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    Blue Egg Layers

    Which breed lays the most blue eggs per year and has the biggest body size? Approximately how many eggs per year can I expect?
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    Salmon Faverolle Hen

    This girl needs a new home. For some reason she isn't getting along with the rest of the flock and is picked on all the time. We're located in the Portland metro area.
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    Not using the roost to sleep

    I have 1 hen of 11 chickens (10 hens | 1 rooster) that will not use the roost to sleep. She uses the nesting box to sleep. The problem with using the nesting boxes is that she poops a lot in them and then I have to clean more often. How do I break her of using the nesting box to sleep?
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    Snow in Portland Oregon

    Hello, I have a small flock of 7 birds that I raised from chicks. This is my first run ever with chickens. They're all about 11 months old. My concern is that their watering bowl is frozen. At first I was boiling water, pouring it in and then thawing out the water. They would run up and...
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    Ground Egg Layer

    I have a hen that will not use the nesting box. The rest of flock consistently uses the nesting boxes. Any suggestions as to how I can get this girl to lay in the right place?
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    Roxarsone

    I'm just curious if anyone on here is worried about this? Why or why not? http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/05/15/184261664/how-trace-amounts-of-arsenic-end-up-in-grocery-store-meat
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    Pooping Blood

    Hello, I'm new to chickens and my small flock is in need of some help. I have at least one bird that has blood in it's excrement. I've looked at it and can't see any worms, but perhaps they're too small for the naked eye. I have 1 rooster and 4 hens right now. They're were all raised...
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    Best Rooster

    I have two choices, Rhode Island Red or Ameraucana for the rooster for my small flock of 4 hens. Which one is the better choice and why?
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