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    Restoring harmony to our flock

    Hi. We are fairly new to backyard chickens, and have a chicken behavior problem we need some advice on. We had a flock of three 8-month old hens (one Golden-laced Wyandotte and 2 Barred Rocks). Last week we added a Buff Orpington and a Blue Silkie to the flock. Our top hen, the larger Barred...
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    Help - Chickens stopped eating!

    We have a backyard flock of three hens (~6 months old) that we have been feeding chick crumbles. Two of the three starting laying, so we switched them to layer pellets, on Monday, which they refused to eat. This morning we got them layer crumbles, which they are also refusing to eat. They...
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    A Problem Hen

    I have an urban backyard flock of four hens, three of which behave like proper hens, happily clucking around the yard. The fourth, an Americauna, is trouble. She is VERY noisy, particularly early in the morning and she attempts to or successfully flies out of the yard every other day. When...
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