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    Cecal poo

    That most certainly is. That's the one that you want to avoid...stinks to high Heaven!
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    Belgian D'Anver Roo -Blue Cuckoo Pittsburgh, PA

    I have a blue cuckoo Belgian D'Anver roo for sale. He is 9 weeks old and quite handsome. We purchased hatching eggs from Boggy Bottom Bantams and ended up with too many roosters. I want to keep him, but DH says that he has to go:( The adult picture is from Boggy Bottom's website. (They have...
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    Araucana Pullets

    I'm sorry. They were sold:(
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    One chicken having trouble using ramp to go in coop

    Hi, Chickory Chick! We had a similar problem with one of our silkie hens. We used one of her favorite treats, noodles, to entice her to walk down the ramp and did the same thing to get her to walk down. It took her a few days, but she got the hang of it. I would definitely put water and...
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    Ended up the a rooster, now what?

    I can't tell you how many times that has happened to us! We ended up keeping the smallest guy because of his little crow. Anyways...the pros- He protects the girls like nobody's business. We let out chickens out to free range when we are home, and he always has an eye to the sky watching for...
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    Newbie

    Welcome!!! You've been bitten by the chicken bug A great quote that I have seen around the forum, "Chickens are like potato chips. You can't have just one!" Those girls are lucky that you found them! Enjoy!
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    Introducing a new hen to my flock

    I have introduced a single hen before without problems. I also had a small flock. There is a partition that I can put in the coop so that the new bird is separate but visible to the flock. If your coop is big enough, you could section the new bird off with an exercise pen or if you don't have...
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    Sick hen

    You could even get a covered kitty litter box and put sand, dirt and diatomaceous earth in it. If they are bantams that should be big enough.
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    Araucana Pullets

    Two black bantam Araucana pullets for sale. They are about 6 months old. Both are tufted, rumpless and laying blue-green eggs. These chickens must go to the same home as they are very attached to one another. They are $20 each. We live near the Pittsburgh International Airport but are...
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    Will my chickens get bored in their coop area?

    My husband put all sorts of things in the coop to keep them entertained. I would add places for them to hide and definitely an area for them to take a dust bath that is in the sun. My chickens aren't too fond of cabbage, but if yours are, you could hang a cabbage in the run high enough that...
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    Sexing Silkie HELP.... Imogene or Gene?

    dutchbunny83, you are right about the feathers...forgot about that. If they are more pointy as opposed to rounded, it could be a rooster.
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    Can broody mothers raise babies as a group ?

    It could work depending on your chickens. Some chickens will try to steal the chicks of other hens or will injure the chicks of other hens. I would base it off of the temperament of your chickens. I have a few chickens who are always trying to steal chicks
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    Free Ranging and predators

    How we stopped predators
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    Free Ranging and predators

    I would go with the netting on top of the run. I would be concerned about the dead hen that you found in the briars. That doesn't sound like a hawk attack. Whatever got her knows that you have chickens and will most likely be back. Since the chickens are locked in at night, you probably don't...
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    Do Pics help? Please Help!!!

    I had a dog do some damage to one of my showgirl's wings. The tear was very similar. Before taking her to the vets we put a saline wash on the wound to clean out the germs. Don't use alcohol because it will kill the good tissue. Chicken skin heals by a process called graining. I'm sure that...
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    Broken egg, live chick! Help

    I hope that it's not too late for this, but I've just been reading a lot about this situation. Is the membrane broken? Is the membrane still slightly moist? If the membrane is white, you may have to intervene. There is a thread about shrink wrapped chicks on this site at...
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    Do Pics help? Please Help!!!

    I would say that she definitely needs stitches...that is a long ragged cut. Do you have a vet in the area who will work on chickens? Do you know how it happened?
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    Sexing Silkie HELP.... Imogene or Gene?

    I would say hen, but those silkies can be tricky. Our roosters were crowing by 4 months. Let me know
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    Free Ranging and predators

    Do you happen to have a picture? If you have posts that are somewhat tall holding the fence up, you could create a spider web of sorts with inexpensive string or fishing line between the posts across the run. The posts need to be tall so that you can still walk into the fenced in area without...
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    Sick hen

    Have you checked her for lice/mites? Check around her vent and under her wings. You will see little skin-colored bugs crawling aroung. They like to congregate where the feathers meet the skin and chew the feathers. This could be why she's losing feathers. When my chickens go broody they...
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