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    Hawks

    I knew it was a big fine,i dont kill em cause if u get caught they charge you an arm and a leg.if i was a millionare id go hawk crazy lol.i dont frown on the idea though. I am no criminal,im a kind gentle old man.raised in a strict southern family,Ill never steal,or hurt people.I have morals...
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    Hawks

    talk to your local gamewarden IN PERSON. You might get lucky and have an understanding game warden.I hate hawks to the death.pop em and keep mouth shut. Read your depradation order in the your states wildlife department book,or on the web. Ours says if the predator is killing livestock or in...
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    how to cover your rear when dh shoots the neighbors dog? pre-emptive?

    Im gonna put in my backwoods outlaw advice,round here most dogs i see are strays or drop offs that city folk dropped out here to get it off thier back..If i was a nice guy i'd load up all the drop offs and strays up and hall em back into town and drop em off on main street. LOL but i was raised...
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    Molting Questions

    When my chickens molted it lasted a month or so. and they only lost feathers around neck. Yours sounds like breeding marks from your rooster( if you have one).and your egg production problem is probably stress on the birds. Most of my birds are bald or going bald on the back by the tail and some...
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    Tricking broody with chicks

    I have a brown leghorn who has been broody for a few weeks and she is a TIGHT TIGHT setter. mean too. I really want buff orps,and more black austrolorps.and purebreeds.instead of my hens mutt offspring lol i plan on buying some and stuffing them under her at midnight. I hope to do it on a...
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    Fragile Shells

    Im not the most expeirenced with the feed thing but it sounds odd to me that 18% would be any better for the egg shells than 16% since isnt the % protien? and wouldnt more free range mean more protien, as bugs are very high in protien? Does protien content have anything to do with the egg...
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    Fragile Shells

    I have had that happen even when i was givin them plenty of oyster shell. From what i remember it was when my birds were younger. now that my birds are older i rarely get rubber eggs,or weak shells. I have a hen who always lays an egg with a big bulge in the side of it. I imagine some hens...
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    Buff orp missing

    I'd like to keep my hopes up with that in mind. but i have lost 2 other birds a coupl months ago and i couldnt find any sign then. I live in a very growed up area thick trees,brush,and shoulder high weeds. I looked all over.With all the noise my chickens make and all the wildlife practiclly in...
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    Buff orp missing

    Sometime this afternoon between 2-4 pm she vanished. She was my buddy,we hunted along the side of the house for frogs or grasshopers.and she liked to be alone from the other chickens.but she like to be with me.She was the best chicken i ever had. Im wanting another buff orp like her in hopes of...
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    Questions about introduction of 6 week olds to 18 week olds

    I cant introduce 6 weeks old to full grown. Unless you want dead chicks. It was rough watching 3 month olds introduced to full grown hens.they roughed it out though and are all still alive. I would make a chicken wire cage inside your area for the chicks. untill they are about 3 months. then...
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    How long till first time brooding?

    It may be a coinsidence but the first broody i got was when i came back from a trip to the kiamichi mountains,the egg pile was backed up so i did have to chunk alot of eggs but a hen was setting on top of them,then she slep on them and i tossed all the eggs under her and put new ones under her...
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    How long till first time brooding?

    Dont get your hopes down. I got a good strong broody RIR one the nest right now!! She is only 10 months old. I did get her from Ideal though so she might not be a purebreed,but she is a dark mahogany color. She is a tight setter,i think 10 days now.
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    Blood spots on egg shells? *with pics*

    I have one hen who has always laid an egg that had purpleish dabs all over it.. It doesnt not look like blood.and it scratches off with the thumbnail. Its not part of the eggshell but something on it.
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    Dumb Clucks

    Maybee bugs dont like the grass where the chickens are?? or the grass is not the kind chickens prefer? or the worms arent in the soil?? i have no idea!!!. ive never had a problem with chickens not wanting to forage. I go around flipping sheet metal and boards over around my property and all the...
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    Which chickens do you believe are the LEAST and MOST flighty?

    In my flock the brown and white leghorns are the flightiest.they are the lightest breeds i have. When one of my white leghorns was a new egg layer she would fly on top the barn at 13 feet.and soar down to the ground and run/fly wild when you approach her.but one day i grabbed her and got...
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    Hen giving up on chicks already?---

    I took her out,a couple of days ago. and herd her bawk for the first time today in 2 months!!, as soon as i heard her bawwking i kneew she was over the chicks. and sure enough she is.
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    Hen giving up on chicks already?---

    I only have one brood of chicks now. so they are definatly all hers.As far as colors,most of them are Brahma/brown-white leghorn mixes, Most are white,with blonde and cream colors on them.I think there is a wyndotte/brahma and a Buff orp/Brahma mix in there, one is black and white the other is...
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    Hen giving up on chicks already?---

    Hen set on eggs and is raising chicks now,chicks are 2 weeks old.Hen just started pecking all her chicks on the back OFTEN.. 2 chicks are bleeding.. I seperated them.Hen still acts broody all ruffled up walking around real skiddish and making deep clucks. and trying to call her chicks over to...
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    what's the latest day you've ever had a BROODY hatch?

    I think mine was day 27 or 28..I had a couple eggs that didnt stink and looked real promising candled..Mother hen already abandond the nest so if i didnt intervien they would of died so I decided that they couldnt get out on their own so i helped them get out of that shell..and brought 2 very...
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    my RIR is clucking, is this a sign of broodiness??

    My leghorn momma hen of 9 chicks made/makes when she was sitting and still does now with the chicks a gutteral sounding cluck. like no other of my hens make.
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