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Behaving Like a Hen, Looking Like a Rooster: I'm Stumped
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Behaving Like a Hen, Looking Like a Rooster: I'm Stumped

Oh, I feel this one in my bones.
This yodeling rooster stole my heart: hot sidewalk and all
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This yodeling rooster stole my heart: hot sidewalk and all

So this yodeling rooster strolls into a lady's backyard off the street, hot sidewalk burning his poor feet, and I'm already obsessed.
Spotted in the Wild: A Forest Chicken Mystery Clucking for Answers
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Spotted in the Wild: A Forest Chicken Mystery Clucking for Answers

So you're out for a peaceful stroll, minding your own business, when suddenly, a chicken.
Four feathered fiends at five weeks: pullets or pint-sized roosters
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Four feathered fiends at five weeks: pullets or pint-sized roosters

Five weeks old and already staging a tiny poultry identity crisis, I see you, Left_Touch_3478.
My feathered friend's gone grey and fuzzy-footed: help us solve the fowl mystery
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My feathered friend's gone grey and fuzzy-footed: help us solve the fowl mystery

Oh, the fowl mystery deepens!
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That cheeky fox found the one loose board and took five of my flock

Oh, that *cheeky* fox.
Pepper Overload Hits the Coop: and My Garden Beds Are Cluck-tastic
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Pepper Overload Hits the Coop: and My Garden Beds Are Cluck-tastic

Pepper is pouring into the coop like it's running from a rooster, and my garden beds?
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Possum gatecrashes twice, now my feathered friends are fowl-playing bedtime

Oh, a possum gatecrasher, twice!
My gal's got a bald cheek and I'm trying not to chicken out
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My gal's got a bald cheek and I'm trying not to chicken out

Poor bleepblurp123's gal woke up on the wrong side of the coop yesterday, sporting a bald cheek that's got her human in a full-on fowl panic.
Sweetcheeks is living that balding muppet life but dog food helps
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Sweetcheeks is living that balding muppet life but dog food helps

Poor Sweetcheeks!
The New Girl's Ruffling Feathers: Buff Orpington Drama Unfolds
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The New Girl's Ruffling Feathers: Buff Orpington Drama Unfolds

Oh, bless your heart, and your poor fringe.
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Can my free-range chicken survive a pitbull in Velociraptor mode

Oh, the age-old dance of dog vs.
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Possum Gatecrasher Has My Free-Range Flock Refusing Bedtime Duty

Oh, a possum gatecrasher at the bedtime buffet, now your girls are staging a fowl protest.
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When you try to keep it business and your heart clucks anyway

There's a special kind of quiet the morning after you process your first meat birds.
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Leghorn lovers needed as patio pact proves too cluck-tastic for this family

So you thought closing off half the patio would be the perfect compromise, a little chicken paradise, a little human sanctuary.
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When Your Rooster's a Little Too… Enthusiastic, Eggs Take a Vacation

Oh, the drama in the coop!
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Bantam or Bust: Our Egg-citing Size Mystery Unfolds

So, I candled an egg today and thought, "Well, now I know Dawn isn't the father because of the fetus's size." Then I realized I know absolutely nothing about chicken size genetics. Classic me, jumping to conclusions…
Is my fluffy friend a roo or just a bossy pullet? Cluck-tastic detective work needed
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Is my fluffy friend a roo or just a bossy pullet? Cluck-tastic detective work needed

Oh, the eternal chicken keeper's dilemma, is that fluffy beast a future rooster or just the bossiest hen on the block?
Those tiny chicken tails are three weeks of pure heart-melting magic
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Those tiny chicken tails are three weeks of pure heart-melting magic

Those tiny chicken tails, the ones that pop up like little feathered exclamation marks, are three weeks of pure heart-melting magic.
These egg-citing seasonal cartons have me chickening out over how cute they are
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These egg-citing seasonal cartons have me chickening out over how cute they are

Oh, these egg-citing seasonal cartons have me chickening out over how cute they are!
A feathered fortune teller's guide to your five-week-old Pekin bantams
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A feathered fortune teller's guide to your five-week-old Pekin bantams

Oh, the suspense is *egg*-cruciating!
When your heart says cluck but your brain says run
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When your heart says cluck but your brain says run

So your heart says cluck, but your brain says run.
18 Weeks and Still a Mystery: Hen or Fowl Play
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18 Weeks and Still a Mystery: Hen or Fowl Play

Eighteen weeks and still guessing?
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Peckington Square Chicken City Live Cam

Peckington Square's 24/7 Livestream: Where Chickens Cluck and You Cluck Up

I've been watching Peckington Square's 24/7 livestream for three hours straight, and I still can't tell if I'm being entertained or slowly losing my mind.
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Cluck-astrophe: Rooster crow needs a word that won't make us chicken out

Alright, I'll admit it: "cock-a-doodle-doo" sounds like a bad pun a cartoon character would make after a knock to the noggin.
My Chickens Are Twitching: Help Me Decode This Fowl Play
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My Chickens Are Twitching: Help Me Decode This Fowl Play

Okay, so my white chicken is twitching her head and neck like she's headbanging to a song only she can hear, and now my brown chicken is in on the fowl play too.
Craigslist Chicken Rescue Takes a Sketchy, Feather-Less Turn
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Craigslist Chicken Rescue Takes a Sketchy, Feather-Less Turn

Well, cluck me sideways, this Craigslist chicken rescue took a decidedly fowl turn.
Feathered Friends, Fowl Play, or Just a Hen in Disguise?
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Feathered Friends, Fowl Play, or Just a Hen in Disguise?

