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  1. debkichline

    Moving and can't keep my flock :(

    I have 7 hens and a beautiful Red Rock rooster. Hens are 1 white bantam,1 barred rock, 2 buff orpingtons, 1 red rock, 2 white pallets and a white silkie. We raised them from chicks and are moving to a new house which won't let us keep them. They lay 2 to 3 dozen eggs every week. You can have the...
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    3 chicks, about 6 weeks old, free to a good home

    I have a small flock. White silkies, Buff Orpingtons, white Bantams, a Barred Rock, a Red Rock, and a large orange rooster for whom breed has been an argument. In August I gave my son's science teacher some eggs to incubate. At the time I had more than I could deal with anyway so I figured it...
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    Mud, mud, and more mud

    My girls have scratched up every piece of vegetation in their fenced area. I live in a city and have a small back yard. The girls are at the bottom of the yard and have an area about the size of a house trailer to roam in. I give them scrap veggies and the occasional cabbage on a bungee cord...
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    When do I introduce new chicks to the older flock?

    Stupid me. My son's science teacher wanted some eggs to incubate so the kids could watch. He removed part of the shell so the kids could watch the chicks develop. Really neat experience for the kids who all live in a city! Not so neat when the teacher expects me to take the chicks back (when...
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    Holy crap...she lived!

    My two idiot dogs combined with an idiot chicken made for quite an exciting Saturday morning about 4 weeks ago. The dogs were holding the chicken down and ripping her feathers out. That came with skin, fat, and a great deal of squawking. When my son found her she was just sitting on the...
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