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    Hen sitting on the other chickens while they lay

    My dominant lady (a RIR) has developed this odd habit of sitting on top of the other chickens while they are in the laying box. It's not that she is trying to lay at the same time. She will go in there to lay and leave, but whenever one of her flock mates tries to lay she climbs on top of...
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    Preferred culling method?

    I have to cull one of my birds tomorrow. She is an egg eater and none of my attempts to stop it have worked (she is also a mean bird who pecks the others constantly) Because this is my first cull, I have an experienced friend helping me. She has given me the choice of pellet gun or knife. I...
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    What are your plans when your ladies stop laying?

    Just out of curiosity, what does everyone plan to do with your layers once they are no longer giving eggs? Do they have a date with the stew pot? Will they live out their life? I live in the suburbs so my friends are a little horrified that we plan to eat our layers.
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    New girls pecking my "old" girl *WARNING* graphic picture

    I lost all but one of my flock recently. My remaining girl, an araucana, was by herself. A friend of a friend was looking to re-home four fully grown ladies (RIR, 2 Araucana, white Orpington). It seemed like a perfect set-up. I only quarantined for two days- given that i knew where they were...
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    Neighbor's dog continually tries to enter our yard.

    A few weeks ago, the neighbor's husky/wolf broke down the six foot fence between our property, broke into our coop and mauled four of my ladies (a did a good amount of damage to my English bulldog who tried to defend her ladies). I called animal control and the neighbors were fined. The...
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    Adding four new chickens to one established girl

    First a little background. Several weeks ago the neighbors wolfdog decimated my small flock. The dog mauled four chickens leaving on lucky (and lonely) lady- (an araucana) . That was two weeks ago. We had been on the fence about how/when to add more chickens. Then we heard a friend of a...
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    One lonely lady left

    First a little background..... On Monday the neighbors wolf dog pushed down our fence, broke into our coop and decimated my flock. Four of my ladies- ripped apart. :-( While I am still upsetting about losing my chickens, my neighbor has been great about making things right. She has already...
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    Odd yolks

    I have a 10 month old cuckoo maran. She has been laying for about 4 months. Recently she took about 3 weeks off from laying. She resumed laying about a week ago. I cracked open the egg to find that the yolk was almost solid, almost like a soft boiled or poached egg) This was less than 10...
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