Meatball's got a neck full of fancy feathers, and suddenly "just a hen" feels like a fowl assumption.
The Sultan Showdown: Taller Bird, Rooster or Just Big Chook Energy?
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The Sultan Showdown: Taller Bird, Rooster or Just Big Chook Energy?

Two Sultans, one clearly bigger, and suddenly you're playing a real-life game of fowl play detective.
This gay chicken dad finally found his cluck-tastic soulmate
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This gay chicken dad finally found his cluck-tastic soulmate

Some people find their soulmate on dating apps.
The Fairy Egg Jury Is Back and This Time They're Clucking Up a Storm
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The Fairy Egg Jury Is Back and This Time They're Clucking Up a Storm

There's nothing quite like the internet rallying together to question your poultry parenting skills, and this fairy egg saga is pure cluck-tastic chaos.
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My heart's still clucking: my old tom turkey left before I could say goodbye

Losing Hank that fast is the kind of fowl play that leaves you breathless.
Our Mystery Chicks Are All Grown Up: Can We Crack Their True Breed?
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Our Mystery Chicks Are All Grown Up: Can We Crack Their True Breed?

Well, my mystery chicks have officially traded their baby fluff for grown-up feathers, and I'm still scratching my head over their breed.
My Broody Girl's Got a Goopy Eye: Gunk or a Cluck-tastic Concern?
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My Broody Girl's Got a Goopy Eye: Gunk or a Cluck-tastic Concern?

There's nothing quite like the heart-stopping moment you spot your broody girl squinting one goopy eye at you, is there?
Cluck-tastic mystery: 7 feathered friends, 10 weeks, zero clue who's who
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Cluck-tastic mystery: 7 feathered friends, 10 weeks, zero clue who's who

Seven fluffy butts, ten weeks of chaos, and absolutely zero idea which Australorp is which.
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Peckington Square Chicken City Live Cam

Cluck-tastic 24/7 Livestream: Peckington Square's Feathered Friends, Live and Unruffled

I've got a coop full of chickens, and somehow they still manage to surprise me, especially when I'm not looking.
Meet the mystery hen who's got the internet clucking for answers
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Meet the mystery hen who's got the internet clucking for answers

There's a new mystery clucking around the internet, and honestly?
The Great French Copper Maran Identity Crisis: Hen or Roo
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The Great French Copper Maran Identity Crisis: Hen or Roo

Well, that's one fancy chicken identity crisis if I've ever seen one!
My hen's sunbathing pose gives me full-on fowl cardiac arrest
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My hen's sunbathing pose gives me full-on fowl cardiac arrest

There's a special kind of heart attack that only comes from glancing at your salmon faverolle mid-sunbathe, and Cricket is clearly out here trying to send me to an early grave.
Dry Fowl Pox or Pecking Panic? Let's Decode That Chicken Mystery
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Dry Fowl Pox or Pecking Panic? Let's Decode That Chicken Mystery

Oh, the classic chicken parent spiral, Google says Dry Fowl Pox, but your gut whispers pecking injuries, and suddenly you're down a rabbit hole of worry.
Dookie's first purr is egg-cellent news for this under-arm snuggle bug
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Dookie's first purr is egg-cellent news for this under-arm snuggle bug

There's nothing quite like the first time your scaredy-cat chicken decides you're her personal, under-arm safety nest.
Fuzzy butts everywhere: my flock's gone full feathery free-for-all
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Fuzzy butts everywhere: my flock's gone full feathery free-for-all

So, the flock has officially gone full feathery free-for-all, and honestly?
This chick's skin is more razzle-dazzle than Frazzle, but we're clucking concerned
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This chick's skin is more razzle-dazzle than Frazzle, but we're clucking concerned

Razzle-dazzle indeed, this little chick hatched with skin that looks like it went through a blender, and honestly, we're clucking concerned too.
Tractor Supply Said "Hen," But My City's Clucking With Rooster Worries
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Tractor Supply Said "Hen," But My City's Clucking With Rooster Worries

Four months of raising a Golden Laced Wyandotte, and I'm side-eyeing Tractor Supply like they owe me money.
My tactical desk chicken has claimed the mousepad throne for fowl naps
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My tactical desk chicken has claimed the mousepad throne for fowl naps

There's something deeply hilarious about a tiny feathered overlord claiming your mousepad as her personal nap throne.
Rescued Roadside Chick Gets a Pass on Bath Time: Feathers May Vary
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Rescued Roadside Chick Gets a Pass on Bath Time: Feathers May Vary

There's something deeply endearing about a tiny, tie-dyed mystery chick who just showed up on the road, no backstory, no birthday, no bath time.
Suspicious feathers in the flock? Another feathered friend might be fowl play
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Suspicious feathers in the flock? Another feathered friend might be fowl play

Oh, the classic pullet plot twist, you buy six hens and suddenly you're running a surprise rooster raffle.
Foxed again: Seeking a permanent fix after losing another favorite hen
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Foxed again: Seeking a permanent fix after losing another favorite hen

Losing a second favorite hen in one year hits different, that's not just fowl play, that's heartbreak with feathers.
Desert Dump, Feathered Friends: Help Me ID This Mystery Pullet
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Desert Dump, Feathered Friends: Help Me ID This Mystery Pullet

Someone dumped an entire flock of chickens in the desert by their house, and this hero managed to rescue most of them before dark.
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Cluck-tastic Crisis: Seven Chickens, One Hawk, and My Egg-Bound Heartbreak

Seven dead in seven months, and you're wondering if you're cut out for this?

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