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    What the heck is this?

    So my Roo Clark is looking very anemic so I wanted to give him a full physical today. The girls in the flock all seem healthy with good color. Anyway I gave Clark some poultry drench and sprayed him just in case he has mites, though I don't really see any. Anyway, he's lost weight and I...
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    Clark (Cockeral) is Suddenly Very Quiet!

    So Mr. Clark with the raging hormones and constant crowing has suddenly gone very very subdued. It started yesterday morning with not a peep out of him at sunrise...I was late to open the coop and thought maybe he'd given up crowing from exhaustion, lol. However as the day progressed not a...
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    Rooster Behavior ~ My First Roo ~ Questions

    Hi All, So a few weeks back I got confirmation that one of my eight girls in this years additions was, in fact, a ROO! EEK! Not planned but he's an Olive Egger and thus could produce some interesting chicks and egg colors from what I hear. I've been reading up on behavior and what to expect...
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    Another She that's a He?

    I haven't heard a crow from this other hen of mine. The OE has been confirmed as a Roo and he's found his morning voice. He seems to take issue with my Blue Cochin Anna - pictured here - which is making me wonder if Anna is an Andy? I hope not but better to know now that later! Take a peek...
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    Oh oh...I think she's a he!

    So my olive egger Hedy Lamar is looking more like a Clark Gable. Can anyone confirm my suspicions ? I have 10 girls that are just over a year old and 8 girls that are this years additions. This will change the dynamic is she's s he! Anyone have an OE roo ? Hoping for quiet & friendly...is that...
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    Sudden Death!

    So my flock has been doing great - no signs of any problems except for one girl that was laying soft shells, really since she began laying last fall, with an occasional hard shell but more often than not soft. I would single her out for vitamins and oyster shells but no change in her eggs...
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    First Flock is almost a Year Old :-) Thanks!

    When I look back now I realize how little I knew about chicken keeping. Coop size, pecking orders, #chickenmath, lol Most of all predators and where did I go to find solutions? Why HERE of course! Initially once my girls moved outside to free range everything was rosy. Then the first...
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    New Season, New Predator

    Hi all - I was here for advice in the spring/summer when dealing with a fox - it got three of my pullets so I came here for advice. Put up an electric fence which has proven 100% effective thus far - with ground predators anyway. Now that it's winter with all the bushes and foliage gone the...
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    Rooster ~ to add or not?

    Hi Al! Ok, so there was a beautiful rooster needing a home from another state - it peaked my interest but has since been rehomed. However a quick glance on craigslist and there are loads of beautiful roos needing homes. A beautiful silkie roo the same age as my first flock of hens (almost 7...
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    First Winter ~ Electric Fencing Question

    Hi All, First year chicken keeper here - after learning a few hard lessons regarding predators I sought out the forum for no-kill solutions. The thread was enormously helpful - and it prompted quite a lively discussion! Ultimately I decided to purchase and install a Premier1 electric net...
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    Mystery Chicken(s)

    Hi All you Peeps out there!  I ordered 15 chicks this past May and within the order I had 4 Easter Eggers & 6 "Rare" Mystery breed chicks.  As the chicks have aged I've changed my guess a few times on the rare breeds...I have nailed down 2 of them, now that they are 15 weeks of age (they are...
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    Alternatives to Bullets

    I'm new to raising chickens having just started with a batch of chicks this May. I started with 15, now have 13 as a fox has been visiting my yard for the past few weeks... I lost two last week on seperate occasions. I thought perhaps supervised free-ranging might work but lost the second...
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    My Pet Chicken ~ What a Sham

    Well my foray into having backyard chickens has begun with a horrible experience thanks to my pet chicken. "Ugent" that I call since they don't have the breeds I ordered. So, I get 4 choices, none of which I knew or wanted or I lose the whole order. So I choose. Then I get online and see...
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