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    New house with electric fence??

    We are moving to a more rural area with mountain lion, bear, bob cats, and coyote and someone has offered to sell me 100ft of poultry plus fence that can be electrified. Our new yard is vast and not fenced- the seems like a good solution (in combination with our predator proof coop) to keep them...
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    Integrating 4 pullets with one mature hen

    I have one hen left after a terrible attack on my flock by a neighbors dog. She survived (barely) and is traumatized. I thought bringing in pullets to start a new flock so she wasn’t solo was a good idea. They’re 11-13 weeks. I let them range together after 5 days of isolation in a coop/run in...
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    Advice after dog attack

    My three beautiful chicken were brutally attacked by a neighboors pit bull who broke into our yard a few days ago. I took all three to the animal hospital where two had to be euthanized. I couldn’t kill them myself as they are pets raised from chicks. Once chicken came hime and now I’m giving...
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    Should I take a neighbors chicken into my flock?

    My neighbor has has 12/13 hens eaten by bobcat. He has one left and wants to give her to me. She’s 4 my hens are about a year and a half. I have a flock of 3 as one of mine recently got out and got eaten by that same fat bobcat. Is this going to be a huge headache? I have another small coop that...
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    Help! Hens not heading into the coop anymore!

    I am SO confused- For the last year or the girls have been amazing about going to bed before their automatic door shut behind them. So good that is was almost magical. One week ago we went away for a little vacation and had a neighbor watch them. He told us that two were on the perch...
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    Chicken nipping at me- trying to be a rooster...?

    Hello! I have four hens who are about nine months old. Whenever I reached down to pet three of them the fourth stretches her neck then runs at me and starts to nip at me. She seriously almost draws blood- she’s a giant lavender Orphington. I usually brush her aside with my foot when she does it...
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    Hens staying out of coop at sunset after first snow...

    My hens have an automatic door that opens/closes from a light sensor. Like clockwork, since they have been in this coop ( since May), they have gone in before the door shuts the final time ( it opens once more for stragglers). We just got a very cold snow storm and last night after dusk and the...
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    This sound!!??? What’s going on?

    So- I have a flock of four that are all the same age and one started making these crazy noises about a week ago. Two days ago she laid her first egg and I have heard her also singing the egg song which was more of a bock-bock- bgawk!!! This one is different. Otherwise she’s acting totally fine...
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    Moved the girls out to the coop- need help with temperature and heating...

    So, the girls have been in a brooder coop for the last 7 weeks. I'm in Northern Colorado and the temps can fluctuate quite a bit. In the brooder room, I had a space heater and it has been gradually lowered 5 degrees every week since they were tiny. Now I am at 60 degrees and they are fully...
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    Spekeled Sussex Chick 5-5 weeks

    Hello- Wing feathers are like other chicks, no tail feathers to speak of, large comb, dominant chick. The shop we got our chicks (3) said they were sexed. I know this type of sussex can be hard to sex. Would love to hear what y'all think!
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    Ruffled feathers?

    Hello- new chicken lady here and I was wondering if chicks have somewhat ruffled feathers but are perky, eating and drinking well- should I be concerned? One chick has runny poop that smells bad, but the other chicks poop seem fine. No blood, poop all dark in color. Chicken shop (feed supply)...
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    New Chicken Farmer!

    Hello! I have wanted chickens for 10 years when I downloaded the plans for a chicken ark in 2010! Finally, I have 3 babies- a speckled sussex, a partridge wyandotte, and an ameraucana. I inherited 2 coops- one small one and a larger one (still on the small side) so we are ready to go!
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