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    Review by 'CackleBabies' in article 'Top 10 Best Egg Producing Chicken Breeds'

    I agree with reviewers that this is a good list but doesn't cover production over time. I had a buff opington hen that was laying an egg a day for 9-10 months out of the year (with the exception of molting time) for 8 years, right up until the last two months of her life. She was the best...
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    Frazzle Chicken??

    Wow, my rooster Twizzle looks just like yours. I was going to ask a question on this thread about him possibly being a frazzle, but I think I already got my answer. Does your Roo show any other neurological behaviors? Mine seems fine so far except for his patchy feathering and extremely red...
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    Review by 'CackleBabies' in article 'Understanding Your Rooster.'

    Great information. I’ve learned a lot about rooster behavior and keeping multiple roosters in my flock. It’s helped me better understand flock dynamics and rooster behaviors.
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    Gender of month old chicks?

    Any educated guesses as to the gender of these two? They’re a frizzle Cochin banty and buff polish crested. My guess is both cockerels based on crest shape snd attitude/behavior of the polish. I’m not so sure about the frizzle. Her behavior sometimes matches the polish and her comb and wattles...
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    Lethargic 6 year old hen with pale comb and wattles seems to be getting worse. Is it parasites?

    Thank you for the help. My Dottie passed away some time overnight.
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    Lethargic 6 year old hen with pale comb and wattles seems to be getting worse. Is it parasites?

    I’ll try to find valbazen to give her. Thank you!
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    Lethargic 6 year old hen with pale comb and wattles seems to be getting worse. Is it parasites?

    I haven’t see an egg from her in about a week. This am her crop was empty and after I just checked her crop again and is small and a little lumpy. We have chicks so I have crumble I could use but I’ll soak some of her feed and try giving her some scrambled egg too. She doesn’t seem puffed up...
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    Lethargic 6 year old hen with pale comb and wattles seems to be getting worse. Is it parasites?

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    Lethargic 6 year old hen with pale comb and wattles seems to be getting worse. Is it parasites?

    My 6 year old mixed breed Bantam buff Orpington/buff Brahma has been lethargic for about a week now. She has separated herself from the flock (11 total all mixed breeds and ages, all but one are hens) which she’s not done before. She’ll stand around all puffed up, even in mild weather looking...
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    Official BYC Poll: Do Your Chickens Go Inside Their Coop When It Snows?

    That’s just what mine are like. They free range and don’t like being locked in with their small run, but it snowed about 8 inches here in WV in early January and the temps were down in the teens and my girls didn’t leave their coop for four days even with paths for walking. I had to carry water...
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    Match me a breed.

    I Have had a mixed flock for five years, and found that if they all look different they generally accept each other well enough. We hatch out once a year from a hen that goes broody and when the birds look alike, factions start to form, which I don’t like. I’ve had no luck keeping Wyandottes but...
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    Match me a breed.

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    Match me a breed.

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    how to get rid of a hawk killing my chickens

    I raised my first flock of 8 Chickens, each a different breed, 2 of which were roosters. They free range on our 2 acres. The day I saw a hawk attack, I heard the flock making weird noises. I ran out and my Banty buff Brahma was jumping at the hawk with his talons as it swooped in. I saw that and...
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    How did my hen manage to hatch her eggs?

    I just read in an article on this site that chickens can (rarely do) mate with guinea fowl. I also saw a video of a poultry rescue in the UK that takes battery hens and they took in a rooster from the production farm because the roo looked and behaved like a hen but never laid an egg. The video...
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