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    Single Guinea with chickens- what do y'all think?

    So I met a guinea (no idea of the gender- that's really hard to tell, right?) yesterday who is living in a shelter with a couple roosters. I have always wanted guineas and I planned on getting them as soon as I close on my new 5 acre property (I am on a much smaller parcel right now with close...
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    Rescue hen needs ID

    Oh yeah, I totally thought she was a rooster too! But we separated them to check and she laid those lovely eggs 4 out of the 6 days we have had her so far! What makes you think leg mites? That's one thing I haven't dealt with yet and I want to make sure I don't expose my flock to something creepy :)
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    Rescue hen needs ID

    I got a call from my local shelter that a couple of stray hens in bad shape needed a home so I picked them up. One was clearly a barred rock but her brown friend stood taller but her body was much smaller. All of her leg and bottom feathers have been plucked out so it's very hard to determine...
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    surprise chick help

    The store was only supposed to have Buff Orps and Wyandottes, but we picked out the special chick that didn't match and decided she might be a Welsummer- does this sound right? Now that her "sisters" (they were all supposed to be girls) have grown a bit and started feathering and getting tail...
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    Is it infectious bronchitis?

    On Wednesday I picked up an OE bantam pullet from the state fair. (I only got one because I need a friend for my blind RIR bantam). We got home late and when I put her in her makeshift coop I thought I heard a couple clicks as she was settling in. Yesterday morning when I went to check on her...
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    North Carolina

    i'm in Durham- work in Raleigh and Chapel Hill :)
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    North Carolina

    Hey NC folk! I have never posted here before, but I'm looking for a young bantam hen friend for my little blind bantam RIR and I was going to see what they had at the state fair but a friend mentioned that she only saw pairs of hens for sale there. Does anybody know if hens are only sold in...
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    Mystery rescued chickens

    Oooohhhhhh I hadn't thought about a Black Maran- I'm real new to this :) That looks like a winning match! She lays brown eggs (but not as dark as Black Marans according to google) and one of the white girls lays a really light brown egg and the other one lays a very round egg with a blueish...
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    Mystery rescued chickens

    Haha seems i'm late getting back to the party (i don't think the forum lets me know when my questions get answered and I'm quite forgetful), but i have pics i took of the ladies just last night along with their 3rd "sister" (who i have been told looks like an Australorp but she has feet feathers...
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    Advice on getting a friend for blind hen :)

    Thank you for the reply. That brings up another question though... The blind hen has not been living with the other girls, they have just been free ranging together. For the most part they ignore her, but one of the lower ranking hens has pecked and jumped at her twice. Does the fact that they...
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    Advice on getting a friend for blind hen :)

    So I recently got a blind hen. Her story is on my chicken blog if anybody is bored: unlikelychickenfriend.wordpress.com She has been free ranging with my other hens and I just don't think I will feel safe letting her live in their coop- mostly because there is a very steep ramp and she has a...
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    Termite Treatment and Poultry?

    I know you posted this a long time ago, but today I found out I have termites and the recommended treatment is exactly what you are describing. My chickens are not free ranging yet (they were just rescued this summer), but their coop is about 10-15 feet from a corner of the house so I'm nervous...
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    Mystery rescued chickens

    I rescued these ladies (and a third that I will post later) from a shelter last night. I could only snap a couple pics before leaving for work this morning, but I'm dying to know what kind they are. Sorry the pic is no good- I'll get better ones tonight. These ladies are almost identical except...
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