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    Red Inside Mouth

    I have a 10 week old mille fleur d'uccle hen. She was sitting with me and I noticed she would open her beak sometimes - it was very red inside. Any ideas why? She's eating, drinking, eyes/nose look normal. Very alert, although missing her rooster companion that recently had to be rehomed.
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    The Broody Jail

    This is new to me. So I set up a hutch outside their coop/pen. Of course, she's not happy. But I noticed the other chickens don't want to come into that area - they normally spend much of the day there. Is it ok that the jail faces the coop and she can see and be seen? Also, I had her in...
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    Not Liking This Broody Business

    Thank you!
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    Not Liking This Broody Business

    I have four bantam cochins, a year old. I never had a broody with other breeds, so this is new. She's relentless about getting in the nest. I've moved her out countless times, even at night at which time I blocked the nesting box. She is a puffball and growling incessantly. Today, I opened all...
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    A Roo??

    I have two 3 week old mille fleur d'ccles. They were sold as straight run, so it's possible that one or both are roos. Here's a pic of the one with the very pink comb and pinpoint pink wattle. What do you think? The other does not look like this.
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    When is a poopy butt a problem?

    Yep, I soaked a warm paper towel and got some off, but not all. She's rather low to the ground, very fluffy. I think this may be an ongoing issue with these little bantams. I may try to bathe her and trim some of the feathers.
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    When is a poopy butt a problem?

    I'm having this issue with my bantam cochins. Would trimming feathers around their cloaca hurt them? Do you just use scissors?
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    Respiratory Illness??

    I saw the video of stridor - that's exactly how she sounds. Never had any illness with these bantams, but they are only a year old. I kept her inside and she seems fine so far this morning, so maybe it was stridor. My concern is the smaller birds that always find a way into my coop to eat the...
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    Respiratory Illness??

    My bantam cochin started making honking sounds today. She's still eating and drinking, but seemed to follow me in the pen a bit more, making these weird sounds. I think she may have laid an egg today, the first one in several months. I brought her in for a cuddle and noticed she was a bit...
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    Feeding Leftovers

    I made chicken soup today. After picking the carcass I have a soupy mix of the dregs of the chicken - some meat, broth, skin, etc., parts I don't want in my soup. I usually throw this out, but wondered if the chickens will eat it?
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    Eggs for Two Weeks - Then Nothing

    Yes, I checked all around the yard - nothing.
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    Eggs for Two Weeks - Then Nothing

    I have 4 bantam Cochins. Two white girls were born in early April, two partridge girls in mid May. One white matured by August and laid her first egg on August 4th. She was fairly steady with laying for two weeks and then nothing. The other girls have not laid at all. They seem perfectly healthy...
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    Is This Bullying or Pecking Order?

    Thank you! I don't think there's any blood being drawn.
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    Is This Bullying or Pecking Order?

    I have 2 white bantam cochins, 14 weeks, and 2 partridge bantam cochins, 9 weeks. They have been hanging out all day and started sleeping in the same coop about 4 weeks ago. Everything seemed to be going well until this week. One of the white cochins (Millie) started pecking at the partridge...
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    Normal Pecking Order Establishment?

    Thank you!
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