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    Treating anemia?

    I've just discovered that my geriatric buff orpington has a pretty bad mite problem, which I'm treating with Sevin dust. I know what to do about the mites, but she's also gone a bit anemic. Is there any way to treat the anemia? Any supplements I should give her or special foods I should give...
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    Well, one of the new hens is laying. Problem is....

    She's laying in a pile of dirty towels on the floor of my next-door neighbors' laundry room. They don't keep the exterior door closed. She somehow managed to jump the 6-foot fence (three times), nest in the towels, and go home again. They were very nice about it, if a little perplexed at the...
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    Make up your mind, Chickpea!

    I've spent the past two weeks protecting my new 3-month-olds from Chickpea the Hun. Chickpea was always the docile one in my yard. Her buddy (and supervisor) Porkchop died a few weeks ago. I worried that Chickpea was lonely, so I got her a couple of friends. Boy, it sure didn't take her long to...
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    Can hens be happy on their own?

    I raised two hens from two days old. They grew up together and, though they squabbled over food sometimes, were pretty much inseparable. My poor little RIR died this weekend from natural causes. I'm wondering now if I need to get a companion for my Buff Orpington. She's 5 now and is no, uh...
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