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    Rooster in fight yesterday, lethargic today, runny nose at roost time, deceased 1 hour later! Information & advice please 🙏

    Hiya everyone, thank you for being there to ask! 🙏💜🙏 I have a mixed Flock of free ranging chickens, big coop has 18 birds, 6 of them are roosters, ages 1 to 2 years old. The boys have been having a few fights over the girls over the last month or so, just pecked combs, bit of blood, nothing...
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    Injured rooster, nearly recovered BUT shrunken wattles??? Caution gory photos!

    Hiya Lovely People, I would really appreciate some advice on how to help our rooster Yang 💛 🐓 recover fully! Bit of a long story, but I want to give you the history of where we're now at... About a month ago, Yang was attacked by a pine marten, he escaped twice, but with some pretty horrific...
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    Moving chickens to a new coop - How many days of Lockdown?

    We have just finished a 2nd big chicken coop and have split the flock, the majority of the young birds (2 to 8 months) are in the new coop. I moved them in after dark last night, they have been shut in all day today, LOTS of extra food as they usually free range. Question : How long should they...
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    Can I put eggs back under a broody hen?

    We have a hen that has been laying eggs in "secret nests" for the last month, yesterday we found a nest with 18 eggs in it, from 3 hens (different colours) and collected all the eggs, but put a wooden egg in so she would continue to lay there. Today she has decided to go broody! Tomorrow I will...
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    Newly hatched chick, unable to keep up with the older chicks, emergency brooder set-up!

    We have been letting our hens sit on their eggs and hatch chicks on their own... Mumma hens x 2 have been sitting on the eggs of several hens, laid over a couple of weeks... First hen hatched 9 chicks over 3 or 4 days. 2nd hen has hatched 7 chicks over 5 days, but today there were still 3 eggs...
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    France 🇫🇷, in the Gers region...

    I am learning about life in France & keeping chickens, learning new words in English and French! 😁 Glad to have just found this website and support community! 🙏 💜 🙏 💜 🙏
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    Hello from the South of France 🇫🇷

    Hiya, my name is Anne and I moved from Edinburgh, Scotland to the Gers region in the South of France in June 2020, with my partner, our cat & pet terrapin. Our new neighbour keeps chickens but works long hours. My first experience with them wasn't great as the 3 hens scratched up nearly every...
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