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    Broody & unsure

    That's a great idea about moving them into their own separate pen... Good thinking for next time! She moves her eggs a lot too... From one box to the next, and sometimes out of the nesting box entirely and just sits on them in the middle of the coop. A separate pen would be good because I'm...
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    Broody & unsure

    My lady, Meriadoc, had been broody for about a month. Wouldn't leave the coop AT ALL, refused to eat or drink... This is the first of any of my girls to show signs of being broody in the least, so I marked 3 eggs and let her sit on them... She has barely left the coop other than to eat and drink...
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    My first death

    I gave 1/2 cc of Tylan50 to my three croaky sounding birds. My rooster and one hen have crusty eyes to the point where they are completely crusting shut. I'm wiping them out with warm water every few hours. They won't leave the coop - I think cause they can't see. I've also added...
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    My first death

    I have a second chicken starting to cough (?) but this time it sounds more like hiccups. It's gone on since this morning, but I noticed tonight it wasn't happening as much. Tonight I noticed my rooster in the nesting box... Which he never does. his tail was down and he was squinting. I noticed...
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    My first death

    yeah... I can't imagine the cough being good at all! Thank you
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    My first death

    Woke up to my first chicken death today... She has been completely fine until yesterday... One of the kids got in the chicken run yesterday and my rooster tried to flog him. SOOOO I'm not sure if this would have caused her to stress?? Afterwards, she seemed to cough? And continued to cough...
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    need advice about new ladies

    Haha yeahhh..... Hindsight :/ This is a giant learning experience for me. And the advice is ultra helpful! I have a small backyard and there's not much of anywhere to quarantine. Looking back, I should have done a wee bit more investigating/preparation before bringing her home. But she was a...
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    Pale crusty comb

    I took in a hen that was being kept in poor conditions. Her comb and face are really pale and they seem really dry. Her comb is cracked in a couple places from being so dry. Is this an indicator of some kind? Her feathers are also pretty dull and tore up like she'd been picked on by a bully roo...
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    need advice about new ladies

    Thank youuuuuu!!!! I knew this was going to be the case.... I just would hate to come home to a murder lol but such is life. Especially wild life. So just let it happen I suppose?
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    need advice about new ladies

    I have 6 hens and 1 cockerel that have been together since hatching. They're around 8 months and one has started laying this week! I brought home another hen this week around the same age and my ladies are NOT happy. They've picked on her like crazy and chase her around the run. I've taken to...
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    Dom vs. Barred Rock combs

    She's about 10 weeks!
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    Plymouth Rock thread!

    Around 10 weeks
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    Dom vs. Barred Rock combs

    Thank you!!! I thought doms were hard to come by or something but I guess I got one from the flea market hahaha
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    Dom vs. Barred Rock combs

    Okay so I've thought this entire time my Dobby was a BR, but the more I read and study her comb I've realized this isn't a BR trait. It seems to be a Dom trait... I thought it was a pea comb but Doms have rose combs. Correct? Anyone know more about this than the average joe? She also has dark...
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    Roo? Not 100% sure...

    Okay now THAT I can tell!! I guess I'm just impatient and mine are still too young to really be able to see the points Iike that! :P
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