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    Cold tolerance

    Is there a general idea of the temperature range when cold tolerant breeds becomes the better idea? I know I need them here, but I'm planning a move to WNC and that feels like a gray zone to me, but I'm thinking I'd be fairly unlimited with maybe a couple exceptions. Am I wrong about that? I...
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    Piano bird

    Teaching hawk to play "piano". Less than a minute this took. Inmade it ding and gave her a walnut. Did that about 5 times and she started on her own. She's above average intelligence wise, but this is not unusual. I've taught other birds tricks. The biggest factor is their attention to you and...
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    Music bird

    Teaching hawk to play "piano". Less than a minute this took. Inmade it ding and gave her a walnut. Did that about 5 times and she started on her own. She's above average intelligence wise, but this is not unusual. I've taught other birds tricks. The biggest factor is their attention to you and...
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    Could rat poison do this?

    Can you see her eye? So, my neighbor poisoned her and her sisters quite awhile back. She was the only survivor. Not too long after, this started. Kinda thought it was cataracts at first. Vet looked at it and said it looked like bubbles. It didn't occur to me at the time it could have been from...
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    Neighbors poisoning birds

    Has anyone else had their birds poisoned intentionally? We need a support group. This is Hawk; she's 11.5 years old and the sole survivor of my sociopath neighbor poisoning my babies. Not because of them, but to hurt me. They were my babies and if you've had you're birds poisoned I don't need to...
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    Faverolle x brahma

    Anyone done this. Show me your pics? I'm obsessed with the idea of trying this one day...I can only imagine how amazing the personalities would be and I suspect extreme cuteness.
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    Acute respiratory desease-not currently

    So, it was quite a long time ago, but resent events have made me wonder. Long standing issues with the sociopath next door and he recently put rat poison in my yard. I didn't have a full necropsy done because I didn't think it much mattered and I thought it might be something in the heater. Coop...
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    Gender?

    Alright, you all are gonna tell me if I'm the idiot... All we know is barred rock. What gender is this chicken? It seems very obvious to me, but apparently I'm the only one of this opinion.
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    Crop adjusting

    How long would a chicken, who seems fine, have to be doing the crop adjusting wiggles before you got worried? She had an impaction that took forever to get out and it, finally, feels mostly gone this morning, but now she's doing the wiggles. She's 10 and I fret!
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    Bully

    I have a bully hen who I hadn't been able to talk out of it. She torments one of the other girls, who's, actually, about 20% larger than she is. Anyway, she was being relentlessly broody even though I caught it early. So, I took the opportunity to pull her from the flock. It's been almost 48...
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    Green bottle flies

    I cant understand this. I only have 4 chickens, at the moment, and haven't had more than that for years. I seem to have a lot of flies and can't figure out why. The girls are almost never confided in their run so there's not lots of consolidated poo and the flies are in the yard, not the coop...
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    Old lady

    Those of you that have pet chickens. Do you find you need to put lotion on their legs? Do you do arthritis treatment? What have you found that works? I'm not talking 4 or 5 year olds here. I'm mean old ladies...pushing 10 or more. Thanks!
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    Fayoumis

    Has anyone brooded fayoumis with a super chill and friendly breed, like Brahmas? Did it affect the personalities of either the Brahmas or the fayoumi? Wondering if it would mellow out fayoumis, but I definitely wouldn't want to make the Brahmas skittish.
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    Intestinal bacteria

    So, I'm kinda at my wit's end. I have a 1 year old. She's had 3 rounds of prescription anti biotics and she eats fermented food. Her bacterial over growth has come back again pretty shortly after the last round of anti biotics. Not sure if she getting reinfected or I'm not getting it all. I've...
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    Intractable rooster

    This question is only for those of you who take time to work with roosters in a non abusive manner. I've had bratty roosters in the past, but I've always managed to work with them and quickly convince them to be gentle birds. Most decided they'd be lap birds.I've got a one year old barred rock...
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    Gritty poo

    I know some grit in poo is normal, but this seemed like an overkill, so I wanted to see what the hive mind thought. 1 year old EE with a history of gut shenanigans. She's been treated for both cocci and a gram neg overgrowth. She's had runny poos, normal other than runny, and some bloody mucus...
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    Wierdo "broody" pullet

    So, this is just a curiosity question. Wondering if anyone else has had a weirdo like this girl. So, 2-3 months ago, my, now, 9 month old Marans started acting like she was going to attempt to go broody. When she's in the yard, she's doing the broody cluck and posture and all that stuff. She's...
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    Fall hatch chicks and molt

    I've never had fall hatched birds before, so I'm unsure of timing. These guys were hatched mid-Nov, so, 9 months old. I'm thinking they will molt this fall, rather than skipping it? I've got an EE that has quit laying and just trying to guess if she's headed for a molt or if something's up with...
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    Squatting question

    I feel like this would have been asked and answered, but I can't find anything. How common is it for a hen to squat, for her human, if there's a rooster in the flock? My hens have always squatted for me, but this is my first time raising a cockeral with them. Curious.
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    Mystery of the intestinal variety

    OK, guys, help me out here, please. I have 4, 5.5 month olds and one who's going on 9 years. When the young ones were about 9 weeks, they had what appeared to be cocci. Bad enough that they went puffy, but not bad enough that they were passing blood. The older girl appeared to have it to, which...
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