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    Introducing a friend for my Goldie

    IMG_9409 by johncampanelli posted Aug 2, 2017 at 10:00 PM Earlier this summer -- in the middle of the day! -- a fox came into my back yard (in a suburb), bull-rushed my chicken run and killed two of my three girls. My third hen, Goldie, was carried a few 100 yards by the fox, and as a neighbor...
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    UPDATED: Is my 9-week-old pullet a cockeral?

    A few weeks back a posted a thread -- https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/995987/is-my-9-week-old-rir-pullet-a-cockerel -- asking if Dusty, my RIR pullet was really a cockerel. We got confirmation today ...
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    My chickens just found -- and ate -- a dead bat. Should I be worried?

    What a scene. My chickens just found -- and ate -- a dead bat. They are 11 weeks old and frisky as heck. My RIR found a dead bat and the chase was on. When it was over, they pecked the corpse to bits. Should I be worried?
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    Is my 9-week old RIR pullet a cockerel?

    I have a sinking feeling that my 9-week-old Rhode Island Red "pullet" is actually a cockerel. Would love your thoughts. (see video) Thank you!
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    Backyard chickens -- in The New Yorker?!

    Can it be that the high-brow New Yorker has joined the fun? The answer is, ohhh yeah ... http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2009/09/video-pecking-order.html This is a video that goes along with Susan Orlean's article about her own backyard flock. Great video. Can't wait to read...
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    My backyard chicken story in the newspaper

    Hello BYC friends: My two lives as backyard chicken lover and newspaper reporter have finally collided. (for good or bad) http://www.cleveland.com/pdq/index.ssf/2009/06/popularity_of_backyard_chicken.html Read the story. Watch the video. Lemme know what you think. Thanks! - John Campanelli
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    if you need a wake-up ...

    Here's one ... courtesy of Sir Buffington:
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    What's going on with my girl? -- Please see this photo

    This is my first time with chickens and things have been going really well, until now. One of my 6-month-old White Plymouth Rock hens has a strange growth, a kind of goiter, on her chest. It's not hard and it doesn't seem painful to her when I hold her. She is still eating and scratching like...
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    This morning, I heard it ... one of my 16-week old "pullets" crowed

    I live in a fairly affluent suburb and have the only backyard coop within miles. Thankfully town ordinances do not prohibit backyard poultry, IF the coop is at least 50 feet from neighbors' homes (no problem there). There's also a catch-all noise and smell ordinance that applies to all pets...
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    Question about lights for egg-laying in winter

    If I install a low-wattage red heat lamp in my coop to keep my girls warm this winter, will they still need a white light in addition to lay or will the red heat lamp be enough? Thanks so much. My first birds -- eight hens -- are 12 weeks old and doing really well.
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    PHOTOS of my 2-week old chicks

    It was nice and warm today (83 and humid), so I brought the girls out to their coop for a few hours. They loved it. Here are some shots.
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