to drink from the muddy puddy after I stomp it with my poopy feet."
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    Cannibal Mom & Baby

    So many times, chickens do things we don't expect. Good broodies do exist, many hens are good broodies. You just never know what they will individually do until you try them with something. I wouldn't let that hen have the chicks back this time either. They can live perfectly healthy happy...
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    Cannibal Mom & Baby

    I don't know what your comfort level would be with this suggestion, since you've had such a traumatic experience with this hen so far. It might be possible that with a non-staggered hatch she would be a fine mom and not attack her chicks. Letting her sit on a non-staggered hatch is not an...
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    4 year old Chicken not eating, green & yellowy poops.

    Have you wormed her recently or treated her for coccidiosis? If so, what products did you use and how did you administer them and for how long? You can get a dog/cat vet to do a fecal float to check for worm species so you can get a targeted medication for the species found. You can also...
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    Skinning vs plucking

    I agree, it took me a bit to get fast at it. I pluck in about 30 minutes. The time it takes to get the water set up and heated up, the cleaning of the scalding pot, and the tear down time are what annoy me most. And the smell. I hate the smell of the scalding water - it gets into all my...
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    Skinning vs plucking

    I agree, skin is tasty, I just don't always have the patience for it. I cover my skinned chicken with cheese or sauce when I cook it, and cook in a covered dish to avoid drying out. Like as a curry or under BBQ sauce or something.
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    Skinning vs plucking

    I save half an hour of processing time by skinning instead of plucking. Skinning takes me 1.5 hrs and plucking takes me 2 hrs from live bird to finished carcass. Setup time for the water bath is also reduced. Sometimes I part out the bird, sometimes I leave it as a whole carcass after...
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