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    My hen went to live with other hens but now has to come home!

    I posted last week about me loosing a hen and my roo to a fox and so we decided to give our other hen away (she's a naked neck). My friend has 4 hens (not sure of their age but just started laying) and she has only had them for 3 weeks. We took her over on Saturday and everything was great...
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    my hen going to live with other hens...how to integrate them

    I posted yesterday that we lost our roo and 1 hen to foxes yesterday. Very upsetting. I have 1 hen left (she's a naked neck) and she's very freaked out. She won't go near the coop and has been at our front door since yesterday afternoon (I did put her in the coop to sleep). I am going to...
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    Two gone!

    Today we came home (were gone from noon - 3pm) and our hen Fanny was standing by the front door, looking a bit shell-shocked. Where was Rhoda, my other hen, who is always by here side. And my roo? Went up to the coop and they were gone, no feathers, nothing, they are just gone! I'm sitting...
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    How to tell if an egg is old?

    OK - I feel like a really bad Mom. I have 2 naked necks and one has been laying since late December but then she stopped. Figured it was due to the weather, but everyone else in my area has eggs. Then I thought maybe because she was "free range" she was laying them outside so today I decided...
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    help on what to feed

    Hi, I have 2 naked necks and 1 cock (I am here in France). I went to the feed store and asked for chicken food and I got a 100 kilo bag for 20.00, but I think it's just scratch. It's like bits of corn and grains. So, I went to another store and got pellets. Do I put the scratch in their feed...
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    vacation problem

    So, my friend gave us 2 hens and a rooster a week or so ago...but now I'm freaking out because we are living in rurual france for 1 year and we have many trips planned (to italy, belgium, paris, bordeux)..what do I do with the chickens? It's not like we live in a neighborhood with many houses...
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    OUR FIRST EGG!

    We have had our kids for exactly 1 week and this morning I went out to the coop and there in one of the nesting boxes was an egg. I was so excited! I'm not sure what hen layed, so picked up both of them and hugged them. Is that what I'm to do, hug them? Here is a picture, fresh and dirty...
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    chickens won't leave the coop

    we just got our chickens last Monday, the first day we kept them in the coop/shed for the day to get them used to it. But now I can't get them to come out. Not unless I shoo them out. It has been rainy here, is that why? They seems to huddle in the corner. I've never had chickens before, so...
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    chickens won't leave the coop

    we just got our chickens last Monday, the first day we kept them in the coop/shed for the day to get them used to it. But now I can't get them to come out. Not unless I shoo them out. It has been rainy here, is that why? They seems to huddle in the corner. I've never had chickens before, so...
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    Newby from rural France

    Hi - my name is Alisa and I'm from Los Angeles, California...my husband and I moved to rural france (the Aveyron region, just north west of Toulouse) in October and we will be here until September. We took a sabbatical from our business. Our friend just gave us 2 hens (naked necks - Rhoda and...
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