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Double Hen Duty: Can Two Mamas Share One Coop Without Fowl Play?

Two mamas, one 4-foot cage, and a whole lot of clucking chaos.

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Fresh from the Coop

Clay pot chicken for four minutes straight: I'd call that fowl commitment
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Clay pot chicken for four minutes straight: I'd call that fowl commitment

Four minutes straight of clay pot chicken sounds less like dinner prep and more like a hostage negotiation with your own stubbornness.

Feathered Friends or Fowl Play? Help Us Crack This Chicken Mystery
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Feathered Friends or Fowl Play? Help Us Crack This Chicken Mystery

Four chicks, one mystery, and a whole lot of winging it.

Almond's donut heist proves her fowl food fiend status
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Almond's donut heist proves her fowl food fiend status

Almond's donut heist has officially cemented her status as the ultimate fowl food fiend.

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Cluck-Tastic Cross-Country Road Trip Tips for You and Your Rooster

So you drove eighteen hours to Washington once, and now you're staring down the same road with a rooster in the backseat and his girlfriend along for the ride.

My favorite big baby is ruffled, hiding, and giving me the cold wing
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My favorite big baby is ruffled, hiding, and giving me the cold wing

Oh, my heart.

This rooster's survival manual skipped the whole "self-preservation" chapter
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This rooster's survival manual skipped the whole "self-preservation" chapter

Some roosters strut.

This Chickens Cozy New Perch? A Power Supply Box, Apparently
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This Chickens Cozy New Perch? A Power Supply Box, Apparently

So a chicken has decided the power supply box is the new luxury coop.

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Need a Cluck-Tastic Chicken Courier for a Mexico Mission

So you've got Ayam Cenami chickens and a mission to Mexico?

That feathery family resemblance is absolutely cluck-tastic
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That feathery family resemblance is absolutely cluck-tastic

Oh, that feathery family resemblance is absolutely cluck-tastic!

A mystery lump on my rooster's leg has me clucking for answers
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A mystery lump on my rooster's leg has me clucking for answers

A mystery lump on a rooster's leg is enough to make anyone cluck for answers, especially when you're months away and Dad's the one on chicken-catching duty.

Hilda and Beaky fight over shotgun in Joyce the campervan's favorite roost
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Hilda and Beaky fight over shotgun in Joyce the campervan's favorite roost

There's something deeply poetic about two hens duking it out over the prime real estate in Joyce the campervan's favorite roost.

Our first hatchling struts in with a hairdo that's pure fowl play
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Our first hatchling struts in with a hairdo that's pure fowl play

Our first hatchling struts in with a hairdo that's pure fowl play, a feathered friend submitted by /u/mama_namaste who clearly knows that chickens are born with attitude.

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Dodging a Drop Trap? This Rooster's Playing Fowl Hide-and-Seek

There's something almost insulting about a rooster who knows exactly what a drop trap is.
My chickens think fresh pine shavings are a fowl game of floor-is-lava
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My chickens think fresh pine shavings are a fowl game of floor-is-lava

There's nothing quite like watching a chicken discover that the ground is suddenly… crunchy.
Feathered Friends or Fowl Play: Can You Crack This Mystery?
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Feathered Friends or Fowl Play: Can You Crack This Mystery?

Two months of waiting and still no eggs, that's enough to make anyone question their poultry parenting skills.
My chickens stole my egg bagel: are they an invasive species too?
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My chickens stole my egg bagel: are they an invasive species too?

There I was, bagel in hand, coffee steaming, ready for a peaceful morning.
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When a bad eye gets worse, saline might be fowl play in disguise

Oh, a bad eye that's getting worse despite your best efforts, that's the kind of fowl play that really ruffles your feathers.
Our roosters are clucking nice, but two are causing fowl food drama
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Our roosters are clucking nice, but two are causing fowl food drama

Oh, Oliver and Norm, you absolute fowl bullies!
When your hen is rooster-sized but won't crow, it's fowl play at its finest
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When your hen is rooster-sized but won't crow, it's fowl play at its finest

Cluck-tastic mystery unfolding in your coop!
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When Should You Heat the Coop for Your Fluffy Rhode Island Reds?

