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    Introduction

    Hi, welcome! I just joined the community as well. Are quails much different to keep than chickens?
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    Inherited a small flock

    I will try and take some when I get home from work. I usually end up with a lot of lovely pictures of butts and backs of heads though :D They are some pretty girls though, even if I am a bit biased.
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    Hen being ostracized after absence

    We found these gate pieces to make a little pen for her outside. When she’s in the coop, they don’t bother her too much and she actually roosts up in the rafters at her normal spot which is snug against three others of the flock. If this doesn’t help I will put the particularly mean hen in the...
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    (Well-meaning) human predators in the chicken run, Oh No!

    I was going to suggest a sign, but I’m glad to see you got it all worked out. Kids tend to listen when they understand the “why” of things. Especially if it’s to protect something they enjoy or can be related to their own experience as children.
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    Inherited a small flock

    Thanks everyone! To explain Beefneck’s name, it’s a term that’s a running joke in our family. Since she had the fluffiest feathers around her neck, it’s how we distinguished her from the others. Meatball is also an Ameraucana with a fluffy neck, but to a lesser degree so she’s just a little...
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    Hen being ostracized after absence

    Thank you for all the suggestions. I don’t have a dog crate, but I can put up some obstacles and multiple feed stations. As long as they will eventually get used to her and she can eat and drink in the meantime, I think she will be ok. Thanks again!
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    Inherited a small flock

    Hello! Last month I inherited my mother's chickens after she moved out of state. So I am now the proud owner of 2 Black Sex Links, "Mrs. McCarthy" and "Elvira"; 1 Silver Cochin, "Zippy" ; 2 Ameraucanas, "Beefneck" and "Meatball"; and 2 easter eggers, "Ophelia" and "Zuzanna". I have wanted...
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    Hen being ostracized after absence

    Hi there! I've been using this website as a resource for the small flock of chickens I took over from my mother, but this is my first post. A couple weeks ago we thought one of the hens had been taken by a predator while free ranging during the day. Ten days later I found her trapped in a roll...
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