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    Chicken with Bald Butt

    Need some help with a fairly new chicken who has a bald butt. As of yesterday, we didn't notice any feathers missing. We had a party last night and the kids were running around in the backyard, so not sure if she is stressed and perhaps plucked her bum? We use DE on the flock, so I don't...
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    Pecking Order

    Do chickens (like dogs consider its owner the alpha dog for example) consider humans to be at the top of the pecking order? Yesterday, I was checking my birds for mites and putting some DE on them. Two of the hens are fine with us petting them and picking them up, the third one not so much...
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    Going On Vacation - Should I Have The Person Close & Open Hen House

    Hi, We just got our 3 hens this past weekend. They are 20 weeks old. We will be leaving on vacation for a week in August. Currently, the hens have a coop that is attached to a run. The coop has a separate door that is latched with 2 latches. Within the coop is the hen house that has a door...
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    WTB:Buff Orpington Hens/Rhode Island Reds | San Diego

    We are almost done building our coop and are looking for Buff Orpington Hens. We can't go with chicks because we work full-time, have 2 cats and just don't have the time to devote to the little babies, so we're looking for pullets approximately 15 weeks old. We would like 3 pullets - mix of...
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    Chickens/Cat Door

    Do you think when we get our chickens, they might try to use the cat door that goes into our house? Especially since that's where the cat's food is kept - right on the inside of the cat door. I hadn't thought of this at all earlier, but now it's popped into my head that maybe they will try to...
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    Hello - New Member Here - Looking for Pullets (Buff Orpington) to buy

    Hi there, We're getting ready to build our chicken coop and buy a few pullets. We would like to buy Buff Orpingtons. We're looking for pullets, not chicks - we're not home most of the day and couldn't attend to chicks the way they need attending to. I've only found one place that sells them...
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