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    Welsummer rooster's comb tuning orange

    I never got an answer from aart, but I'm happy to report that Stewart the Welsummer cockerel is back to his normal self. I have no idea what his problem was and how he recovered, but it's a pleasure to hear him crow the sun up every day now. His comb is still orange, but he is very active and...
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    Welsummer rooster's comb tuning orange

    Here are the answers I can provide, aart. 1. Welsummer rooster, 6 months old, I have no idea about his weight. He looks about the same size as the hens who were in his age group except he's taller. 2. He seems lethargic. Normally he would be very active and run to me when I come out of the...
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    Welsummer rooster's comb tuning orange

    He seems lethargic and is not his usual feisty, crowing self. His tail feathers are drooping.
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    Welsummer rooster's comb tuning orange

    Good idea. I'll try to get a picture in the next day or two and post it. Thanks
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    Welsummer rooster's comb tuning orange

    My beautiful 6-month old Welsummer rooster had a dark red comb up until about two weeks ago. Now it is still standing beautifully but it is turning an orangish color. Does anyone know what might be causing this? Is it a problem? Thanks for your help. I'd hate to lose this bird.
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    Chick with an obvious broken leg

    I'm anxious to hear what is recommended. I have a three week old chick that appears to have a broken leg. It is not showing signs of stress but it does sleep a lot between eating and drinking and it has a hard time getting around. Some of the roosters in the batch of six do occasionally pick on...
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    Big butt hen

    Thanks for the answers. She is the only one who has not yet squatted. She's also the biggest of the EE's. It's not that her butt is wider, it's just that the hump of feathers at the base of her tail is much bigger and rounder than I've ever seen it.
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    Big butt hen

    One of our Ameraucanas has developed a very large 'sweep' (I think that's what it's called--that spot on her back just in front of her tail) in the last two days. It is twice as big as it was a day or so ago--big and standing up high. Some of the other girls have the same prominent feature but...
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    Pullet has minor scabbing around her vent

    Anyone else have any ideas about what this might be? Thanks.
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    what types of plants to grow for my chickens?

    I was buying pea greens from a local organic farmer so I could give them to my pullets as a treat. He informed me that pea greens will grow in the winter and are easy to grow. Clay Mudd says the birds will not destroy the plant. I'm not a farmer so I don't know.
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    Pullet has minor scabbing around her vent

    I had not thought about pecking but that could be the case, I suppose. Why would they peck only around her vent? That seems pretty strange to me. Thanks, RhodeIslandRedFan, for the pictures and chart. Luckily it doesn't look like any of the mite or lice infestations that are shown. Maybe I...
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    Pullet has minor scabbing around her vent

    I have searched the site for info on this but to no avail. Our seven month old NH Red pullet has a bit of a scabby-looking vent. Not all crusted up and gross like some of the pictures I've seen of gleet, but just a little bit scabby- or crusty-looking. When I say scabby, these are very small...
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    Day 11 of laying... did routine but no egg?

    We have a pullet who has laid for twelve straight days since she laid her first egg. She seems healthy and happy as can be. Is there a record for straight egg-laying days? Sounds like you have a good 'mutt', swampcat.
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    Average chicken size in the 60's, 70's was 2-1/2 pounds.

    Now I can hardly find a broiler/fryer that is less than four pounds. Back in the good ole days when I worked in my dad's butcher shop, the three-pounders and up were known as 'baking hens'. I prefer a smaller bird for broiling, but the only ones I can find are Cornishes and they cost an arm and...
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    Frozen chickens! Aerial predator??

    Good point, centrarchid. The run is a 12' by 8' trapezoidal run with the coop in the center. The whole run is covered top, sides, aprons by hardware cloth. The run is in a wooded are with mature white oaks, maples, and poplars so when the trees are leafed out, as they are now, there is not much...
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