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    Weasels in winter in SoCal

    The past few nights as I went out to put my chickens to bed inside their coop house I saw a weird creature jumping around. It gets dark so dang early now (pitch black by 5:00 pm) that it is often past dark when I get out there. The girls are usually perched on a roost near a tree in the run. I...
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    Can hearing a rooster crowing make hens go broody? Even if it's on TV?

    Ok, I might have forced my virgin Buff Orpington into going broody. Is it possible that the sound of a rooster crowing on TV could cause my virgin (as in no sex or any experience with a rooster) to go Broody? I like to wake up very early before kids and pets can start making demands on me. I...
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    Help, my Buff Orpington is barking like a dog!

    My nine month old Buff Orpington is barking like a dog! Has anyone every heard this before? I keep running outside, thinking my neighbor's chihuahua has gotten into my yard, but it's one of my chickens! She does not seem to be in any distress. I live in a residential neighborhood, and there are...
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    What does it mean when an eggwhite is cloudy?

    Now that all 4 are laying, I'm getting more than a dozen a week, and this is our day to eat them up. (Bacon and eggs for 4 plus muffins). I cracked three of my RIR eggs, the biggest from my 7 mo. old pullets for the muffins. All three have cloudy whites, I've never seen that before. They smell...
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    My Easter Egger is laying eggs with no shell, gave calcium carbonate, now wheezing

    I finally figured out my Easter Egger (7 months old) is laying eggs with no shell. I have 4 birds of different breeds and they have been laying about a month. I reliably get 2-3 eggs a day, and each of the three lays a distinct color, though the shade does vary a bit. Dark brown, very light...
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    Should I put the brooder plate/heater back in the coop at night?

    My 4 chickens are 23 weeks old and have not started laying. (Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington, Easter Egger, and Golden Sex Link (who may actually be another RIR, I can hardly tell them apart). After a wicked hot summer, we are now experiencing wicked cold fall nights. If there was precipitation...
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    New Food Questions

    OK, my girls are 3 1/2 weeks now, and they are starting to eat things like tiny (raisin sized) tomatoes, shredded lettuce and grass. Won't touch watermelon or my prized strawberries. My they also pick little bits of diatomaceous earth out of the dust bath and seem to eat it. Haven't quite...
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    Question about Proximity of Run to AC Unit

    Hello, We have a very small 4 chicken coop and we are preparing to build a run around it for added security and more room as my chickies grow. The coop is in the only place it is allowed in the yard, 25 feet from all the neighbors. That puts it very close to my house, not a problem so far, but...
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    Intro.

    I have wanted to have backyard chickens for many years, and finally the time is right. Husband approves, coop acquired, varieties I wanted mostly available. I got them at 3 days old and today they are 3 weeks. I have 4 chickens (maximum allowed in the city), a Rhode Island Red, a Buff Orpington...
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