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    Growth on earlobe

    Has anyone ever seen this? My chicken has had a small pimple like growth and it has slowly grown into this dangly thing. She acts normal and Eats fine. She did have bumble foot a while ago but has since been fine.
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    Help! Coop visitors

    I've had my coop for a few years and it's been doing well. I dust with DE every few months sometimes more. With the drought and heat here in central CA the coop and run are being over run by ants (as well as pretty much our whole property) and now I've noticed a ton of stink bugs invading the...
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    How do I teach an older hen a new trick?

    I recently bought 2 two yr old hens and I can't convince the to come down out of the coop into the run? For 2 weeks now they just hang out inside! They seem happy enough and lay daily but wouldn't some fresh air do them good? 1 came out the first day and then went up and never came back out! Any...
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    Whole flock gone~!

    Thank you for the advice, sadly a lesson learned the hard way
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    Whole flock gone~!

    Sadly I think you might be right. My poor dog was originally a city dog until I married my husband and may have thought they were "toys". A good thought on the roses. Will chickens eat those though?
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    Whole flock gone~!

    Of course the hubby and I had discussed the other options and us not knowing any better at the time, he decided to go with the chicken wire (as he put it, it had chicken in the name). Sadly we have learned our lesson. Of course now I find lots of statements on chicken wire = chicken death and it...
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    Whole flock gone~!

    Sadly this weekend was our girls first and last weekend in their new coop! Something pulled apart the chicken wire and killed all 5 of my girls :( So sad! Now we are installing a chicken coop version of Ft Knox with chicken wire and hardware cloth and whatever else I can think of. Any advice on...
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    Hello from Central CA and a first time "mama"

    Hello, I have 5 hens, 4 egg layers and one meat hen. I have never raised chickens and am very excited but a little nervous to start this new endeavor! We are in the process of building our coop so the girls are all settled into the garage in a pen right now. Any hints on how big or ventilation...
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