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    Complicated Flock integration

    We have 9 mature hens - 2 Barred Rock and 7 Maran. They are laying well. We have 10 BR pullets and 27 straight run Buff Orphington. ....And one quite old Columbian Wyandotte Rooster. The rooster adores the younger chickens and protects them. The problem is, he sees the adult hens as a...
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    Need help identifying a predator

    Now that spring is in gear in N. Vt we are starting to have predator problems. I have chased racoons off 3 times. Today i found 2 piles of feathers from young doves. Not even a scrap of meat or bone left. What might have done this ? Racoon ? Mink ? Cat ? Weasel ? Hawk ? Raven ? --- Marina
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    Chicken picking up wood chips and putting them on her back

    I had a hen inside today in a cage for a minor egg prolapse. Earlier in the day she kept picking up wood shavings from the bottom of the cage and carefully putting them on her back. Why ? --- M
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