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    Should I add more chickens?

    I lost a chicken to a predator this winter and have since upgraded my security to the point of ridiculousness.The two remaining chickens are very happy together and produce enough eggs, at least in spring and summer, for our two-person household. What are the chances that both chickens make it...
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    Is it safe to treat ten-week-olds with poultry dust?

    I did a search on this topic but couldn't find anything, probably because it's common knowledge for all you experienced folks. I have a nine or ten week old EE with a bald neck patch who is continuing to lose feathers. He seems to scratch and fluff quite a bit, too, and the feathers he loses...
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    Free ranging for 1-2 hours per day- unfenced suburban yard

    Okay, so I like to give the girls a little free-range time at the end of the day from time to time. They love it, but I know it's not as safe as keeping them in their little run. I stay outside with them to make sure I'm as much of a predator deterrent as I can be, but I don't have a fence. I...
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    Eight-week-old EE still has fuzzy neck-getting worse and looks itchy

    This is probably just part of what makes her special, but one of my EE's still has chick fuzz down the front of her neck to her chest. She was the later developing one all the way through, and I was shocked that she ever caught up with her siblings in size. Should I worry about mites, or should...
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    New Catawba Coops chicken ark...now with pics, I think

    This is my first time posting a picture, so please let me know if you can't see this. I know that space may be an issue unless someone turns out to be a rooster, which is a distinct possibility. I'm already thinking of making a portable run to go with it, or at least some kind of temporary...
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    Am I being paranoid or did I give my chicks have a crop problem?

    I never thought I'd be posting this much in one day, but apparently this is my day to participate. I have three three-week-old Easter Eggers whom I take every day or two for some forage time in their future run. They used to have access to construction sand while in the run, but today I...
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    Update on home alone chicks--how about the garage?

    Okay, so I'm a bad "mom" to my pullets (please let them all be pullets!): they'll be four weeks old next Tuesday, and on Friday, my husband and I are leaving for two weeks in CA. We at least have a pet sitter coming every day who already loves the chicks and cats, and she is eager to spoil...
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