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    unexpected death

    Over a period of 9 months, we have experienced a curious pattern of demise with our chickens. We started with a flock of 15 Buff Orpington pullets, and added 4 sex-links.The sex links showed an immediate propensity to fly the coop while the B.O's seemed to be perfectly happy within their...
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    Egg laying, Or Not

    Healthy bunch of girls, (B-O's) just stopped laying. (14 flock )Same feed and conditions. Gone from 6 to 10 a day to nothing for the last two weeks. Any thoughts ? Chris.
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    A strange thing

    I went down to feed and water the birds this morning and found one of my girls lying behind the entrance door dead. There were no signs of damage to her and I honestly don't suspect foul play but this is the second bird in three months that has died and each of them in the exact same spot. Any...
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    Broody hen, WTHeck ?

    We are raising our first flock of Buff Orpingtons. We now have a brooder that started out with only 2 - 3 eggs in the beginning, but now she has amassed a total of 11 eggs! She is a 4 - 5 month old hen, nothing really wrong with her. But what I really want to know is , will broody hens steal...
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    Peaches

    A bit different I know but a predator nonetheless. We recently had a bumper crop of peaches on our tree which is about 10 feet tall. Overnight, every one of them dissapeared. No sign of trample marks and not a single piece of fruit left on either the ground or the tree. My first thought was Deer...
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    New kittens and fleas

    Our super little mouser got her self pregnant and gave birth to five pretty kitties. The little beggars are infested with fleas and we lost our favorite last evening. We have bathed and powdered the babies but we now have another who is suffering with lethargy and despite another session in the...
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    Snake ID

    I hit a small snake while mowing the other day, it was pretty mangled so a picture wouldn't help but here's a description, if anyone can help it would be appreciated. About 14" long with a very dark green/black back. Brilliant yellow underbelly with very distinct black rectangles arranged almost...
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    First egg and a question

    We finally got our first egg yesterday. I spotted it when I went down to the coop in the afternoon but left it for my daughter to find after school, she was absolutely thrilled with "her" discovery:D Anyway, here's my question; I discovered that among our little flock of fourteen Buff Orpington...
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    Non Layers

    My little flockof fourteen Buff Orpingtons have yet to lay an egg. They are now 20+ weeks old. It also appears that our large beautiful female ( Big Mama ) may also be "Big Papa" since it appears to show dominant behaviour and crows a lot:lol: Is it about time for them to start laying or could...
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    How much is too much ??

    I contacted a local hatchery here in MO last week regarding the purchase of fifteen Buff Orpington pullets. While they were unable to help me they did recomend another local person who has the birds and wants $6.50 each for them. Here's my quandary, I was chatting with a local farmer yesterday...
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    Pie Challenge !!

    Any of you folks have a good recipe for meat pies ? I'm from England originally, home of the steak and kidney pie, steak and onion pie etc. I can make those with no trouble but i'd like to try cooking a pie using venison, ground beef or perhaps a combination of native meats such as a game...
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    Buff Orpingtons from Cackle

    I'm new to this folks so please bear with me. I have tried to read as much as possible on this site in an effort to not come across as a complete idiot but as always there is no substitute for real world experience. Thus far, with some sound advice from the good people on the "coop design" forum...
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    Roost / Perch height.

    Hi all, just a quick question about roost height in the coop. My son and I are adapting an old barn shed into a hen coop. The shed measures 15' X 9' with a headroom of approx 7' 6". It has a corrugated steel roof and outside wall while the back and inner wall are oak post and 4" X 2". Thanks...
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    Advice and pointers regarding............................

    ............an existing structure. Hi all, i'm new to this site so appologies if this is a dumb question. Myself and family have recently moved onto a 60 acre farm in mid MO. There are several old cow sheds one of which has an attached storage area of approx 12' X 6' with a headroom of around...
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