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    HELP! Eye injury

    I was trying to reintroduce my once broody hen to the flock. She was attacked by 2 flock members and was bleeding from her eye. Can I use sodium chloride ophthalmic ointment in an eye injury for my hen? I did a saline flush immediately after the injury occurred. The eye has stopped bleeding, but...
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    Trouble reintroducing once broody hen

    I am having difficulty reintroducing my once broody hen back into the flock. She’s been in a large wire dog crate in our run for over a week with food, water, and shelter. Each time I let her out into the run with the flock she is attacked. She seems weak and tired which doesn’t help when she is...
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    Broody hen

    Why do my other chickens try to attack my broody hen when she comes out to eat or drink? My husband and I are trying to break her of being broody. Every time we would go down to the coop we would get her out of the nesting box and then place her in the run…unfortunately she acted scared to death...
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    Who’s egg?

    One of our other girls is laying, but I wasn’t expecting a speckled egg. The breeds I have are ISA brown, Plymouth barred rocks, white rocks, barnevelders, black Australorp, and Easter Eggers..who’s do you think this is? My ISA brown, Reba, was the first to lay and her eggs are a darker brown...
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    Catfish pellets

    Catfish pellets for winter added protein? I was considering this as a winter cold weather treat for them?
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    Feathers in the run! Feather plucking!

    Hi everyone, My pullets are currently 16 weeks and 20 weeks old. I have noticed feathers around the run and coop when I clean. None of the chickens are injured and they are eating and drinking as they should (crushed feed pellets at 20% protein, fresh veggies, scratch, and dried bugs). Today, I...
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    Black Australorp or Black Orpington?

    New chicken momma here, Long story short, I ordered 15 chicks from Murray McMurray hatchery and ended up being given 2 free birds. My ordered consisted of 3 Red Star, 3 Black Australorp, 2 White Rocks (one ended up being a roo instead of a hen, 3 Plymouth Rocks, and 4 Easter eggers (one died...
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    Adding new chickens to the flock.

    Our run is 22 feet long and 8 feet wide. Chicken coop is 8 feet wide by 6 feet long and 6 feet high (to the peak).
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    Adding new chickens to the flock.

    Hi, new chicken momma here, I have a flock of 12 pullets and 1 Roo. They are all 12 weeks old. Yesterday I purchased 2 15 week old barnevelder pullets. I caged them in a wire dog crate inside the run last night. When I got home today from work, I let them out of the crate and into the run with...
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    Adding to the flock- late vaccination

    Hi there..new chicken momma, I am adding 2-3 barnevelder pullets to my flock. The new additions are 12 weeks old. My current flock is 11 weeks old and were vaccinated before shipment for Merricks disease and coccidiosis. Would it be alright for me to vaccinate the new additions at 12 weeks of...
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    White Rock Roo or Pullet?

    White rock roo or Pullet. 11 weeks old.
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    Roo or Pullet Easter Egger

    11 weeks old, Roo or Pullet Easter Egger! Help please!
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