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    Pox, pecking, or something else?

    We’ve only had our hens for a year so I’m still learning lots. We have a pecky flock (even after we added a rooster), so my gut sense is that these are just peck marks. But since I’m so new to this, I don’t trust my gut. The last picture is of the gal who seems to get pecked the most (she has...
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    Wheezing chicken??

    Thanks! I ended up going to get some VetRX and while I was away her breathing definitely improved. I still treated her but she was acting normally again once it seems to have subsided and she only wheezed when she got worked up (like when I let her go after treating her with vetrx or when the...
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    Wheezing chicken??

    Hi all - I have a hen that just started wheezing on in and out breaths. Not sure if it is serious at all or if this is normal chicken behavior sometimes. here is a video of the sound: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ae5vytaxcyph1y/IMG_1165.MOV?dl=0 Thanks for any insight!!!
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    Feather Loss Questions - Non-urgent Help Requested

    hmm - I guess I’ll need to look for ways to stop that from happening...
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    Feather Loss Questions - Non-urgent Help Requested

    These are my first birds and so this is all quite new to me. So let me know if there are any details I can provide... I have a flock of 8 Golden Laced Wyandotte chickens - they're around 17 weeks old, and about a week or two ago some of them started having bald spots on their backs. One bird is...
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    Chicken coop

    These days you can get them just about anywhere. If you have a source of pallets, you could even use those to make your own. What is your budget?
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