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  1. Barn Maid Ann

    Predators going THROUGH the fence

    We moved from CT, where we had chain link coop (chicken wire top), to FL where we have chicken wire panels all the way around. We have had everything from raccoons, skunks, and possums get in small openings, or pushing under, and killing birds. But for the first time ever, something tore...
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    From pip to zip...

    What are the shortest times and the longest times?
  3. Barn Maid Ann

    lack of feather development in month old chick

    I have a brood of 7 blue/lavender Orp's being raised by a hen, that are about a month old. They are all pretty normal except one who is not feathering out. It is just getting pinion feathers now, but that is all. It is one of the later hatchlings, but they all are feathering out by now, nearly...
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    HELP - Shell is off, but chick is like a mummy, encased in the dried membrane.

    It is still peeping, and has its beak sticking out, but can't seem to move. I hate to lose it. One chick that pipped at the same time this morning is now out and fine. These are under a hen. Can I moisten the encased chick? It is not real warm tonight, but this hen, an Orpington, just flattens...
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    The Worst!!!!!

    My chickens have been free ranginging our property for several years now. We have lost a bird here and there to predation, but today I came home from work to find annihilation of most of my flock. I am just sick. There are feathers, where individual killings must have taken place, all over my...
  6. Barn Maid Ann

    Guinea Hating Neighbor - help!

    Any advise to smooth over relations with our Guinea hating neighbor. Other neighbors have said they don't mind the birds coming to visit. We had a larger flock a few years ago and had to get rid of them because of this neighbor. They learned to follow the wild turkeys to all the neighorhood...
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    Complaining neighbor help

    I am trying guineas again. We had to rehome our first batch when our next door neighbor complained. That was several years ago. We are going to try to manage this flock differently, not raising them on THAT neighbor's side. All other neighbors told us they liked the guineas. They do like to make...
  8. Barn Maid Ann

    Lyme disease

    Do chickens get Lyme disease from tick bites? Or any of the other tick born diseases? I have never heard of it, but someone asked me and I didn't know. They were concerned about it being passed through the eggs, in particular. TIA
  9. Barn Maid Ann

    question regarding raising barnyard chicks

    I have a hen that stashed a nest up in our hay loft. She is sitting on about 25 eggs (have no clue if they are all viable). We have one chick so far and we moved her to a stall so they would be safe while the rest hatch. Found this baby down a hole between hay bales this morning, peeping like...
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    Broody questions.... SO not ready for this!

    I had a hen go missing on me and I was so darned sad because this hen has been a medical nightmare since she was little. She keeps bouncing back and I think we have over $200 in vet bills invested in her. She has a mangled eyelid from what I think was a hawk attack earlier this year. We had it...
  11. Barn Maid Ann

    Hen with swollen eyes

    My hen was injured about a month ago. I suspect a hawk attack as she had many feathers missing all over. I took her to the vet and he sutured her eyelid. He wasn't happy with the way it healed, but it seemed fine, even though a little skin tag remained. Well it swelled shut the other day. So he...
  12. Barn Maid Ann

    Just how dangerous can a rooster become?

    I have four roosters of three different breeds. I only planned to keep three, but the extra one stole my heart and I haven't been able to part with him. Anyway, they are fine with me so far, but they have gone after my DH. With winter clothing on, no harm done, and they aren't deadly serious...
  13. Barn Maid Ann

    Chicken fight

    I had to take one of my hens into the vet today because her eye area was all swollen. I had seen her, a White-faced Black Spanish, going at it with my little silver Leghorn hen. Then I noticed the eye. The vet ended up putting two stitches in because she had a pretty good cut in her eyelid. She...
  14. Barn Maid Ann

    Questions about WFB Spanish and other rare breeds

    I have three white faced black Spanish chickens from McMurrays. I really like them and was thinking of doing some breeding. I know they are fairly rare, but I don't know how rare. Also, someone mentioned here, that they have health problems. Of my three (1roo/2hens), the 2 hens may not have...
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    Can a rooster be gay??

    Do all roosters breed? I have four roosters that were raised together. They are 6 months old. The top guy has been very forward since he was a baby chick. And friendly.... almost obsessed with being with us Humans when we are in the chicken coop or yard. Now that the boys are pretty much grown...
  16. Barn Maid Ann

    NEW - Just found the intro section!

    Hello, I am Ann from CT. A list of my birds are in my siggy. We started out with the Comet hens last year and I was immediately smitten. I had no idea chickens had such personality! And smarts! Then at the fair, I discovered a breed, like my horses, named for the area of origin in Spain. I went...
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