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    Every chicken broody?

    I've had chickens for about six years now, and, I've had several broody hens. It's not exactly hard to tell when a hen is broody. They lay more than usual, then stop and spend all day in the nesting box, hissing and making dinosaur noises when another chicken nears, and they develop a brood...
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    Chicken hen raising guinea keets, (Hopefully.)

    Well, I'm getting an order of 20 assorted color keets shipped March 23. I have a one older hen who raised all of my current pullets, hens now. So I figure I can try to take advantage of her mothering instincts again. I put her in a little enclosure with some fake eggs in a nesting box to see if...
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    Conditioning a puppy to chickens

    I realize this is a controversial topic, but, oh well. My family is getting a female German Shepherd puppy this weekend, at eight weeks old. She will be an outdoor dog. We're making her a properly sized, insulated dog house. My chickens do not currently free range, but they may start this...
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    Introducing a new cat to chickens

    I recently got a previously feral cat, who was apparently born this fall. As she was lathered in affection often by the people who fed her, she's extremely friendly. As soon as the cold snap is over, I'm going to start introducing her to the outside world, (She's currently staying in the...
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    Encouraging a new outdoor cat to stay home

    I'm getting a cat who is currently stray this Sunday. They think she was born in the fall. She's going to have an insulated cat house, but is going to be in the garage with said insulated cat house for the first few weeks. I'm going to immediately set up a feeding routine, and start letting her...
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    Why aren't my chickens laying?

    I got my chicks on May 5, ordered from Murray McMurray hatchery. This means they're 28 weeks old, and they STILL aren't laying. They're all egg-type: Leghorns, Leghorn ancestors, and Leghorn hybrids. Thoughts?
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    Chicken ingested oil

    My 23 week old Leghorn drank a small amount of oil, maybe a beakfull. How bad is this, and is there anything I can do to help her? All I've done is put her in a milk crate so I don't have to catch her again.
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    Using all-flock as layer

    I've been hearing on here about how you should use all-flock or maintenance with crushed oyster shells as a replacement as layer. Now picking up a bag! Thoughts and advice?
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    If you kept only one breed...

    The question is simple: if you could only keep one breed, whether or not you have it now, which one would you choose? I realize that this is a hard question, as a lot of people keep different breeds for different reasons. But the fun questions are rarely the easy ones. :D
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    Can peafowl be kept with chickens?

    I'm thinking that I'm going to get peafowl next year, and my question is this: can peafowl be kept with chickens? I've heard that turkeys should be kept far away from chickens, as they can easily exchange diseases. Is it the same with peafowl? They would be ranging in the same area, and POSSIBLY...
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    Hamsters

    I have two hamsters, and I am going to tell you all about them. Why? Because I can. I got Albert from Petsmart last year in June. He was on sale. He is fat and lazy and on a diet. He's very mellow. Albert is probably a oddly colored Winter White. I got Yuri a little over a week ago. He is...
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    11 week RC brown leghorn

    As my chicks have aged, I've been keeping an eye out for Roo characteristics. Val, my 11 week and couple days old rose-comb brown Leghorn, has the deepest red comb of any of them. But though I have several single combs, and a couple pea combs, Val is my only rose comb, so it's hard to compare...
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    Mother hen suddenly a jerk

    Background story: I got fifteen chicks of multiple breeds from Murray McMurray hatchery, and let my broody hen take care of them. She took to all of them very well, feeding, warming, and teaching them. Now, nine and a half weeks later, she's acting aggressive toward all of them, chasing them and...
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    Lethargic pullet

    I have an eight week old Whiting True Blue, Alice Von Fluffypants. On Monday I noticed that while all of the other pullets were running around chasing ants, she just kind of sat there. When she did walk, she limped, favoring both feet. When she stood, she was wobbly. But she mostly laid down...
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    Blue hen or roo

    This is my six-week-old Whiting True Blue, Sapphire. He/she is the blue one, the other chick is another Whiting for comparison. They both have pea combs. You can't really tell from the pictures, but its comb is the deepest red of all of the chicks. Rosalie. Chick. Back. Comb.
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    How I tamed my chickies

    I don't have friendly breeds, so I thought I would never be able to easily handle my birds. They still might very well ignore me when they grow up, but for now eight out of my twelve pullets don't run from hands, and are quiet when held. What I did was this: tamed them the way I tamed my...
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    Mixed flock of hopefully pullets

    I got a bunch of different breeds from Murray McMurray hatchery, sexed run females. I think I know what breed each chick is. I'd like a confirmation on the breeds and gender. I used a question mark where I'm not certain of the breed. The rest are just cute pictures. They are all six weeks and...
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    Keeping pullets and hen cool

    So it's getting up to eighty-something for the next two days here, and I was wondering: is there anything I should do to try and keep my pullets cool? And if so, what? The chickies are all heat-tolorant breeds, Leghorn, Minorca, etc, but I'm not sure that matters at exactly six weeks old. The...
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    Crippled pullet

    So I was over at a friend's house, looking at their young birds. They pointed out a bird that was much smaller than the others of its breed. Apparently it was stepped on as a chick, and now has crippled feet. As it can't compete for food, its growth is stunted. I barely know any info about it...
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    Chick with lump on neck

    One of our twenty-five day old chicks, Buffy, has an odd lump on the side of her neck. It seems to be fluid-filled. I just noticed it today. She is acting completely normal, (including making her displeasure known to the Earth when I pick her up,) and is not in immediate danger. One our last...
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