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    Sick rooster?

    This morning my Orp cross rooster, Spirit, was huddled in the corner of the run moaning. He has been in some fights with one of my other roosters, & his comb is damaged, but he has seemed fine otherwise. After everyone left, he went over & ate, & poop seemed normal, but he's not acting normally...
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    My guineas are brooding! I think

    I have managed to find every nest they made & am already incubating 17 eggs. I put 2 more under my broody Bantam Cochin (she was so pitiful brooding an empty bucket). Then, they started laying in a big planter bucket at the end of our storage trailer. I counted 17 eggs yesterday. Today a guinea...
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    How long do guineas need game bird feed?

    My guineas are 16 weeks old & since I let them out of the cage to range with the chickens, I have mixed game bird feed in with the chicken layer pellets. I am out of the game bird feed & wonder if I need to buy more. Any advice would be welcome. I am new to chickens & guineas (6 of each).
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    My buff Orpington has stopped laying

    My buff Orp, Daisy, has laid an average of 5 days/week since August when we got her. I am not sure how old she is. She has only ever taken a day off in between her days of laying. Now, she hasn't laid for 5 days (counting today), and she laid a shelless egg yesterday. My adult Bantam-Cochin...
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    Broody, sneaky Serama

    We have a Serama who refuses to lay in the coop, and sneaks off to lay, then goes broody. The first time, we found her in a planter bucket after she didn't come home one night. She had 7 eggs. Then, she began laying under the tarp covering the hay bales, but we found her eggs before she could...
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