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    Jacksonville Fl looking for home(s) for 3 white bantam Cochin roosters( not sure if the breed is correct)

    Named them before I knew they were roosters. From top to bottom we have Beep, Camilla, and Priscilla.
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    Jacksonville Fl looking for home(s) for 3 white bantam Cochin roosters( not sure if the breed is correct)

    I rescued these about two weeks ago and can’t keep them. They are all three together and are doing fine. Free to good home or homes. Please message me if interested.
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    One last hen

    My last hen is having to be euthanized today and my rooster and one duck are left behind. Do I need more hens for my roosters well being?
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    Help! Guinea hen lethargic

    She passed. So sad to have lost her
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    Help! Guinea hen lethargic

    She keeps closing her eyes as well.
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    Help! Guinea hen lethargic

    I went out to check my birds and my guinea hen was in a corner lying there. She let me pick her up which is pretty strange and when I try and put her on her legs she falls down. I put her in a crate and brought her inside. She has access to both food and water and wants nothing. No obvious...
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    Online chicken courses?

    Thanks!
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    Online chicken courses?

    Thank you. Definitely a good place to start
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    Need help! Is this molting?

    I have one hen that is bald on her sides and all around her vent and underside and two just starting to lose feathers. This is also my first full year of having birds so this post has made me feel a lot better. Thanks for all the knowledge and I absolutely love this forum!!
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    Online chicken courses?

    I am not sure exactly where to post this question but I am interested in taking an intensive online chicken keeper course for backyard flocks. Something that covers it all and doesn’t need to be free. I want to be the best bird keeper I can be. I would love suggestions. Thanks
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    Sudden death

    Sadly two days ago I found my favorite hen Speckled Sussex Ziggy dead in the morning. She seemed fine the day before and I had seen her lay an egg. Her crop was still full when I found her and I felt around to see if she was egg bound and there was no sign of that. She was under her perch she...
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    Rooster with black spots on comb and wattle as well as on beak?!

    Just an update: My whole flock ended up getting dry pox and are back to normal now. I just monitored and put some ointment on those that seemed bothered. Thanks again for all the help. Oddly my guinea hen never got it.
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    Fermenting chicken feed, Good idea?

    For my fermented feed I use a 4” PVC cut in half lengthwise and two cinder blocks to hold it up. A trough feeder.
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    Rooster with black spots on comb and wattle as well as on beak?!

    Mosquitos are around here most of the time. Not in huge amounts but around.
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