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    Letting Hen Raise Chicks

    I have a flock of six chickens that I got last spring, so they'll be a year old in March. We're thinking of getting a couple more chicks (maybe 2) in a few months and letting my buff orpington raise them. She's gone broody pretty frequently since she started laying eggs around Aug/Sept, and I...
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    Bird flu prevention

    I know that avian influenza is on the rise right now, and I have a backyard flock of 6 chickens that will be a year old this spring. They have a coop and a moderately sized run, but we let them out once a day to free range (usually with supervision) in our small fenced backyard. This might be a...
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    chicken sneezing

    I haven't really noticed a pattern in her sneezing, but would her sneezing when eating/drinking suggest something? When I checked her crop it was after she had eaten so it wasn't empty, but from what I could tell it felt normal. Her nostrils and eyes were both clear, although she didn't really...
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    chicken sneezing

    We use pine shavings for the main part of their coop (which they don't go in often, usually just at night), and then hemp bedding in their nesting boxes, which hasn't changed at all. The only thing I can think of that changed recently was the weather. Her eyes and nostrils looked fine when I...
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    chicken sneezing

    I have a flock of 6 chickens under a year old and I noticed that one of them has been sneezing often for the past week or so. The weather has been weird in CT lately, so I was thinking the temperature changes could be impacting her respiratory system? (for example, yesterday it was in the high...
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    wry neck?? in 16 w/o hen

    yeah it seems like the only issue they’re having with her is that she doesn’t leave the coop so will sometimes fall prey to their dog’s antics, which had recently caused injuries, but otherwise she seems fine and has survived this long with it.
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    wry neck?? in 16 w/o hen

    Im not sure about her eating and drinking since she’s not mine, but I don’t think it’s too bad since her owners didn’t mention anything about it. Her weight also didn’t seem too noticeable to me, I don’t think she is severely underweight.
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    wry neck?? in 16 w/o hen

    also, to add on- I did feel her neck and the length seems normal, however she only keeps it to one side and even upside down at some points
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    wry neck?? in 16 w/o hen

    Hi all, a friend has a chicken that was born this past spring and from day one she had a weird neck that was twisted. She’s now around 16 weeks and is still showing the same issue. She doesn’t really go out with the rest of the flock and just stays in the coop. Wondering if this is wry neck, as...
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    Ameraucana cross? Mixed breed identification

    her skin is yellow under her feet
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    Ameraucana cross? Mixed breed identification

    I'm not totally sure who the mother is, but in the flock that her parents came from (the flock is from a local farm), there is a hen that looks almost identical to her: muffs, black feathers, pea comb. I'll attach a picture here, not the best quality but you'll see the similarities. Definitely...
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    Ameraucana cross? Mixed breed identification

    Trying to figure out a breed here. One of my hens is a mixed-breed, born this spring, I think she's probably crossed with a purebred black ameraucana (hence the cheek puffs), however it is also possible her mother is a mixed breed as well. My flock of 6 started laying for the first time...
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    Squash leaves poisonous?

    ok thank you! I thought they were nightshades but just found out they’re a whole separate family
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    Squash leaves poisonous?

    So I know that some plants are toxic to chickens, and my hens will usually leave my garden alone when they’re free-ranging, but today one of them grabbed a tiny bite of a squash leaf and ate it (it really wasn’t much, only like a square inch, if that). I was just wondering if/how much of the...
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    Fluff on olive egger’s head

    So I’ve noticed my 7-8 week old olive egger chick has developed a little poof on her head, and I was just wondering if anyone thinks she’ll have this as an adult as well. I hope she does, it’s super cute. I know that olive eggers aren’t an “official breed” so characteristics are a bit different...
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