Oh, the classic fluffy chicken conundrum!
Molting has my favorite feathered friend looking like one grouchy Butterball
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Molting has my favorite feathered friend looking like one grouchy Butterball

Poor Butterball.
The Rooster Next Door: My Orphan Chick's Secret Fowl Family
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The Rooster Next Door: My Orphan Chick's Secret Fowl Family

I love my feathered friends, but I also know they can be a little...
Billy Bob the rooster proved chickens can save your life too
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Billy Bob the rooster proved chickens can save your life too

We never expected a rooster to be our guardian, but Billy Bob proved chickens can save your life too.
My hen came back from vacation with a black comb: should I panic
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My hen came back from vacation with a black comb: should I panic

Oh, a black comb on just one side?
Egg-citing or egg-stremely concerning: help us crack this fertilized mystery
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Egg-citing or egg-stremely concerning: help us crack this fertilized mystery

Oh, the eternal question: is that egg going to hatch into a tiny terror or a tasty breakfast?
Keys? I'm still trying to find where I left my last shred of courage
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Keys? I'm still trying to find where I left my last shred of courage

Keys?
When your favorite chick turns out to be a rooster, you learn the cluck-tastic hard way
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When your favorite chick turns out to be a rooster, you learn the cluck-tastic hard way

Never choose a favorite chick.
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Feathered friends got fleas? Don't chicken out: we've got the cluck-tastic scoop

So your feathered friends have fleas?
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My hen's comb looks like a crusty science experiment: what is this

Oh, a crusty science experiment of a comb, been there, and it's about as unsettling as finding a surprise egg in your shoe.
Speckled Egg Mystery: My Barred Rock Is Leaving Me Clueless
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Speckled Egg Mystery: My Barred Rock Is Leaving Me Clueless

Well, here's an egg-citing mystery that's really ruffling some feathers.
When your gorgeous hen turns out to be a handsome rooster, the love stays the same
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When your gorgeous hen turns out to be a handsome rooster, the love stays the same

Oh, the eternal hen-or-rooster suspense, it's the kind of fowl play that keeps you guessing and giggling.
When a sweet rooster claims your lap for his dustbath, you just let him
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When a sweet rooster claims your lap for his dustbath, you just let him

There's something wonderfully absurd about a rooster deciding your lap is the perfect spot for a dustbath.
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That hoarse Hungarian capon call is a cluck-tastically dying trade

That hoarse Hungarian capon call is a cluck-tastically dying trade, and it's breaking my heart.
The Great Chick Identification Challenge: Hens or Roosters
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The Great Chick Identification Challenge: Hens or Roosters

I posted pictures of the mystery chicks my kids picked out at TSC this summer, and honestly, I'm just psyched they turned out to be hens.
This Clucky Chicken Tactic Is Pure Fowl Play and I'm Here for It
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This Clucky Chicken Tactic Is Pure Fowl Play and I'm Here for It

So, you've discovered the ultimate fowl play tactic, and honestly?
Munchkin claimed the dishwasher throne and supervised the whole wash cycle
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Munchkin claimed the dishwasher throne and supervised the whole wash cycle

There's something truly cluck-tastic about a chicken who decides the dishwasher is the ultimate throne.
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A fowl-mouthed quest for cluck-tastic, organic buggy treats

Oh, a fellow chicken keeper on a noble quest for the crunchiest, most cluck-tastic buggy snacks, I respect the dedication.
Pollin the chicken survived Newclaste twice and never gave up clucking
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Pollin the chicken survived Newclaste twice and never gave up clucking

There she was, legs trembling, head held high, refusing to quit.
Two feathered friends in a stare-off: girls or just fowl play
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Two feathered friends in a stare-off: girls or just fowl play

Oh, the classic stare-off, feathers fluffed, eyes locked, absolutely zero blinking.
Dolly left the coop yesterday, and our hearts feel strangely egg-shaped
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Dolly left the coop yesterday, and our hearts feel strangely egg-shaped

Dolly left the coop yesterday, and our hearts feel strangely egg-shaped.
Eight-week-old chick's morning croak has one family fearing fowl play
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Eight-week-old chick's morning croak has one family fearing fowl play

Oh, the dreaded morning croak, a sound that can send a shiver down any chicken keeper's spine.
This Clever Girl proves chickens are way smarter than we give them credit for
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This Clever Girl proves chickens are way smarter than we give them credit for

That Clever Girl didn't just strut her stuff, she outsmarted the whole darn scenario.
Cluck-tastic mystery: Can you help ID these feathered friends
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Cluck-tastic mystery: Can you help ID these feathered friends

A Reddit user has thrown down the feathered gauntlet, and I am absolutely here for it.
Tiny invaders on your chicken's head? Let's solve this feathery mystery
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Tiny invaders on your chicken's head? Let's solve this feathery mystery

Oh, you've spotted the tiny invaders on your chicken's head, welcome to the club of bewildered backyard farmers!

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