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    Can a dog and chickens safely coexist in a small backyard?

    I did a quick google search on beagles. They were bred for hunting. So that breed is likely to have a high prey drive and probably not the best with chickens. All the training in the world isn't going to remove the inherent traits of the breed. If you adopt from an animal shelter or rescue...
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    Can a dog and chickens safely coexist in a small backyard?

    P.S. The dogs are a 45-lb Gordon Setter and a 6-lb Chihuahua.
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    Can a dog and chickens safely coexist in a small backyard?

    When I bought my house 3 years ago it came with 3 hens. I came with 2 dogs and a cat trained to stay in the yard. The dogs and cat had never seen a chicken before. There were a few mammals vs. chickens rumbles in the first year, which the chickens always won because of their secret weapon of...
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    Shrieking Hen

    When I bought my house 2 years ago, it came with 3 hens. They are barred rocks. One of them has always been a shrieker. Her shrieks are similar to a peacock. I work from home and I find it annoying but I tolerate it. Now that many of my neighbors are also working from home, I don't want...
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    It's 13 degrees outside...And I am worried

    I live in Colo where the climate is dry. We've had a very cold fall. 2 feet of snow at Thanksgiving hasn't melted.Temps in the teens and 20s every night for weeks. I have 3 barred rocks, no heater in the coop, and my girls are fine. During the day I let them free-range in my yard so they can...
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    The mystery of the Missing Ceramic Eggs

    The same thing just happened to me. I have 3 hens and 1 ceramic egg. One day it was missing. I looked in the coop and the run, nada. Since I only have 3 hens, neither the coop nor the run is large. The missing egg was bugging me so I went out to look again and saw that they had pushed it out of...
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    The mystery of the Missing Ceramic Eggs

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    Can a germaphobe raise backyard chickens?

    I'm also something of a germophobe. I have 3 hens. I scoop the waste out of the coop every day with a cat litter scoop. Once a month I clear out the old wood shavings, scrub the coop with soap and water, and put in fresh bedding. I don't wash the bloom off the eggs when I collect them, and I...
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    Can a germaphobe raise backyard chickens?

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    Why do my Chickens Roost on the Nesting Box?

    I have 3 hens, and they did that too in the winter. It made a mess of the nesting boxes but they laid infrequently in the winter so it wasn't a big deal. I feed and water them in the morning before they lay, and most of the time I was able to clean out the nesting boxes before they laid their...
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    Did I pick the right chicks?

    Like you I am new to keeping chickens. Mine came with my house because the sellers couldn't take them. I live in Colo where it can be cold and snowy. My hens are Rocks. They have done fine through the past 2 winters. That breed is known to be docile, but since I have nothing to compare them...
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    Hard Questions For Me

    If the chicken is ill and could infect the rest of the flock, why wouldn't you cull it? If you don't want to end the chicken's life yourself, you could ask a vet to euthanize it. The humane thing to do is to cull the chicken, not leave it to suffer and die on its own.
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    Mouse question

    I have mice in my coop and my pacifist chickens don't kill them. I used to use a hanging feeder but kept finding mouse droppings in it. So now I put out a bowl of feed each morning. If the chickens don't finish it during the day, I find mouse droppings in the bowl in the morning. In the...
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    Mouse question

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    Help! My Chickens have not laid eggs in several Months~

    I have a small flock of 3 hens. I feed them layer feed and mix in 1/4 to 1/2 cup fresh/frozen/canned corn. When it's very cold I mix in cooked chicken liver for extra protein. I tried giving them chicken calcium but they mostly left it untouched, so now I mix 1/4 tsp bone meal in with the...
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    Help! My Chickens have not laid eggs in several Months~

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    New to Raising Chickens in Colorado

    I'm buying a house in Loveland, CO that comes with the surprise addition of chickens. The sellers aren't able to take the chickens when they move to their new home. I've been doing dog and cat rescue for many years but have no experience with chickens. The sellers are leaving their supplies...
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