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    Hen Stress - wild pheasant

    Hi there, I have a small flock of about 10 hens, plus a rooster. Lately, a wild cock pheasant has been in and out of their all-but-free-range run. He's been there for about a month, and at first it seemed like there were no problems. The hens and rooster ignored him. But in the last week or...
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    New hens into flock of existing hens + chicks?

    Hiya. Bit of background before I ask my question, I have 7 hens and a rooster. One hen has four 3-month old chicks, and one hen has four 2-week old chicks. We let all of them - rooster, hen, chicks - free range together, and they all sleep in the same house at night. I'm considering buying two...
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    Egglaying/incubating/hatching process - many questions!

    Hi there guys, this may seem like a really silly question, but I really have no idea! Recently, we had a hen sitting on 15 eggs in a lavender bush (technically they're meant to be in their 1/4 acre run, however, they've decided they'd rather be free range chickens and turn our garden soil for...
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    Sick chick, 3 - 4 weeks old, wobbling/off balance. Help?

    Hi there, I hope somebody can help. About three or four weeks ago, one of my hens snuck off into the garden and was sitting on 15 eggs. 14 hatched, and the day they hatched, we put chicks and mother in a hutch of their own, within the orchard that the other 8 hens + one rooster have as a run...
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