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    8 female chicks need names (hopefully)

    Chicks arrived, last minute substitutions- which always seems to happen to me :( One was failure to thrive (same breed, exact same timeline). But the rest- (because there are no flower hens) are as follows: 7 days old now...3 steele eggers (gray) Skye Smudge Scrappy (that one was a bit...
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    Chick has been chasing our cats

    I had a chick recovering from a pretty extreme injury — full-on scalping, all the way down her back, with exposed bone and muscle tissue. She was about 8 or 9 weeks old at the time (someone will probably correct me on the exact age). During her recovery, she was hanging out on the sofa — when I...
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    Suggestions? URGENT ** GRAPHIC

    Okay, this is a great update! She is all healed up, and her neck has lots of pin feathers. I let the whole group out together, no issues (I think because they grew up side by side). She is molting, and still has greasy feathers from the ointment (she needs a dust bath). Here is her class photo...
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    Pullets or roos?

    I'm pretty bad at this, but improving, and just went through something similar with pea combs and such. To me? 1-3 are males. 4 is 50/50 as I did have a pullet with similar comb/waddles at that age (so at first I thought it was a dude). 5 female.
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    Help- male issue?

    Yeah, I was really hoping to breed my wheaten rooster with some blue for a chicken who lays green eventually. Cream/blue/green is basically what I was going for- and hopefully a pink sneaks in with teh Egger. I would have easily gone with a Marans (as my other one was murdered by a dog)- but...
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    Help- male issue?

    Oh yeah! the beard is massive, gets bigger everday it seems. The selection was limited as I wanted them asap to help make integration easier.
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    Anyone here have Iguanas?

    Just curious as I have a iguana (same one everyday) is really ticking off my chickens as it wants in the coop to eat the chicken feed (who knew?). Climbing on the exterior coop/run walls and scaring the bejesus out of the chickens. Will also stand outside the door and whip chickens so they cant...
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    Chicken perch with poop board - I finally made one (!!!) and have questions

    I found a sand sifter by accident from a friend who likes to collect tiny shells for necklaces..., and then determined it was a reptile cleaner. For small areas (like the poop bar) it is perfect. https://www.amazon.sg/SUMHEN-Stainless-Mesh，Litter-Sifter，Reptile-Shovel，Reptile/dp/B0BRGZVCXF This...
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    Help- male issue?

    I had to make an edit- as it made him seem like a real jerk- he is a sweetheart to me- little too attached honestly. But if he is a fierce defender- then go for it little man! defend the flock against predators- I know there is a iguana that needs to be put in his place once and for all.
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    Help- male issue?

    Update. So Kraken is a major bully- making sure all the hens stay in check- leader of the pack, and aggressive toward anything (like lizards or butterflies) near the flock, not crowing yet, but curled feathers on the tail now. @ella2025 was right. I contacted Meyer Hatchery, and yes- they think...
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    Underweight help

    Interesting fact: Beef fat has no protein, and can be difficult to digest for birds as it can load the system and once the renal system is stressed it lowers the immune system. Egg yolk has some good amino acids, but more of something like 65% of the protein is in the egg white. I actually did...
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    Suggestions? URGENT ** GRAPHIC

    Almost a week later: She is all healed with the exception of that one spot on her neck that gets smaller by the day. I'm sure internally she is still healing as there was chunks of muscle removed. Check out the pin feathers on her back alone! I think a few more days- when the red spot is...
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    8 female chicks need names (hopefully)

    Okay saffron and ginger were on my list before making this post. But then I thought about nicknames- so it would be 'saf' and 'gin' haha
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    Weird looking chicken poo

    That normally wouldn’t produce what I’m seeing here, unless she had eaten something like whole-grain bread with intact seeds. Looking at it again, I’d swietch her to a simple mash for 48 hours. Her droppings should return to normal (although I still stand that those are not droppings). If they...
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    Weird looking chicken poo

    Exactly- looks like overcooked lentils and raw pork on expensive cheesecloth. ( I know it is not, just nothing I have ever seen).
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