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  1. Hiram

    1 hawk, 5 hawks but 16 hawks!!!

    This weekend I had 16 or more hawks circling over head. I've never seen anything like this neither had my father. It was like a horror movie. How can so many come together at once. Has anyone experienced this before?
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    Hawk got one of my girls, what to do?

    I came home yesterday to a quiet scene. Slowly I opened the gate and to my surprise a chicken that is normally shy ran to me. I pick her up then I noticed that the others were not playing. As I searched, I saw it. A three foot hawk in my yard eating one of them. My heart is broken. What...
  3. Hiram

    Dekalb Amberlinks shedding, is this okay?

    My Amberlinks are shed a lot of feathers. However, there are no balding or bad spots. I got them about a month ago. They're about 5 months old. Is this okay?
  4. Hiram

    Can I add 3 Amberlink hens to my 3 RIRs

    I am think of adding 3 new 5 month old. I have 3 5 month old RIR(1 started laying 2 weeks ago). Can I add Dekalb Amberlinks? If so how are they as layers and etc. Thanks
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    When should I cull ?

    Out of six chickens(I was told they were all hens), three turned out to be roos. I can't have roos in my county. I haven't been able to give them away and now they've started crowing. I'm trying to hold off but I think the neighbors are taken notice. If I get a noise complaint then my whole...
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    4 month olds wont eat worms, why?

    They really wont touch worms. I've tried and tried. They just look peck then walk off. Also they seem to eat a lot of growing grass and small bushes. They scratch the ground and peak but when I look they aren't eating bugs. I think they're eating rocks. When will they start liking bugs...
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    newbie needs help they wont roost

    I built this nice coop and run following the advice i recieved in this forum but my pullets wont go up the stairs to the roost pole. If fact they seem to prefer sleeping in the run huddled up. They like to go in the bottom of the coop. They were born 03/21/11. What should I do? Thanks, I am...
  8. Hiram

    Hello from Decatar,GA

    I just got my first 6 chickens. They are star reds. I have a coop with a run inside of a fenced off part of my yard. So here we go.
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