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When Your New Hen's Acting More Fowl Than Feathered
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When Your New Hen's Acting More Fowl Than Feathered

Oh no, it sounds like your feathered friend is feeling a bit under the weather!
From Battery to Beloved: Two Egg-Cellent Ladies Find Their Flock
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From Battery to Beloved: Two Egg-Cellent Ladies Find Their Flock

Meet our cluck-tastic rescue hens, two ladies who have traded their battery cage for the love and freedom of a backyard paradise!
The French-hen fantasy: why this rooster owns the runway
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The French-hen fantasy: why this rooster owns the runway

Get ready to strut your stuff with “Paint Me Like One of Your French Roos!” This delightful submission by /u/Pure-Quail-8777 invites you into a whimsical world where chickens take center stage—complete with flair and a…
My Plymouth is Molting, Moody, or in Trouble: and I'm Scared
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My Plymouth is Molting, Moody, or in Trouble: and I'm Scared

When it comes to our feathered friends, health concerns can really ruffle our feathers!
Tractor Supply's Mystery Grays Have Us Clucking for Answers
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Tractor Supply's Mystery Grays Have Us Clucking for Answers

Welcome to the wonderful world of poultry puzzles!
Her Eyes Say Cluck-Off but Her Appetite Says Feed Me
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Her Eyes Say Cluck-Off but Her Appetite Says Feed Me

Is your feathered friend feeling a bit under the weather?
That comb looks egg-stra fancy: normal or nature's fowl play
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That comb looks egg-stra fancy: normal or nature's fowl play

Have you ever looked at your hen’s comb and wondered if it’s a sign of health or something to cluck about?
Saying goodbye to a tiny feathered friend without all the answers
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Saying goodbye to a tiny feathered friend without all the answers

Losing a little feathered friend is never easy, especially when you've been nurturing a healthy brood of 15 heritage Australorps.
Chickening out now? Let's peck at what needs fixing first.
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Chickening out now? Let's peck at what needs fixing first.

We’re in the midst of something cluck-tastic, but before we put on the final touches, we want to hear from you!
Those feathered fiends finally trust me: or they just want my snacks
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Those feathered fiends finally trust me: or they just want my snacks

Snack time is a cluck-tastic opportunity to bond with our feathered friends!
Egg-citing update: My peeps hatched right on schedule: and I'm clucking thrilled
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Egg-citing update: My peeps hatched right on schedule: and I'm clucking thrilled

Happy Easter, everyone!
Norbert's spring debut is egg-ceptionally awkward and I'm here for it
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Norbert's spring debut is egg-ceptionally awkward and I'm here for it

Spring has finally arrived, and with it comes the delightful company of Norbert, the chicken who’s ready to bask in the sunshine!
Brahmas won't budge? My chickens ignore their roost: let's troubleshoot
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Brahmas won't budge? My chickens ignore their roost: let's troubleshoot

Are your chickens giving you a run for your money when it comes to roosting?
Is he a rooster or just a very dramatic hen? You decide
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Is he a rooster or just a very dramatic hen? You decide

Meet our charming 11-week-old Lavender Orpington, a delightful addition to the flock that’s got us all scratching our heads!
Peanuts for Peeps: Grackles Guard Our Flock with Fowl Play
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Peanuts for Peeps: Grackles Guard Our Flock with Fowl Play

Spring has sprung, and the Grackle Air Force is back in action—hawk beware, this is grackle territory!
My Broody Hen's On Day 6 of Fowl Play and Felonies
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My Broody Hen's On Day 6 of Fowl Play and Felonies

“Production Hens will NEVER go broody,” they all claimed.
Our feathered friends finally met the sun and lost the battle.
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Our feathered friends finally met the sun and lost the battle.

Ah, the Riot Squad—our delightful gang of feathered friends—has truly outdone themselves today!
Free-range Cornish cross? My flock thinks they're just chickens
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Free-range Cornish cross? My flock thinks they're just chickens

So, my flock thinks they're just chickens.
Tiki the Goodest Boy Saves the Day, Shares His Mealworms Anyway
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Tiki the Goodest Boy Saves the Day, Shares His Mealworms Anyway

This morning, my brave boy Tiki became the ultimate defender of our feathered friends!
My backyard flock is giving me serious side-eye again.
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My backyard flock is giving me serious side-eye again.

Welcome to the cluck-tastic world of garden chickens!
Egg-cellent surprise: Neighbor's cluck-tastic first eggs made my heart soar
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Egg-cellent surprise: Neighbor's cluck-tastic first eggs made my heart soar

My heart is clucking with joy!
How to crack a friendship when one friend is a chicken and the other's shell-tered
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How to crack a friendship when one friend is a chicken and the other's shell-tered

In a whimsical twist of fate, a chicken and a tortoise embark on an unexpected adventure that highlights the quirks of life on the farm.
That's no egg, it's a cluck-tastic monster from our newest pullet
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That's no egg, it's a cluck-tastic monster from our newest pullet

Introducing the wonder of new pullets—when these feathered friends start to lay, it’s always an egg-citing moment!
Cockerel or hen? This feathered friend has us clucking for clues
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Cockerel or hen? This feathered friend has us clucking for clues

