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    Hen attacked days ago, can't eat or drink

    I'd like to save her if possible; she's young, a good momma. I just saw her this morning. My chickens all free range, and they've been going broody like crazy - most use the nest boxes, but several disappear into the blackberry forest or elsewhere and reappear with chicks in tow. She just...
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    Help please! Congestion, bubbles over eyes, runny snot out of nose/mouth, stiffness in ankle joints/

    I'm sufficiently freaked out. This morning I just noticed that one of my 5 month old Turken X is sick. Reddened skin around head Puffy face Bubbles over eyes Cough/sneeze Runny snot from nose and mouth "Frozen" ankle joints; walking on toes, not flexing ankle at all He/she is still eating...
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    Incubator AND broody hen...other hens stopped laying???

    I've collected some eggs from our mixed flock and have them started in an incubator (on the 28th) - everything seems fine there, and yes, I've read and am diligently referring back to the Hatching Eggs 101 thread ;) 4 days ago my little unknown breed hen went broody and is sitting on 6 eggs...
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    Temporary(?!) ownership of a pair of Ringneck doves...and she laid an egg yesterday lol

    I was given a mated pair of Ringneck doves from someone that wasn't able to keep them anymore and I offered to find a home for them. The doves came with food, grit, large cage, and perches. My husband does NOT want them (I already have outdoor chickens and rabbits, we have an indoor dog, so he's...
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    Ducks vs chickens, or ducks AND chickens?

    I have chickens and rabbits, but have heard that ducks are more efficient keepers than chickens. Are ducks noisier than chickens (my hens are godawful loud most of the time, but I don't want to piss off neighbors or hubby TOO much)? What do you guys think? I have a small fenced yard to keep them...
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    A RAT! (I know there are more, but I saw one last night)

    I have a small fenced yard with 5 adult hens, and 5 chicks in an enclosed former chicken tractor. The hens and chicks are separated (the chicks spent their first night out there last night and did fine). The hens are usually allowed access to the yard 24/7 but now that the chicks are being...
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    Hen attacked by MY dog ><

    I considered putting this in the Predator/Pest category since it was an attack by my own dog, who is currently viewed as a PEST...but the incident was my own fault. This poor Ameracauna hen is having a string of bad luck this year. Earlier this spring she went missing for 3 days, I assumed she...
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    Broody hen abandoned chick as soon as it hatched - help!

    I bought 6 hatching bantam eggs for my broody Phoenix x hen; she's been sitting them like a champ, clucking to them, guarding them from the other hens. Now that the first one hatched, however, she wants nothing to do with them. I kept the hen and chick/eggs together, separated from the other...
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    Need help persuading landlord!

    Hi, everyone, I need some help with ideas on how to persuade my landlord to let us have up to 3 hens, per Kent, WA ordinance. I asked him 3 days ago if we could have them just for eggs, no rooster, and he replied today with "I think that I would rather not at this time". So, not a 100% NO, but...
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