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    Blue Australorp and Easter Egger Mix

    With the death of his father (blue Australorp) Silky is now our sole remaining rooster. I wish I had pictures of his sisters before they were killed (racoon or cat we aren't sure) They were both solid black and all the other roosters from this group (2 were potted 2 given away) were solid black...
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    St. George, Louisiana Policy change.

    For those now who were living in the unincorporated part of East Baton Rouge Parish that is now Part of the City of St George. Something that has not made the news but is important to everyone with backyard chickens is the New city has a revised animal control policy. After months of calls and...
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    New Predator

    We have had 4 chickens attacked in the last 6 weeks and 2 killed. Our hens are kept in a coop at night and let out once the sun comes up. Something is going after hens early in the morning between sunup and 7:30 AM. The 2 hens that were killed had their heads removed and the innards were eaten...
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    I'm not crazy I promise.

    I don't know about y'all but being in my 40s when I was younger a common reply when you asked someone "whats up?" was chicken butt. I never really understood the saying but just heard it enough that never really thought twice about it. Fast forward to a few days ago and I go out to give the...
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    Advice for a first timer

    We are attempting to hatch some eggs this year. Over the winter we lost 2 hens to cats. We have one hen that's been pretty broody lately so we decided to see if she will hatch the eggs. We had to start removing the ceramic eggs from whenever she was brooding because she wouldn't leave them...
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    Hi

    New to the forum and fairly new to chicken raising. We have 19 chickens. 6 2 year-old Blue Australorps (1 Rooster 5 hens, they were all supposed to be hens) 4 18 month old Rhode Island Reds, 4 1 year old easter-eggers, and 5 Lavender Orpingtons. other than losing 2 of our Reds to a hawk last...
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    Need help with a lame hen.

    We have a 18 month old Rhode Island Red hen who turned up injured. She is not using her right leg at all when you pick her up it just hangs limp and there is no resistance from her moving it around at all. When she tried moving, she would hop on one leg with the other just dragging under her...
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