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    Chicken squat dance??

    Hi--- Our Sex-Link chickens do something weird when someone or something approaches them: they squat down, stamp their feet, and spread out their wings a bit. It looks very submissive. Does anyone know why they would do this? Other chickens we have raised didn't demonstrate this behavior...
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    Neighbor's Cat

    Hi--- We struggle with a neighbor's orange tabby cat who continues to pester our chickens. We thought the issue had resolved itself because our chickens are nearly full-grown only to catch the cat carrying our leghorn hen across the yard by the neck this morning! Does anyone have any good...
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    Chicken Wire for Ramp? Input?

    We need to construct a fairly long ramp to our coop and we are considering using chicken wire that is framed in. Can chickens walk on chicken wire? Any input on this would be greatly appreciated!
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    The saga of building our coop on Chicken Chronicles

    We're in the midst of building a "small and simple" chicken coop. I write about our chicken adventures on my blog, Berlinswhimsy, in the Chicken Chronicles section. Today's post was about creating a Support Group for Chicken Coop Builders. I thought other chicken owners might find it...
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    Silky & Frizzle Roosting question...

    Hi----We are raising chickens and they are now to the point of wanting to roost. However, when we go out to the coop, all the chickens are up on the roosts except our Silky and our Frizzle. My kids have pointed out that neither one of these chickens fly much at all. We have roosts of varying...
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    Rooster from a batch of sexed chicks?

    Hi all---I am new here and love this site! We are raising a flock of chickens and they are 7 weeks old now. Within our flock, we have four Leghorns that were "sexed" when we bought them as chicks. One of the Leghorns has a much taller comb that is a deeper red color and seems to be the leader of...
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