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    Hey, Will Raccoons Eat My Chickens?

    Our dogs were barking at the grasshopper farting in the grass. At least, that's what we initially thought. Then, my husband spotted a bandit with stripes peering into our 2nd floor window, straight across from the top of his garage...he was LARGE!!! He told me with baited breath about the size...
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    Soft, Rubbery Egg, No Shell; What Does It Mean?

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    How Long Should Bubbles Stay In Broody Jail?

    A couple days ago, via the advice of a much more savvy chicken mom than I am, I placed Bubbles, my wayward brook chicken into Broody jail. She has food and water, of course. It's starting to get cold here in South Texas, and instead of snow, we usually get rain here. I've covered her cage with a...
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    Locked Up In Broody Prison, And Time Keeps Draggin' On

    Well first of all, "You HAVE to be smarter than the chicken!" My husband informed me. Wow. Did those words sting....uh pretty much because they were true! I was taking the advise of a much more experienced chicken mommy on here, about my brooding chicken, Bubbles. I fixed the cage first, or so...
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    IS SHE SICK, OR JUST ROOSTING?

    One of my youngest girls is sitting in her nest ALL DAY EVERY DAY THIS WEEK! I thought that maybe she was dying. I left water and food for her, and she's eating it. One day my crazy dog, who has to wear a muzzle outside because she loves to chase them, chased her out of her nest area, in the...
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    Do hens stop laying eggs when roosters are around?

    As soon as Cindy showed herself to be a CAESAR, it seemed that my hens stopped laying eggs! I want to know from anyone who may shed some chicken feed on this subject, what's up with my girls??? Pictured below is my proud Caesar, making his stand for my girly flock! The girls now sleep in the...
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    Hey Folks, Is This a Cindy? Or a Caesar???

    It's been a while since I've had time to get on this forum. So many things have happened. I've lost my sister in June. Hurricane Byral came bearing down directly on our house. Nine days later, I found out that my 28 year old son died on July 6th. We didn't have power for nine days, so I found...
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    Honey, Forget AI, We're Now Up Against CI ! (Chicken Intelligence!)

    After the dog attack, I guess I'm too leery of everything! I caught my Easter Egger nesting in the garage in a box. Normally, they will all lay there eggs in the same stall in the inner coop of the chicken pen. Now, it would seem that their sanctuary has been breached by the dog attack. I used...
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    The Only Stupid Question is the Question Not Asked?

    If a chicken lays ONE egg a day, and has several baby chicks, does the rooster impregnate her for every one of those chicks, once everyday? Or, does he have to do his thing just once, and that one will last for a while? And how does she know to stop having eggs or chicks? First time chicken...
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    Sugar, my beautiful Golden Wyandotte was badly injured by neighbor's dog!

    Quiet, peaceful, sunny day. Then tragedy struck! I didn't hear ANYTHING. Then I was downstairs in the kitchen. The chicken pen is located just outside the house on the side of the kitchen. It was normal to hear a little whimper, when one of my hens had an egg. But this sound was unusual. It...
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    SOS! SOS! Joy, my Easter Egger is Girgeling, Listless What's Wrong???

    HELP! ANYONE! My Easter Egger was making girgeling sounds this morning. I stay in front of her, not knowing what to do. They she walked on. I didn't know what to do or think. Hoping that she'd be OK, later. Then I found her in the egg laying box, nearly dead! Should I let her alone? Or should I...
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    Chicken Madam Discovers Her "Working Girls." or Which Egg For What Chicken?

    Yes. I did. I sat in the heat, inside my (their) chicken pen, on a wood log, while my Easter Egger, Joy; Rock Barred, Sweetie and Golden Laced Wyandotte, Sugar, were in the egg box stalls, respectively. This is how I finally found out exactly which egg came from what chicken. Well, somewhere...
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    He Thought She Was In Love With Him. But She Was Just After His Beer!

    One morning my husband was outside in the front of the house, just enjoying the slightly "cooler" weather. All of a sudden, Precious, my most inquisitive Golden Sex Link chicken came near to him. He couldn't resist the desire to pet her. She allowed it, to his surprise, then he picked her up...
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    Inquiring Chicken Minds Want To Know!

    In the morning, after I let my girls out of their coop, they skedaddle out and beyond their pen, and out into the larger yard for their day ranging. But lately, I've had some students coming back to check out just what I'm doing to their "classroom!" What I'm doing of course, is cleaning out the...
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    I THOUGHT That I had 7 Hens! But look Ma, I think it's a fertilized egg???

    HELP!!! I finally got brave enough to eat one of my own eggs. So, I gave my husband and egg sandwich (blue eggs) from our Easter Eager, Joy. BEAUTIFUL! They were great tasting too. So, then, I took two of Sweetie's eggs ( beige, Rock Barred). Same wonderful deep yellow....only when I looked I...
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    Black bumps on Comb???

    Does anyone have the same "problem," if it is a problem? My Sweetie (Rock Barred) has black bumps now appearing on her comb and waddles. I don't know if I should be alarmed about it or not. Does anyone know about this?
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    Update on Sweetie, My Egg Laying Rock Barred.

    Sweetie just laid her 11th egg today! My husband suggested putting a picture of chicken McNuggets in front of the non-laying hens. I did have a conversation with Joy, and showed her Sweetie's egg. Then I tried to show it to Sugar, and she absolutely ignored me! Below, a pic of Joy and Sugar.
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    SWEETIE HAS NOW LAID 9 EGGS! The other? NOT ONE EGG! What's going on???

    I got my 3 older chickens in late February of this year. I thought they were probably a few days to a week old. On August the 1st, my cute, little Rock Barred Sweetie laid her very first egg, and has laid an egg ever since! That's now 9 eggs today! I'm so proud of her. My other "older" hens...
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    Can Ants Do This? Wow!

    I have a vary small patch of cantaloupes and watermelons behind my back porch. I also planted some dwarf Cavendish Banana trees, which are coming along. I have a few stalks of corn growing along side my Grand Main bananas (which haven't fruited, by the way). Yesterday, after I'd already...
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    Cool'em Down In The Hot Weather!

    Here in south east Texas the temperatures can get well above 100 degrees sometimes in the Summer. I do my best to break the pinnacle of the day heat by bringing my chickies pans of cold fruit, and replacing the inner water bottles I place into their main water bucket with frozen bottles. I also...
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