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  1. chickenlips1954

    Well, looky here!!! Surprise!!!

    When I got home from work yesterday and went out to the coop to gather eggs and give the girls scratch, who should appear but one of my Turken hens with 7 newly hatched chicks!! I had no idea that she had been missing, as I free-range my chickens during the day and don't count them when they go...
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    Uh oh. Is this normal?

    All of our pitbulls have done this. We were told that any dog with "terrier" in it will do this. It's normal, so don't worry.
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    Hawk Swoop

    I lost 10 full size hens to hawks last fall and caught one full size mature hawk in the middle of eating my Mille Fleur hen (& one of her chicks) just two weeks ago. Yesterday I counted 8 juvenile hawks and one adult hawk flying over our chicken yards and five acres, all at the same time. They...
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    Neighbors Problem Bull (Long Rant, Advice Requested)

    Although we didn't have "the bull" problem, we did have an on going problem with our neighbors cows knocking down or jumping over the single strand of barbed wire put up by our neighbor to contain his cows. We would find these cows through out our 5 acres, including our front and back yard...
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    My mini dachshund......

    She may have a food allergy. This happened to our pitbull and when we took her off her regular food and used one containing lamb and rice the problem disappeared.
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    What color frizzle is this?

    She's really pretty!!! It looks like she has some Golden Laced Wyandotte coloring to her.
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    Baby Sultan VERY sick!!! Please help!!!

    Have you tried getting some sugar water down her? I've used that with an eye dropper and it's saved some chicks that I thought wouldn't make it.
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    Aggressive Rooster

    There are too many gentle roosters out there to waste your time on one that inflicts injury on anyone, especially children! When my big Cuckoo Maran suddenly became very aggressive and went after me, my granddaughters and finally my DH, my DH took him way out back on the property and showed him...
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    Rooster growling???????

    My big roo growls all the time, that's why I named him "Dog!" He's a very gentle boy, but the name fits him perfectly.
  10. chickenlips1954

    Hawk killed Tidbit

    Thank you, everyone. The four remaining chicks are doing fine so far. The hens and roos leave them alone and they spend alot of time hiding among the raspberry bushes. They find their way into the coop at night and for the past two nights I have found them in one of the nesting boxes with a...
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    Hawk killed Tidbit

    We surprised a hawk in the middle of my raspberry bushes today and as he flew off I found my favorite little banty Mille Fleur, Tidbit, half eaten. She has 5 three week old chicks that were no where to be found, so my heart sank when I realized the hawk had eaten not only the mama, but her...
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    Cockerel keeps attacking me!

    I had a young Cuckoo Maran roo that was nice one day, then suddenly became very aggressive and attacked anyone who came close...I had to carry a broom with me when I collected eggs, just to keep him away from me. The turning point came when he came at my granddaughters and husband who kicked him...
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    Putting fertile eggs under a brooch hen questions

    I've always left my broody hens in the coop with all of the chickens when their eggs hatch. That way the new chicks are integrated into the flock and are not picked on as "newbies" if they were to be added later. My broody mamas are always very protective and they make sure the other hens stay...
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    Are these polish chicks Frizzle?

    Yes, it looks to me like both of the Polish are Frizzles. How cute are they going to be!!!
  15. chickenlips1954

    No feathers, yet!

    I have a little banty that will be 4 weeks old on May 4th. She (?) still has no feathers what so ever. Any clues as to why not?
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    Grey Chicks - what breed? pics included!!

    Those are Self Blue. They are wonderful little chickens...hens will go broody and they are great setters and mamas.
  17. chickenlips1954

    Free range/pastured rabbits

    I discovered someones "pet" rabbit living under one of my chicken coops about 6 weeks ago. I provide it with water and rabbit pellets and it comes and goes as it pleases. I have seen it in the occupied coop with the chickens, in the empty coop and running all over our property, but it always...
  18. chickenlips1954

    My rooster attacked one of my hens!

    I had a year old Cuckoo Maran roo that attacked a young pullet while we were at work one day. He shredded and ripped open her back. My DH found her and thought she was dead, but put her in the brooder box in the garage until I got home. I washed her with soap and warm water, put antibiotic cream...
  19. chickenlips1954

    A full grown roo with batnams? hellllpppp

    I had some Mille Fleur banty pullets, along with full size hens and roos. My largest roo really liked one of my MF bantys and often mated with her, but she was so small you couldn't even see her when she was under him. His size and weight concerned me enough that I sold my little bantys because...
  20. chickenlips1954

    What animal dropped this?

    That's obviously from a "Dollarbilligus". Rarely seen by humans. Very elusive and shy.
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