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  1. Sparrowsong98

    What killed it?

    When I came home from school a few weeks ago, I went to check on my chickens and they all looked fine. About 3 hours later, I went down again to give them some table scraps, and one of them was missing. I looked around a bit, and found it near the woods, about 100 feet from the coop. It was...
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    How do you tame chickens?

    I have had chickens for nine years, and kept my flock strictly for commercial purposes. However, I accidentally bought some "fun chickens" that cannot live with my others due to issues. I have added two more chickens to live with them, and have a little pet flock of 4 now. They are almost...
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    Are They Normal?

    I got two polish hens quite by accident last fall. Right now, they are 8 months old, and no egg. They are not even ready yet. They also are a bit smaller than my other birds (with the crest they reach to my red star's chin). I got those guys under the impression that they were wyandottes. I have...
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    Keeping multiple flocks

    I had three silver laced polish I tried to introduce to my big flock last year. Things went really bad, and one was killed by my flock. So they live in a side run I have inside a doghouse that I converted into a quarantine coop a while ago. It is a nice little space for two hens, it is up off...
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    How many should fit?

    I have two chickens who cannot go in with my others due to problems with attacking that I have been trying to solve with no luck. I would like to build these two a coop in a side pen I have, and would like to purchase two friends for them, but do not know if I have the space for the friends. I...
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    Very bad frostbite on a hen

    I came down tonight to feed the girls, and one of my leghorns (of course a leghorn, who else?) has horrible frostbite. Her wattles are almost completely black, and the tips of her comb are black. Is there anything I can/should do for her besides seeing a vet? And is there any weather-proofing I...
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    A few Polish questions

    I purchased 4 "Wyandottes" in early September. As the title suggests, the two surving chickens are NOT Wyandottes. I tried to introduce Lily and Hermione in october, but my flock, which was unfamiliar with afro chickens, did not like them (or perhaps liked their crests a little too well). After...
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    Pet quail breeds

    I am considering getting some pet quail, nd wanted to research them, but quickly realized that I did not even know what to research. So, what breeds are best for keeping in a cage in my house. All I know of are buttons, but I have been told that they like to be mean to each other. That said, I...
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    Plucking home remedy

    I have some chickens that are really getting plucked, but I dont want to buy a commercial product if I can make something to fix it myself. Any ideas?
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    Moving 7 week olds

    I am moving my 7 week olds out. I waited a week as they didn't seem quite ready last week. But... It is a high of fifty. I have to move them out now, as I will not have another chance until spring. Here is my plan: Move them out into the coop, put a tarp around the cage they will live in to keep...
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    Any Finch Lovers out There?

    hey guys, I have 2 zebra finches, male and female, and hopefully very soon, a bigger cage with 4 new buddies, which of course they will meet after quarantine. I am eyeing up these 3 societies, and a white Java sold by the same seller. Just wondering if anyone had any of these little guys!
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    Polish crests

    So, the polish are young, but I was thinking. Would it improve vision if I just gave their Afro the teensy weenysest little trim? Of would they be ugly and blind instead of just blind?
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    Boy or girl?

    I got some cuckoo marans from the TS about two weeks ago. they appear to be 4 weeks old now. They were a straight run, but both look and behave like hens. They have the darker barring, and combs are still small and yellow. BUT, the one chick, while getting rounded (I think) neck feathers, seems...
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    Tractor supply chick disclaimer

    So, we were at the tractor supply for some wire and ended up coming home with 6 little chicks. They were two cuckoo marans, and 4 silver laced wyandottes, or so we were told. The more I looked at those 4 little "Wyandottes" the more I was convinced that I was not the owner of any Wyandottes. In...
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    Hen-pecked hen

    Hi I have an EE hen that is looking very picked over by her flockmates. The muff is almost all gone, and she has no more feathers on her face, and just looks awful. Is there some king of herb, or other home remedie I can put on her to keep the other hens from pecking her? I have read about bad...
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    Green Foot

    I have a little Red star hen with a partially green foot. It is not hot to the touch, does not look like any kind of fungus, and, as far as I know, bothers her in no way at all. In fact, the only thing disturbing about it is that it`s green. She has lived with it for a year too. We have brushed...
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    Something is eating my flock

    So, a couple of days ago, I noticed my Black star was not walking around the yard anymore. On further investigation, (Or as best as I can do with a broken foot) she was just gone, then, looking around, I noticed he flock seemed much smaller. There were 17 of 34 in the pen, and about 10 out (but...
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    Hi!

    So I am new here. I have red stars (not sure how many! We are having a little problem with something eating them) 5 EEs, Maybe a blackstar (Not sure the thing didnt get her) and then dear Sunny Roo, the "Barnyard Medley" as my friend I got him from puts it. I think he is Welsummer, and Barred...
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