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    Whats the best way to tame a Pigeon

    I found a pigeon and after much work I can't find its owner. I'd like to make a pet out of it. Right now it is in a huge cage in my family room. I can reach in and pick it up but I would like to get it more comfortable with being held. Should I keep holding it on and off? It will stay in my...
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    Hen killed newly hatched chick - educate me

    I had a coffee can in my coop that I had put "old"eggs in. I didn't know what were too old to hatch, new, etc. Well they were in there for a couple of weeks and this weekend an egg actually hatched! (That's how hot it is here in Kansas!) Anyway, to keep me from having to care for one chick I...
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    Help, Hen gone crazy

    My often hysterical Hudan hen hatched 2 chicks. One ended up getting mixed up with another brood so she has just been raising just one. She doesn't come out of the dog crate in the coop much so she and this chick have been living with limited activity. I have water and food available but she...
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    Can Mama Hens Count?

    Do hens appear to know how many babies they have? I have a hen that had two chicks and I let them out with another hen that had seven chicks. Now one hen has one and the other hen has eight. I couldn't figure out which chick went with which hen and it didn't appear that the hens or chicks...
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    Eggl Hatching is Nerve wracking!

    I just went out to shut the door to the coop. I heard loud baby peeping. I have three dog crates in the coop right now each with a hen and several babies but all seemed asleep. Where was that peeping coming from?!? I shined the flashlight all around trying not to wake too many birds. then I...
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    Will Hen protect chicks?

    I have 2 hens that have 2 babies each so far. They are both setting on more eggs but I may only give them another day or so before we all give up on the eggs. I didn't really plan for this so right now the hens and chicks are each in plastic dog crates. I'd like to get them integrated with...
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    Was I unlucky or stupid??

    I have a coop full of broody chickens. I'm letting them sit on eggs and would like to let them hatch and raise some chicks. I had a chick hatch this weekend. It was dry and fluffy by the time I saw it. Hen stayed on nest with other eggs but seemed to be tending the baby. One of my roosters...
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    Protecting my broody hen's eggs from snakes

    I have two cochin hens sitting on nests on the ground in the coop. They are too big to get in the nest boxes and have always laid their eggs on the ground. I really, really want to experience them hatching some chicks but the eggs keep disappearing. I'm assuming since there are no shells...
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    Bantam lays 2 Eggs a Day

    How often do chickens lay 2 eggs a day? I have a Frizzle Cochin bantam hen that often presents 2 eggs a day. Or maybe one of the roosters is laying the second one :-) I've studied all the other bantams I have and they are all crowing and look like roosters. So I can only assume she is a...
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    Treatment for frostbitten waddles

    I have a Sicilean Buttercup rooster who has suffered severe frost bite on his waddles. About half his waddles are black and shrivelled. I have a suspician that he somehow got knocked down and laid in the snow. His breast bone was swollen and raw but that has healed nicely. He was in pain, I...
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    What best breeds for NOT flying??

    I'm tired of my chickens flying out of their protected very, very large fenced area. they have a four foot fence but the smaller birds fly in and out. Either predators get them if they fly completely out or if they fly into my backyard, my husband's dog occassionally decides to eat one. My...
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    Bantam cockeral's starting to crow

    My bantams are not quite 2 months old and so far about three out of ten are starting to crow. These are my first bantams. Do they mature faster than LF? I'm starting to think that all 10 are cockerals but I guess it doesn't really matter as long as they can get along! thanks
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    What to feed just Roosters

    I have two bachelor boys living in my barn. I've been feeding them the same food I feed my hens - purina layena and scratch. Is there something better to feed roosters? I will be switching some chicks in a couple week to flock raiser. Would that be better?
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    Can you predict gender by behavior

    I am spending a lot of time watching my dozen bantams in the brooder. Several of them spar with each other like you see adult roosters do. Is that a good indication they are roosters? They are about 8 days old and just starting to get little feathers. Do hen chicks ever spar? I'm wondering...
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    What breed has white chicks

    I was just at the farm store (Atwood's) and they have a new batch of chicks in. In one of the bins, they had pure white chicks. What breeds could they possibly be? I was under the impression the white chickens generally start out as light yellow. Very curious, Cochinfan
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    How long do I give hen and eggs

    I ordered some eggs on ebay for my broody hen. Gave them to her on the 8th. She didn't sit on them very well to start and I found them cool next to her the next day. After that she was excellent and stayed on them nicely. (I love see her check them and tuck them under more). Anyway now it...
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    How tall should the fence be

    I am going to chicken proof a very large area that is already fenced for day time use by my flock. The fence is only about four foot high. Is it likely that the chickens will fly over the fence? I'm hoping since the area is so big that they won't want to. My chickens only seem to think about...
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    Failing Cochin Rooster - need help

    My young rooster seems very listless and has slowly been getting worse. No sign of any injury and no symptoms other than docility and depression. What could this be and what should I do? 1) What type of bird , age and weight. almost a year Cochin rooster - 2) What is the behavior, exactly...
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    Two Days Two Eggs! Yeah!

    My awesome little pullet has laid two days in a row. The last two days being the weekend, I have gotten to the barn long after the chickens have quit roosting. They spend the night in the feed room of my barn which is really a stall, so they can fly out when they are awake. They wait for me...
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    What does the Egg Song sound like?

    I have read posts referring to the egg song. What does this sound like. I have a chicken I thought was a hen but has made an odd sound sorta like a crow in the morning when I turn on the light in the barn. I am probably hoping it is the egg song instead of a bad or not very practised rooster...
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