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    Are You a Practical Chicken Keeper... or a Total Chicken Spoiler? 🧁

    I can't believe I only got 20 points! I remember when the AC technician came home and he said that my chickens were living "in a five-star hotel" :lol:
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Her eyes ♥
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    Sad after losses

    You're grieving. That's how it is. But trust me, after you process your grief, you end up having conversations like: "Remember when [chicken's name] did this and that?". And you laugh, and while it's sad that they're gone, you feel happy that you ever had them in your life. You stop asking...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today my baby wants some human company! ♥ She's a squittish one but when she gets into the house, we know she wants to hang out with us.
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today I saw no red mites in the coop, finally! I know they will likely be back, but I won this round at least. Here's what I did: - Took the chicken out. Placed her in a new, improvised coop and run. She didn't like that very much, but I figured that red mites wouldn't survive without "food"...
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    What should a chicken keeper know about ducks?

    Isn't really any way to keep their drinking water clean? With chickens, I've used hanging waterers, isn't there something similar for ducks? However, if I want to build a pond for them - wouldn't they just drink the water in the pond? My bf wants to put a pump in it to keep water flowing and...
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    What should a chicken keeper know about ducks?

    Hi! I've always been a chicken keeper, but I've had a very bad experience with my last flock in terms of health, and I'm just not sure if I want to keep having chickens in the near future. By the end of the year, I will be moving with my boyfriend, and he wants to have ducks in our new home. I...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today, I found a red mite infestation in the coop. I've been battling these awful bugs since ages, but this time I got a bit distracted because of my father's death, and they've reproduced the hell out of themselves. And now that I only have one chicken left, it's worrying to think that she...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    When Callia's last flock mate died, Callia became really close to my dad. My dad had cancer, he couldn't work or do much in general, so he was lonely and depressed. But Callia was there for him. She visited him every day at the same time, and he would leave the door open for her to come in...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Last weekend I wanted to spend some time with Callia, but she spends 1-2 hours per day in her favorite bush, where she has a nest. So I let her be, figuring that she must've been trying to lay an egg. I went back later and this is how I found her. All proud in the sunlight. What a queen. As...
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    How to deal with IBV?

    So, only one individual is alive by this point, Callia. After one year of not laying any egg, she finally laid a healthy-looking egg today. I'm so confused. It doesn't look like we were wrong about IBV, but her reproductive system seems to have recovered from it or something? Is this a...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    So, I only have one hen left, who cannot be rehomed because she's a carrier of Marek's and IBV. IBV left her infertile. Or that's what the vet said. Today, one year later, she laid a f***ing egg. I don't know if these are good news or not. I mean, one of the other hens died of a reproductive...
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    Need help with lonely hen

    I manually took her out of the coop every day and encouraged her to eat and just do chicken stuff. Plenty of treats and... Damn, I even "dust bathed" in front of her to encourage her to do it herself (and it worked!). She's still not as active as she used to be because she's really afraid of...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    Today, I'm spending some quality time with Callia. She seems to be used to be alone now - except for the fact that she's terrified of predators and she doesn't want to be out in the open. I managed to expose her to sunlight a little bit by placing this table in the yard. Otherwise she doesn't...
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    What did you do with your flock today?

    No, she is a carrier of IBV and possibly MDV. So it's not about me not being able to get new chickens. I can't even safely rehome her. She's a threat to other birds. 😭
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