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    My Cochin is always in the nesting box; and she's also getting bullied by 2nd chicken in the pecking order

    I've got 4 hens. Listed below in pecking order from top to bottom. New Hampshire Red Speckled Sussex Dominique White Cochin My White Cochin now wants to sit in the nesting box all day. And when I let her out, and the Sussex is out too, the sussex just wants to bully her. And by bully, I mean...
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    Sick Chicken - breathing heavily, lethargic

    1) What type of bird, age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) - Breed is Dominique. Top chicken in pecking order. Don't know if she's small for her breed. She's one of the two largest of our 5 hens. Age is approximately 5 months. May have just started...
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    Here's a photo of my chickens - wondering about breeds of the non-white one

    Wondering about the breeds of my chickens. In the photo, you can see the 4 outside the coop, and the white one inside. The white one I know, it's a cochin (bantam or other, not sure). In fact looking it up is what brought me to this forum! But the 4 outside the coop - wondering... There's a...
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    Is it ok that our chickens roost on the rafter of their coop instead of inside on the roost bars?

    We've got a coop that's about 1.5m (height) x1m (width) x2.5m (length) (4x3x8). On top taking up about half of the top there's an enclosed roost box, with 2 nesting boxes attached. And there's 1 rafter across the other half of the top. The hens roost on that rafter instead of inside the roosting...
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    Hello from Santa Barbara county!

    1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We are new to chickens, but they are fascinating. Better than any TV show to just watch. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We got 5 chicks in late March. So they are about 13 weeks old now. (3) What breeds do you...
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