Is this legbar chick a cockerel?
That Yawn That Sets the Whole Flock Off and Running
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That Yawn That Sets the Whole Flock Off and Running

Ah, the magic of a good yawn!
When Chickens Steal the Show and Your Sanity at SEOPA
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When Chickens Steal the Show and Your Sanity at SEOPA

Join me on a cluck-tastic adventure as I share my experiences with my feathered friends at the SEOPA show!
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Airmailing eggs from Ireland? That's a global fowl play question

Shipping eggs internationally can feel like a feathered conundrum, but fear not!
My Clucky Girl's Not Herself: Help Decode These Sick Chicken Clues
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My Clucky Girl's Not Herself: Help Decode These Sick Chicken Clues

¡Ayudaaaaa!
This Broody Bantam's Egg-Citing Momma Mission Is Pure Fowl Play
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This Broody Bantam's Egg-Citing Momma Mission Is Pure Fowl Play

Meet our cluck-tastic broody bantam black rock, who has taken her motherly duties to heart!
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When "treatment" is just fowl play on a helpless bird

I am beyond disgusted after stumbling upon the Facebook channel "satria jago," where chickens are subjected to abusive and cruel treatment for the sake of views and clicks.
My Chick's Gasping: And Why It's No Time to Chicken Out
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My Chick's Gasping: And Why It's No Time to Chicken Out

Is your little chick gasping for air and leaving you clucking with concern?
Zip Ties and Ducks: Banding Feathered Feet Without the Foul Play
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Zip Ties and Ducks: Banding Feathered Feet Without the Foul Play

Are you ready to dive into the whimsical world of banding feathered feet?
Is That Chicken Doing a Squat Walk or Is Something Cluck-ily Wrong?
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Is That Chicken Doing a Squat Walk or Is Something Cluck-ily Wrong?

Oh, the delightful quirks of our feathered friends!
Stevie Chicks finally met her fluffy little Rhiannon
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Stevie Chicks finally met her fluffy little Rhiannon

Stevie Chicks has a new feathered friend, and her name is Rhiannon!
Behold Blackbeard, the Salmon Faverolle who steals hearts and dodges cameras
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Behold Blackbeard, the Salmon Faverolle who steals hearts and dodges cameras

Have you ever met a chicken who craves cuddles?
When Your Feathered Friends Stage a Midnight Fence Sit-In
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When Your Feathered Friends Stage a Midnight Fence Sit-In

Hey there, fellow chicken enthusiasts!
Arnie the Sidewalk Yapper: Our Strangest, Most Talkative Feathered Friend Yet
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Arnie the Sidewalk Yapper: Our Strangest, Most Talkative Feathered Friend Yet

Meet Arnie, our certified yapper and the quirkiest addition to our feathered family!
Sprinting chickens? This is the fowl play I signed up for
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Sprinting chickens? This is the fowl play I signed up for

Get ready to cluck with delight because we're diving into the wonderfully wacky world of running chickens!
My Rooster Took on a Hawk and Became a Feathered Legend
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My Rooster Took on a Hawk and Became a Feathered Legend

In an epic showdown that could rival any action movie, my fearless rooster recently took on a hawk to protect his beloved hens.
Why my chickens are my finest feathered coworkers yet
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Why my chickens are my finest feathered coworkers yet

Welcome to my cluck-tastic journey into the whimsical world of running chickens!
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Hens have secrets too: and they're ready to spill them loudly

Just in case you thought hens were quiet all the time, think again!
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Peckington Square Chicken City Live Cam

Meet our cluck-tastic feathered neighbors in eternal livestream fame

Welcome to the Peckington Square Chicken City Livestream, where your feathered friends take center stage 24/7!
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Egg-citing Egg-Layers for Sunny Florida and Tender Tiny Humans

Are you ready to embark on a cluck-tastic adventure in chicken-keeping?
Cracking the Case of Those Mysterious Brown Egg Layers
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Cracking the Case of Those Mysterious Brown Egg Layers

Welcome to the whimsical world of chicken egg mysteries!
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Poor Louise traded a bad roo for a worse hen: and I'm freaking out

Oh, the cluck-tastrophe of chicken dynamics!
Help us name this feathery fella before he steals our hearts (and snacks)
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Help us name this feathery fella before he steals our hearts (and snacks)

Naming a pet can be as cluck-tastic as a chicken dance at a barnyard bash!
My girls got spotty combs: time to cock-a-doodle-diagnose
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My girls got spotty combs: time to cock-a-doodle-diagnose

Hey there, fellow chicken enthusiasts!
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Worm Wars: Should You Deworm Your Flock Before Trouble Strikes?

Proactive deworming is a topic that often leaves chicken enthusiasts clucking in curiosity!
Herbal Blaze, Guard, or Defense? Help Us Pick the Perfect Cluck-tastic Name
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Herbal Blaze, Guard, or Defense? Help Us Pick the Perfect Cluck-tastic Name

Hey friends!
Maisa's first hatch: heat lamp out, mama hen's in charge
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Maisa's first hatch: heat lamp out, mama hen's in charge

In the delightful yet nerve-wracking world of chick hatching, it’s completely normal to feel a mix of excitement and worry, especially for first-time hen Maisa and her precious little ones!

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