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    Help..........very sick hen.

    Any ideas? I hate to see her suffer
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    Help..........very sick hen.

    Hi folks, Miss Brown has been very lethargic for the past couple days. She almost looks "swollen" and has been "leaking" from her vent. I tried cleaning her off about two days ago and trimming some feathers. Her vent looked fine then. Now this morning this is what she looks like. Not sure...
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    Adding older hens to existing group

    I think I found the answer. After some diligent searching I think that the breed of these new birds is: Isa Brown. And looking at pictures online, it seems many of them have white-ish feet/legs.
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    Adding older hens to existing group

    Hello all, We are new to chickens. We got some peeps in May (3 RIR & 2 White Leghorns). One of the RIR's ended up being a rooster so folks advice on this forum was to either get rid of the rooster or add more hens. We've really come to like our rooster and his morning wake up call plus he...
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    Help us decide if hen or rooster please

    Thank you all for the responses. Interestingly enough, going out to close up the coop this evening we found one of our Leghorns had blood on the back of her neck. Investigating a bit further and trying to see under the feathers it appeared to be a small hole? We have no idea what happened...
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    Help us decide if hen or rooster please

    Oh, it's okay. He won't pose a problem with quality or quantity of eggs will he?
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    Help us decide if hen or rooster please

    Ugghhhhh. Okay. Thank you for the response.
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    Help us decide if hen or rooster please

    Hi folks, We are brand new to chickens. We got our hatchlings in the very beginning of May and things have been going great. Got to build a coop with my boys and raising the chickens has been really educational and fun for all of us. Here is a link to a video I did showing the bird in...
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