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    Hard Crop! HELP!!

    One of my Chickens has a hard crop, wheras the others have soft squishy ones. They don't have any grass in their run but sometimes eat hay, corn, mealworms and pellets. Whats Wrong??
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    Animals to protect chickens from foxes

    What sort of easy to keep Animal can I keep with my chickens that will protect them from foxes? -They have to be cheap -They have to be small -They can't be too noisy
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    Moulting and stopped laying: twice in two months

    My chickens have stopped laying and are moulting all over quite badly. It has snowed twice in the last couple of months and they have stopped laying twice in the last two months, is that anything to do with it? They are getting plenty of water, protein rich food and lots of room to roam. Is it...
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    grrrrr, I cant make meringues

    I was just about to make baked alaska for the arrival of my sister, but there is a problem... The eggs are too fresh, so the whites aren't firm enough, they stay watery when i try to whip them. So i'll stick to plain ice cream, Boring! Does anyone else have this problem with thier eggs being...
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    Feather loss!

    6 of my 7 hens are moulting, yet 4 are still laying. I thought that chickens are meant to stop laying when they moult. Is anything wrong?
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    Inbreeding in chickens

    I've heard people say things like, 'sally is john and joan's daughter, and william is sally and john's son' (just an example), sounds like inbreeding to me. Wouldn't it cause some deformed chicks or is it perfectly normal and fine for chickens to do this??
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    Bantam questions????

    So, I'm thinking of getting 4 ducks in a 12 chicken coop. I'm just wondering if bantams can be kept in the same house as them and then let them and the ducks free range with my large fowl?
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    Why do all the chickens lay and sleep in the same nestbox?

    yeah, they fight for one nestbox when there are plenty more to choose from? I've taken away the dividers but they still lay in the same area
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    Christmas is approaching

    So, christmas is approaching and I have been to the nearest cheap store and bought my chickens a £2.50 christmas tree (I'm english, i don't know the conversions), 12 bourballs for £2.50 all together and £1 tinsel. It brightens up their run and looks great. Has anyone else got into the christmas...
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    rabbits and chickens

    i'm just wondering whether you can keep rabbits and chickens in the same coop?
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    show me your intresting constructions

    I would like to make my chicken area look nicer and more exciting but i don't know what to build for my chickens. Could you send pictures of your construcctions in the area you keep your chickens??
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    Does this sound good to you?

    So, I'm thinking of getting another flock. What I ideally want is 3 runner ducks, 1 runner drake, 1 maran hen, 2 araucana hens, 1 black leghorn, 2 silkie hens. Do you think that these breeds will get on? Will any of them lay through winter? Do any get broody? Will the drake try to breed with the...
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    make up a rumour game

    The rules are that you make up a rumour about the person above you. rules: it can't be too offensive or rude
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    Eating Fertile Eggs

    I'm thinking of getting Ducks, most probably 3 ducks and a drake. I would like the ducks to sit on the fertile eggs but when they are not i would like to know if i could eat them without worrying about eating a baby duck. Can someone give me information on ducks breeding and fertile eggs?
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    why aren't they laying??

    my chickens should be laying all year round concidering they're hybrids but they are only laying 1 or 2 eggs a day between the 7 of them. why aren't they laying??
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    Cats with chickens

    would a large domestic cat protect chickens from foxes, because i am thinking of getting a cat to protect my chickens?
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    what egg colour eggs can you get????

    blue, white and brown. what other colours can you get???
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    omg, i'm so happy to be with my chickens again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    i've been in france for two weeks, it was hell without my chickens, anyone else feels this way when they go on holiday??
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    Pecking order

    The chicken at the top of the pecking order has hurt her leg and appears to be limping, will her weakness affect the pecking order?
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    seramas and other tiny breeds

    what breeds of tiny chickens or other poultry can you get, show pics of breeds please?
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