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    Is my hen insane?

    As winter is fast approaching here in new England, 1 hen repeatedly stays on one side of the roost while the 4 other hens huddle together on the other side. I am hoping that once it dives below 0 all the hens will just go in the hen house but for now it's still like 28 degrees out and I'm afraid...
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    Egg laying mystery

    About a week ago we came home after five days away to find 31 eggs laid by our 5 6 month-old buff Orpington chickens. Needless to say we were very excited! But since then the laying has really slowed down and we are only getting two eggs a day. We are wondering why the slowdown in egg...
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    Why are my chickens behaving like this?

    Ok so here's the scoop. My 5 buff Orpington chickens are about 3 months old And are looking healthy. Which is why I don't know why they're doing this. I have 2 comfortable coop houses inside my run and the chickens seem to like them. But that's in the day time. When night falls they turn into...
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    HELP!!! COOP NOT BIG ENOUGH!!!

    I was looking at the adult sizes of my 5 buff Orpington pullets and I was shocked to find they can grow to be 12 inches tall and very large! I measured my coop and looked at them all squished in there yelling at me that they were cramped in there and knew I needed to expand it. Building an...
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    Chicks won't go in house

    Hi there! My pullets are 8 weeks old and looking great! Their coop is finished now and there amazon bought coop house is looking quite good in the enclosed run. I have been putting my pullets in at night since they were 6 weeks old and were moved outside permanently. I want to eventually be able...
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    What kind of coop bedding do you use?

    I have heard people use many different kinds of materials to make coop cleaning easier but I (and maybe you to) want to know which material is most popular. If you choose the "other" catagory please specify what your other material/materials are/is in a reply to this thread.
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    Dog attacked chick don't know what to do

    Hey there everyone. This afternoon I was walking my dog and came home and unhooked him from his leash to go inside. But instead of going inside he bolted faster then you could say "DEXTER!!!" He ran right to my chicks which happened to be outside with my son watching them. One was taking a dust...
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    Can chicks eat bananas?

    This is just a quick question because I saw that bananas are a good treat for chickens and was wondering if I could try feeding my 7 week old chicks a cut up banana with out the peal. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!
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    Chick hurt what should I do?

    I came down this afternoon to let the chicks out for the day and was unfortunate to find that one of my chicks had finally been injured in one of the pecking order brawls. I am still new to chicken owning so I'm not sure what to do. I have some pictures of the injury below for your assessment...
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    SO CONFUSED

    Ok so to begin with my 6 week old chicks were fine outside when I called the poultry place. I was just worried that the rain that night might chill them so called to ask the lady at the desk if they would get chilled. I thought she would ask what kind of chicks I had what kind of coop I had set...
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