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    Can anyone id these tracks

    Raven, my Black Australorp was eaten by something last night. It's my fault, I didn't secure the coop until late. There was nothing left but feathers 20 feet from the coop. My rooster "Big Daddy" and hen "Olive" were roosting on my porch when I got home instead of the coop. I assume...
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    Looking to buy about 6 more young laying hens in the Choctaw area

    I have 4 and they are all 7 months old and laying now. Need about another half dozen to fill some egg orders from family and friends. Steve Maybe I need 8 more to make an even dozen a day
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    Big Daddy vs The Hawk

    Yesterday I was feeding my 6 chickens some treats when a bird flew over us. I didn't really pay attention to it because there are several crows that live around and they like to fly by and see what treats they can steal once I go back in the house. This time though my biggest rooster, Big...
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    Should I involve my children in my first slaughter of roosters?

    I have 4 roosters and 4 hens and I need to get rid of two roosters. I want to be able to kill my own and utilize them for food. My kids are 6 (boy) and 11 (girl) and I would like them to realize where all those chicken nuggets come from but I don't want to scar them for life. This will be my...
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    Halleluhah! Finally got an egg!

    My easter egger hen laid me a beautiful tiny green egg today. This has been a trial of errors and my once giant flock of 16 is now down to 8. I was beginning to think I would run out of chickens before I ever got an egg. Thank you Brown Betty. You did real good.
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    Question - 5 rooster 6 hens - Can it work with that ratio

    or will the roosters fight each other and abuse my hens? I would like to keep them all but I don't know if it is good for the flock to have such a high ratio of roosters to hens.
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    Pics of my Chick(en)s

    My remaining 11 chickens (down from a start of 16). I have 5 roosters and 6 hens. They follow me around for treats and poop all over my covered porch. They are almost 5 months old and have yet to lay me an egg.
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    It was self defense

    The other night I had my kitchen door open while I was doing the dishes and getting the kids bathed and homework done. I look out my door just as a large rodent came running from my yard (I have 8 acres) onto my covered porch and into my door right at me. I instinctively kicked it and caught...
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    How many roosters do I need to keep.

    I started off with 16 chicks of various breeds. Lost 2 to hawks and 3 to my neighbors weenie dogs. That leaves 11. 5 appear to be roosters (3 have started crowing). Will it hurt to keep all 5 or do I need to cull that down to 1 or 2 and do I keep the largest most aggressive or the cutest...
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    Where will they lay?

    My chickens are 4 months old now and they go to their coop at night where I lock them up. In the morning, I let them out and let them free range all day until they put themselves back in the coop. They roam over a couple of acres during the day but spend most of their time in a grove of trees...
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    How many roosters do you see in these pics?

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    My neigbors Dachshunds killed 3 of my young chickens today

    I went outside and saw these two dogs tearing apart my chickens. 3 were dead including my 2 beautiful silver laced wyandotte roosters and my one and only frizzled cochin named Butter by my daughter because of her beautiful golden color. The dogs were still chasing a chicken and one of my birds...
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    Red Tailed Hawk killed one of my Araucanas

    I had just started letting my flock of 16, 4 week old chicks free range on Wednesday of this week. The first 2 days they did fine, yesterday morning I went inside for an hour and went back out to check on them. As I opened the door, I startled the hawk 15 feet away and it took off flying...
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    Small Coop/Brooder and Chick pics (Pic Heavy)

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    Baby Chick Pics (Lotsa Pics)

    My chicks are travelers. They ride back and forth from my house to my ex's when I have to work long shifts. They have an inside coop at their "mom's" and an outside coop at "dad's." I have 16 chicks of various breeds. Cochins, Black Australorps, Aracauna, Dominique and some Bantams. I can't...
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    Chick failing to thrive

    I have a sickly looking chick. It is one of 16 I bought of different breeds but all about the same age. This chick is very small and looks scruffy - feathers are matted, seems to have trouble opening one eye and is always drooping. If it makes it through the night, what can I do to give it a...
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