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    Injured Hen

    What do you suppose caused this? Her comb was bleeding. We are keeping her separated from the others but do let her spend the nights in the Hen House protected from the others.
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    Two issues I need help with.

    We have been finding an egg now and then that looks as if a hen has pecked holes in it. Today makes two consecutive days. Is this hens work? Whatever is doing it is not consuming the contents. Next, it appears that one of our hens is suffering some sexual abuse. I have to assume that's what's...
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    Behavior question

    We are new Chicken people and have some Hens that have been laying for a couple of months. Yesterday morning our smallest Hen was in a nesting box which was odd early in the morning. Last evening she was in the box and I was concerned until my wife said she had seen her out with the rest of our...
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    How did this egg get a hole in it?

    We have a Hen that lays eggs in the haystack. Yesterday I found an egg in her nest and another a bale below with a hole in it about the diameter of a chicken's beak. Would the Hen have pushed this egg out of her nest and pecked a hole in it? The egg's contents were intact.
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    Eyeball to eyeball with a Fox

    One of our Goats has been acting strange and I think I know why now. One of our Hens has a spot on top of our hay pile where she lays eggs. I was gathering eggs this afternoon and I climbed up there to see if there was an egg and there was an immature Fox curled up there. I wish I wouldn't have...
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    This was funny!

    We have a little 13yr old girl at our home frequently and have had for the last three years. She is not related to us although we love her like she is our own. We only have one of our hens that is laying. She has laid in a nesting box twice and in a hay pile at least a dozen times. There is a...
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    Yay, eggs at last!

    It's been five months since we got the chicks and one of the Orpington girls is giving us an egg a day. She made a nest between and under some hay bales and had eight eggs in there before my wife found them. This morning I didn't let the birds out of their run until 10am and I found an egg in...
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    This tiny Hen

    Our Chickens are now five months old and one of them has laid three tiny eggs in the past five days, although we don't know who? This little Hen is the runt of the chicks and is constantly picked on. We have separated her in the past but she wants to be with the others and has learned to cope...
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    Hawk!

    Our Chickens have the run of our property during the day. There is a lot of cover for the birds around the place as well as open pasture and areas around fruit trees, grapes, and the vegetable gardens. The Chickens spend most of their time under trees or other areas where they can't be seen...
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    Young Black Orpington Rooster

    Corvallis Oregon. We have a beautiful Black Orpington Rooster that is about 20 weeks old. He's just starting to crow and is a big boy. He was a bit younger in this picture was taken. He has a blue sheen to some of his feathers. Sorry, the picture could be better. Free of course. Ken
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    Rain at last here in Oregon!

    We got about an inch overnight and a long thunder and lightning show. It started up again today at about noon and was raining hard. The chickens are all out of their run and they refused to go in because water was dripping off the roof or some other nonsense. No amount of scratch would get them...
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    Egg laying question

    Chickens are 19-20 weeks old and no eggs yet. They are out of their Run/Coop all day every day and today I found a hen on top of our haystack that is undercover. She looked like she was looking for a nesting spot. Should we keep them in the coop/run until they stary laying so they will use the...
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    Roo bit me

    Our Chickens are almost 18 weeks old and so far no eggs. Our Roo is a handsome guy that thinks very highly of himself and is second in command after me. He is very protective of the other Chickens and seems to tell them what to do and they follow. I have had him come running to me when I pick up...
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    Sex?

    We are new Chicken people and can't determine sex unless they crow or lay an egg. We have two that crow and no eggs yet. What sex is this one? :)
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    Stray Dog!

    Our Chickens are now 17 weeks old and have a free range of our property but they don't venture far from the house or their coop. This morning I was pruning a large Cherry tree when I heard a dog bark. I looked at our fence line expecting to see one of the neighbors' dogs and there was none. I...
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    Orpington sex?

    We had three of these black ones and one was crowing and is no longer with us. The first three pictures are one bird and the second three another. I can't tell them apart and neither has crowed that I'm aware of. Neither of these four-month-old birds carries themselves like a Rooster. We have a...
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    Chicken behavior learning curve

    Our chickens are now 14 weeks old. There are 13 of them and two are crowing. We have three black Orpingtons that I can't tell apart and one of them crows. I have found him a new home so I got up early and went out to catch him when he crows so his new owner could come and get him. Do you think...
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    Letting the chickens out of their run for the first time

    I've been coaxing them out a little at a time and it's all new and scary it seems. Today I left the gate open and they all went out on their own. They didn't venture far and were enamored with my winter supply of hay that's under a shed roof next to the coop. I don't want poopie hay which had...
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    Is this normal behavior?

    We have a 12 week old Orpington flock of 13 and so far only two are crowing. One of the Cockerels is very aggressive to the Pullets, biting them on the neck and just generally being a jackass. He had a Pullet by the neck this morning and it took my boot to get him to let go. I don't know if this...
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    11 weeks old

    We so wanted this handsome chick to be a Pullet but no such luck. Of our 13 chicks, we know that two are Cockerels. This fella isn't as large as a large black Orpington that is also learning to crow, but this fella is the boss. The little Pullet is the smallest of our chicks and is rather timid...
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