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    Egg eating Chickens, what do I do?

    I just dealt with this problem myself within the past 2 weeks. It was so bad that whenever one of the hens went into the coop to lay an egg, there would be a mob crawling over her to get the egg. An old timer at church told me to feed them oyster shell and that would stop them. I bought an...
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    Roosters & Hens separated

    Like you billi, we are still somewhat new at this and are still learning, but we did have a similiar problem. Too many roosters for our hens. So we seaparated them. When the roosters were young they got along well together, but once they started getting a little older they started fighting...
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    Hen rivalry

    We have a small backyard flock. 3 hen's and 1 rooster. Today I added 2 new hens. It has not gone over well. The old hen's do not accept the new ones and attack them. Is this unusual? Will it pass as they get aquainted? Actually, one of the new ones has been killed, don't know if it was the...
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    Fertilized Eggs?

    I am going to ask what to some may be a dumb question, but I am just a beginner, so here is my question. I see a lot of ads where people want to buy fertilized eggs or are selling fertilized eggs. How do you know if the eggs are fertilized? Are they fertilized before they are laid, or after...
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    Wing clipping - is it necessary?

    Our chickens are in a fenced in backyard. We did clip their wings. They were going over the chain link fence and totally destroying our veggie garden. Also, they were scattering all of the pine needle mulch in the garden along the front of the house, into front yard and the driveway. They did...
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    Does anyone regret getting chickens?

    My stepson brought a rooster home from the flea market last summer. He became our family pet and I think he actually started thinking he was one of our dogs (he started coming in the house through the pet door,We fixed that though) The only problem we had was the mess he made on our screened...
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    I am kind of confused

    Appreciate all the advise. Whatever she is, I am not complaining. She is laying 2 or 3 just about everyday. So, she is really cranking them out.
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    Neighbor's rooster keeps visiting

    Does your neighbor have any hens? Our roster did the same until we got him some hens. My stepson brought him home from a flea market last summer. We didn't know anything about chickens. He became a family pet and stayed home okay until Feb or so. Then he started wondering across the street...
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    I am kind of confused

    Bought a hen at a flea market that was supposed to be a Barred Rock, but from what I have read online and from the pics I have seen, she looks more like a Cuckoo Maran. She has white legs and her barring is more irregular. So, I was about ready to say she is a Cuckoo. But the thing that...
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    Someone is laying a really dark egg

    Tex I bought a hen at a flea market and the guy told me she was a barred rock. She has the white legs though and looks more like the cuckoo maran. You think she's a maran? Any other way to indicate? Also, someone told me that the color of a bird's legs is an indicator of their age. The...
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