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    Two hens sharing momma duty, should I separate them?

    So two hens are now trying to raise one chick. One hen laid the whole time and the other stepped in to "help" during the last week. I have no way to know which hen is the true momma since they look alike and they're both stepping up to the plate. Is there any reason to think that they'll start...
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    Newbie in the coop

    We are in Cowiche WA, just outside of Yakima which is about 150 miles east of Seattle. We have one horse (I call him Crazy Horse cause he's moody), 3 dogs, and one tomcat. Funny thing is, the tomcat will sneak into the coop with me when I leave a little too much room but won't disturb the...
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    Clueless about broody hen

    This is my first time around with a broody hen. At first I didn't want chicks so I've been taking the eggs. But I'm now reconsidering and don't know what to do for her. Will she come down to eat and drink or do I cater to her? Am I supposed to separate her from the others? Do I dare move the...
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    Bullying in the chicken pen...

    I had not thought of that...thanks for the insight.
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    Bullying in the chicken pen...

    I have a hen that is getting bullied out of feeding and I don't know what to do. I have 5 hens and a rooster...I'll call the bullied girl Cinderella. The rooster is John Wayne. Every morning I give them all warm oatmeal and John will keep Cinderella in the coop and out of the pen so she can't...
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    Newbie in the coop

    I've been wanting egg layers for a long time and we finally got our coop up and running. We have 5 hens and one rooster, they're 2 months old. Wellsummer and black copper marans. We live next to a creek so I'm hoping we've predator proofed pretty well after reading online recommendations against...
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    New to raising chickens...

    I wasn't real sure what category to put this question under...we got our chickens (2 months old) a couple days ago and I already made my first rookie mistake by not closing the gate securely and assuming I'd be fast enough if needed. I wasn't. We caught our hen and hopefully I'm smarter going...
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