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    Dog Treats made from Chicken Poop?

    So, both of our German shepherds love eating chicken poop even though it sometimes makes them ill. We discourage them from eating the stuff, but they do it anyway. What is it about chicken poop that makes dogs sick? If it's just live bacteria and there is no other harmful content, could we...
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    Anyone Want to Test my Suspected Bad Feed on Your Egg Laying Hens?

    My hens recently went from laying 7-10 eggs/day to laying 0-1 eggs/day with a surprise 4-egg day in the mix. I don't think it's weather-related and I suspect the feed is to blame since I'd just changed to a new batch of the same feed I'd been using for almost a year. I know there are many people...
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    Any Breed Guesses on this 7-month Old with Mixed Silkie-Phoenix-other Parentage and Featherless Legs?

    This chicken is about 7 months old and came from parents in our flock who allegedly came from Silkie & Phoenix bloodlines, but there could be other DNA mixed in, too. I think it's a pullet because of slightness of head features, and that's not really important to us. I'm really curious about the...
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    Dirty Eggs Stored in Fridge Back to Countertop Storage Okay?

    I've read a lot about the different ways of storing eggs, including unwashed, washed, freeze dried, water glassed in lime, etc. However, I haven't yet seen this question: If unwashed eggs are stored in the refrigerator for a while (5+ days), is it safe to remove them from the fridge and store...
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    A Hawk Swooped at My Head Yesterday!

    A hawk swooped at my head yesterday! Or so I thought... We've never before lost any of our flock to hawks although they frequently circle overhead. Then yesterday I noticed our cute little 4-week-old barred rock was missing. Still not sure where it went, but suspect it became breakfast for a...
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    Adding a second coop...?

    Chicken sociology question here. We have a fair-sized flock of chickens sharing a single coop and we're thinking of adding a second coop to provide more room. All of our chickens free-range all day long and so at night they would theoretically have a choice of the existing coop or the new one...
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    My Orange Spiky-Headex Rooster, "Punk"

    He'has the most interesting colors I've seen yet. Enjoy! https://rumble.com/v1nw8d0-punk-the-chicken.html
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    How Do Roosters Identify Hens?

    Have a single rooster with 4 hens in established flock. Am now adding 16, yes 16 new young hens. These new girls are still pretty young at just 6 weeks, but I expect one day soon the rooster will realize they are hens. Just curious: what are the cues that help a rooster ID a hen? Pheromones...
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    A Chicken Love Story 🐔❤🐔

    The four hens you see on the left in this photo formed a borderline weird broody clique about a month ago and are seen here snuggling atop five almost-newborn chicks. When they started this clique, there was one hen in the flock who was not interested in being broody: Carrot Top, the hen on the...
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    We're New Chicken Ranchers Here in East Texas!

    Good Day, My family moved from the city to a country estate last spring with our two lovely GSDs. Now, we've finally settled in enough to begin the farming adventure. Just last week we acquired 10 lovely chicks and we're all getting to know one another. 😁😁😁🐕‍🦺🐕‍🦺🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔🐔 (Side note: if you...
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