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    Animal broke in

    Hi all - This morning I went to move our girls' feed under a roof since there's rain coming today, and sadly discovered that our NH red was dead and mostly eaten, our leghorn totally missing, and our black girl (not sure her breed) alive, but missing a few feathers on her back, and seemed...
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    Production Red, Hen or Rooster?

    Hi all, i've got a production red bird recently, and I think its a hen, but a couple things have me wondering. It's bigger than my other two birds, which are RIR and Buff Orpington Hens. And her (his) comb/wattle is bigger than I've seen on any other bird I've had, including a White Leghorn...
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    Egg laying longevity?

    Hi everyone - I've got two those island reds, one of whom is probably getting close to three years old, and her egg production is slowing down quite a bit (although she still goes and sits on the nest...kind of interesting) I've eaten one of my birds before when she was past the useful egg...
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    Keeping sparrows, etx out of the layer feed

    This far I've more or less been letting my two hens free range in my backyard almost 100%. This has plent of drawbacks, and I'm in the process of building a run to confine them for several hours per day if not most of the day. (as you can guess, my backyard is basically destroyed. :-) I've also...
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    Keeping Chickens off the concrete?

    So I've had my girls for over a year now, generally going well. After a couple of mishaps (lost two hens, one of which was my best layer) my dog is now getting along with the girls very well and leaves them alone. I did the thing where I tied the dead bird around the dog's neck and she suffered...
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    interesting eggshell

    My RIR is my most reliable layer right now; she's giving me an egg almost every day. About 75% of the time, the eggs have small bumps on them; check out the picture below: Just curious if anyone else had seen something like this and knew what it was. Extra calcium or something maybe? The...
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    Broody Leghorn

    My little flock consists of three hens - a rhode island, a leghorn and an American game Bird. They're great! The rhode island and the leghorns are the only ones laying though, well up until a week ago... Now the leghorn has gone Broody and the rhode island is the only one who's laying. My...
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    Paring down the flock

    So, I've got four hens/pullets. One white Leghorn, one RIR, and two american game. I'm starting to think that my backyard might be a little small to support so many birds, so I might want to give away/sell a couple of them. (I'm in Los Angeles.) For me the obvious candidates are the american...
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    How do I teach my dog?

    So - three 3-4 month old pullets, and one 85lb retriever/aerdale mix. Excellent dog, but VERY interested in the chickens. I've had the dog since she was a pup, and the chickens are newcomers at about a month or so. Usually when I let them free range in my yard, if they are close to her she...
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    Chickens +1 ??

    So vie got three pullets just about ready to start laying. (its my first time so I'm not exactly sure...) One Rhode Island Red, and American Game, and one unknown (dark brown plumage, similar shape to the American Game but slightly smaller legs and neck) They all get along well so far. I...
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    New guy here - idea what breed this one is??

    Hey everyone - found this site through google. I'm new to backyard chickens - built a nice enclosed mobile coop with enclosed run, and I've got four birds in there now. Two are rhode island reds that I bought so I know their breed. The other two I got for free from a friend of a friend...
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