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    I have a lame hen and can not figure out the problem.

    All chickens were fine when I let them out in the morning. Then in the afternoon I noticed a hen that couldn't stand and was hobbling around. It appeared she was favoring the left leg so I examined her right leg and the pad is a bit swollen so I cleaned both feet and soaked in Epsom salts...
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    I have a broody hen, again, and this time I want to hatch some eggs. My quesrion is about feed.

    Should I separate the morher and chicks from the rest of the flock so the chicks can have their own feed? Should I just raise the chicks separately from the other chickens? I would want the hens that come out of this, prob eat the males so would have to separate at some point. But what if I...
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    If there's a pecking order, I can not see it

    13 hens and a giant Roo, congrats birds, you are adults. Mixed flock. When I feed them I see no discernable order and I see no fighting. When they were younger, I noticed some fighting but the Roo came in hard and stopped them. Has this created a first come first serve no real pecking in my...
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    One hen keeps flying the coop to lay

    13 hens and a Roo, they have about a quarter acre of fenced in space with trees and bushes and open area. Any of them could get out if they wanted to but one of them wants to. She keeps it up every time she wants to lay. Flies the fence and comes down to the house looking for a laying spot and...
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    Do chickens have innate knowledge they can be butchered?

    An interesting thing happened in the run today. We have 13 hens and a Roo in a 1/4 acre run, if that. Every single time I walk up to the gate, they all come running. They know me as the thing that delivers food and treats. I am often carrying different items, sometimes a pan with soaked food...
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    Ravens running a protection racket in my chicken area

    Many ravens about, but two of them have taken a keen interest in my chickens who have a 1/4 acre of fenced in space to pick and scratch. I have witnessed on two occasions them fly off with an egg because some of my hens insist on laying outside. Thing is, when a hawk comes by, they fight them...
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    Is laying an egg painful? Can an egg come out sideways? Sometimes it sounds like it.

    There's the normal hen laying sound but every once in awhile a hen sounds like she is saying "ouch ouch OUCH OUCH!!" Normal egg laying sounds around here is a shout, "im about to lay an egg, i just laid an egg!" But sometimes it sounds like a scream, "get this egg out of me!!!!!!" Not...
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    NorCal checking in

    We have 13 hens, mossers, azures, marans an isbar and a funky cross with speckled eggs. The rooster is a gorgeous coco egger and is an absolute enjoyable archetype of THE rooster. Just wanted to join up to participate. I'm not new to chickens but the lapse in time effectively makes me new...
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