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  1. kdelorme2005

    Adding New Chickens

    We just lost a chicken and are down to 1. We want to get a couple more so our one chicken has a friend. Is it safe to add a couple of adult hens to our coop?
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    Depressed Chickens?

    Hi- I have 2 chickens that seem to be depressed. they are staying in the coop all day. I am not even sure if they leave to get food and water. They are in their nesting boxes. They aren't laying any eggs but sitting in the boxes as if they did. Not sure what I should do. Should I force them...
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    "How to" keep chickens out of the garden

    any advice on how to keep chickens out of our garden? has anyone used a fake owl or fake hawk?
  4. kdelorme2005

    Adding new hens to the crew.

    Hi- our little chicken farm started w. 9 chicks. one was a rooster (that we didn't know about) other 8 were hens. We recently had a raccoon come and destroy half of our flock. We were down to 3, Rooty (the rooster) and 2 hens. Rooty was mean to start w. after the attack he got vicious. My...
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    Mean Rooster. PLEASE HELP!

    We've started out w. 9 baby chicks last spring. We found out once they got older that we in fact had 8 hens and 1 rooster. Last fall he started to get possessive over the ladies and started to attack my boyfriend, dogs and me! My poor Rottweiler is deathly scared of him as far away as he can. My...
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    Heating Lamps/Lights in the Coop

    I live in northern VT and it gets cold at night, like negative twenty cold. do people recommend putting heating lamps/lamps in the coop at night? I have heard some people say no and some people say yes. just looking for some opinions.
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    Molting

    My girls have started to molt a few more then others. We have added protein to their diet but is there anything else we can do? It's super cold where I live (last few weeks it's been below zero) along with shorter days. They seem depressed and bored. Any suggestions?
  8. kdelorme2005

    Chicken bullying

    We have 8 hens and 1 rooster, last night as I was locking up the coop I noticed one of my red hens was missing some feathers. This is our first time raising chickens. I'm not sure if it's the other hens or the rooster pecking her. Or if it's the winter and they are molting feathers. Just...
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