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    Younger rooster seems to be taking over

    I have 2 roosters with 15 hens(I know, I am adding more hens this spring) The top roo is older by about a year and is a big boy. My other roo is not even 1 year old and not a big breed at all. Last night I came home to a bloody coop and bloody boys. I have 2 small coops that house each...
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    Deplumbing Mites or Mange

    Mice? Like the rodents? Lol
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    Deplumbing Mites or Mange

    I thought it was feather picking but down the rabbit hole of chickens makes me think feather mites or mange. I have not see over preening or even feather picking but I'm not with them 100% of the time. I have 1 hen that her tail feathers are looking really raggedy. I have been switching...
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    Which Rooster to keep??

    Well I didn't keep any of them! I kept mister green and then I gave that flock of Rhode islands reds to a friend. I kept 4 hens without a rooster and I enjoyed that. I brought on some Swedish flower hens that I ended up have 4 boys. I rehomed one cuz our energies were not voting and I have the...
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    Lice?

    I'm not sure how many times I've read that article and I still feel like I'm going to miss it if my chickens have lice or mites. Ahhhhh. Lol. Thank you for the reply.
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    Lice?

    I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Lice or sand. I feel so dumb for not knowing what lice looks like. I've had a nagging feeling about lice in my flock so I did a PSP spray (not sure if I did it good enough though) Pics below is close to her oil gland are of her body.
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    Cockerell seperation from flock

    I'm not worried about mating or the eggs :) I know its all natural. What I don't want is any cockerell chasing the hens to get what he wants. I'm not going to get a mature rooster for quite some time with these young boys I have. I want the best guy out of this bunch and for me to oversee...
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    Cockerell seperation from flock

    I have 4 hens right at being a year old and then 4 pullets and 4 cockerells that are 3 months old. They have been free ranging together for almost 2 months. 1 cockerell is maturing more quickly than I am ready for. He has successfully mounted my older hens. My head hen! I was so mad as...
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    Possible water belly

    I believe Easter Egger and she is on New Country Organic grower feed with free choice oyter shell and grit along with food scraps on occassion.
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    Possible water belly

    I have a 7 month old laying hen with a distented abdominal. Feels squishy and noticeably distended. She is eating, drinking, and active. Her laying has slowed over the last week. How can I be for sure it is water belly vs an infection? When should I plan to drain? I would prefer not to...
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    Abdomen infection/amoxicillin..not emergency

    I can't tell if it is fluid or not. It's hard and no drainage that I have seen. Once I put the steroid cream on it, it started to scab over.
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    Abdomen infection/amoxicillin..not emergency

    Her vent has never really been normal, more like an outie vs an innie:) Vet did not say if it was reproductive or not but I also didn't ask either. The nodule seems to have reduced in size but not much
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    Abdomen infection/amoxicillin..not emergency

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    Abdomen infection/amoxicillin..not emergency

    I have a hen (born 5/2022, started laying 10/2022) that is currently on amoxicillin and a steroid cream for her vent. She has a nodule on the vent and is swollen, took her to the vet ND he said she has an abdominal infection that could be causing the nodules. It's been a out a week of meds...
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    Modification to coop for upcoming cold snap

    Do I have enough ventilation. Or should I add some more?? I covered up the front and added pine shavings to close up the floor. So on 2 sides its is open at the top corner.
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