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    HELP. My injured hen is being attacked during reintroduction to flock.

    Back story: A few nights ago I was woken up to my 6 hen flock (two Delawares, two Barred Rock, two Red Laced Blue Wyandottes) going crazy in our large sideyard. There was an opossum in the yard that had just attacked one of them (a Delaware) and she (the hen) was limping. I killed the opossum...
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    Just wanted to say goodbye and thanks to you guys!!

    I live in Orange, CA and my fiance and I recently decided to sell our house and move into an apartment which means I've had to sell my backyard flock They all went to super good homes and I had an adoption fee of 15 dollars for the older ones and 10 dollars for the younger ones so I'm pretty...
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    Grrrr, no eggs as of yet, my hens are 19 weeks old...

    Hi everyone, I just wanted to vent... I have two EEs, two Barred Rocks, and a Buff Orpington who are all 19 weeks old. WHEN WILL THEY START LAYING!! arrrgggg... just wondering if anyone has a similar problem or has any advice for me. I give them lots of treats (table scraps), lay mash mixed...
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    Hen or Roo EE? 12 weeks old.

    (S)He's a bit bigger than the other EE's... definitely the leader of the flock. I bought her at a feed store and they said that all their chicks are sexed as female from the hatchery but "they make no guarantees". What do you guys think? When do males start crowing? I hope for (her)his sake...
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    Chicks spending time outside.

    I made a makeshift pen and put my babies (4 Delawares and 3 Australorps) outside since it was such a nice day here! Half of our backyard... we're pretty grateful to have such a huge one in socal! more chickys... there are four Delawares and two Ausralorps in there... the one that was...
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    Dual Purpose Chickens. I want eggs and meat, when should I butcher?

    Hi... I have some dual purpose chickens and I want both eggs and meat from them, but I hear that if you kill chickens after they're too old you get bad meat?? How old is too old or better yet, when should I kill them for meat? They haven't started laying yet so they're still pretty young but...
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    I love my Christmas Coop!!

    The only thing I asked my fiance for this year was for him to build a chicken coop that I designed. We had tons of wood shelves from a bookstore that his family owns and broke those down... with the hardware and chicken wire, my coop cost about 100 usd. Dimensions: 5 ft tall by 4 ft wide by...
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    chicks pecking on eachother.... need help soon.

    I need help.... I have four delaware chicks (two weeks old) and three Austrolorp chicks (four weeks old?).... I hatched the delaware chicks myself and my fiance wanted to get these austrolorp chicks from the feed store when we went to go get food... the austrolorps looked tattered and "hen...
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    red blood bubbles on their stomachs? two have it two dont.

    new hatched chicks... two of them have red protrusions (like bubbles) sticking out of their stomachs... the egg shell is not connected and they kicked the shell off themselves while hatching... is this something I should be worried about? one seems to be doing really well the other not doing so...
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    EYEEEE!! YAY!! chicked hatched on own, umb.cord still attchd to egg???

    :barnieMy second chick just hatched out on its own JUST NOW!! its in the incubator floundering with the egg still attached to it... what do I do? Nothing? remove the egg shell.... I just lost my first hatchling because I helped it out (it died the day after). I dont want to do the wrong thing...
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    Day 19, first hatched but I had to help after it didnt start zipping..

    This is my first batch of eggs I'm hatching (8 Delaware Giants, all move when candled and veins are visible)... I built my own incubator and I currently have seven chickens (two barred rock, three americauna, one cochin, and one buff orphington) in my homemade three story coop... The thing I'm...
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