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    Keeping chickens after a liver transplant

    My honey bunny has just had a liver transplant. She is doing well. But the issue is the doctors have recommended that we get rid of our chickens. This is due to any disease from animal feces as she will be on immune suppression for the rest of her life. I'm bummed as I so enjoy having them...
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    Rooster getting out of hand. Isolated him from the hens Sell or stew?

    Got some Buff Orpingtons and Easter eggers this spring to double my flock. One turned out to be a rooster. Thought he'd be cool to have, maybe raise some chicks. But he's turning into a real nuisance. Harassing the hens, bullying and jumping them at every opportunity. Egg production is down to...
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    Neighbors chickens staying overnight

    Our new neighbors are awesome, they started raising chickens as well as goats. We let our chickens run in the evening, that way they don't get too carried away with themselves and wonder too far off. The neighbors tend to let theirs out earlier, which is fine. They will run for our chicken yard...
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    Youngsters getting acquainted with the big girls.

    Our 8 Isa Brown chicks are growing so fast. Full of feathers and rowdy as can be. We moved them from the box to the coop, closing it off to the big chicks. Had to build an extra nesting box for them as they are blocked from the coop. Been pretty warm so we leave the big coop door open with a...
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    Chickens in Georgia

    This is our second go with chickens. The first time a few years ago our daughter was in 4-H. We got some Bantams which were fun. Thought we'd expand our flock but disaster struck and a stray dog tore up our coop and killed every last one, even the chicks. We were devastated at the time. Fast...
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