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    Ended Contest #3 Cutest Baby Fowl - 8th Annual BYC Easter Hatchalong

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    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    It's ok if he's production. I'm not looking to breed or show him, just wanted some advice on caring for him since he seems a bit thin and his feathers are poor. I did notice the long neck, perhaps he is crossed with a giraffe. All in all, he's a good roo with a great temperament, and he is...
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    Should I take him?

    Recently, I lost my rooster and 3 of my older hens, leaving me with 16 hens ranging in age from 4 years to 4 months. Since the rooster left, the girls have been wandering, lost without their leader. I bought a year old tame Rhode Island Red rooster for them, and the younger girls have accepted...
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    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    Well, that's a little disappointing but not a deal breaker. He is pretty thin, but he was kept in a tiny space with several other chickens, so not surprising. I will give him supplements, good food, mash, and lots of room to roam and maybe he'll beef up a bit. He is a very tame guy, so that...
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    The Heritage Rhode Island Red Site

    I got what I was told was a 12 month old Heritage RIR last night. He is very tame, and large. It was almost dusk when I got him, so I couldn't see him too well, but today I got a better look. He is very tall, and quite tame, but I am noticing that his feathers are not as full as some of the...
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    How is she still alive?

    Update: I took her to the vet. Because her beak was detached, they had to put her down. He said everything else would have healed, but with the beak broken, he recommended not making her suffer. So that's that.
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    How is she still alive?

    Last night, Mr Raccoon got into my coop for the first time. He got my rooster and three hens, one of which is still alive, although I don't know how. Her comb is gone, her scalp is gone. Her eyes are closed but seem to be there, and she is drinking water very slowly and making little sounds...
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    Dead chick

    This morning when I went to check on my broody hen, I found some broken shell in her nest. I took it out, lifted her up, and found a dead chick under her. It still had a bit of the yolk that was not fully absorbed, so it still had a day or two to incubate. I thought the shell I had found was...
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    Bad, Good, Bad

    I did not, but I'm beginning to think she must have gotten into something, although I don't know what. I have made a thorough search of the coop, barn, and barnyard but found nothing. She had some small white powder on her feet (just a tiny bit) and a bit on her beak. The only thing I have is...
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    Bad, Good, Bad

    I looked under all the feathers as much as I could and found nothing. Seems pretty young to have a heart attack but I suppose it's possible. Just weird. I can't think of anything they may have gotten into that would make her sick. She (he?) was totally fine yesterday. Running around with...
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    Bad, Good, Bad

    Woke up this morning to find that one of my broody's eggs had been broken and the embryo was dead under her. It looks like it only had about a day or two before hatching, so I was bummed. Then happy when I discovered that another had hatched successfully! Cute little puff of chick. Then...
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    Mystery Pest

    For the past several nights, I have had a nightly visitor to the run after the hens are in the coop. This mystery guest loves to eat the food, so I put in in a bin with a lid. The mystery guest tipped the bin over and removed or knocked the lid off, once again enjoying a moonlight buffet. It...
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    Name that predator

    This is gross, but I'm sure you all have seen this before. Here is the baby. Her head and wings are pulled through the fence. She has been partially eaten, not much blood anywhere. Her head was not eaten, but it was pulled off.
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    Name that predator

    I woke up this morning to a dead hen. The coop is a stall in the barn, lined with chicken wire at the top and hardware cloth at the bottom. The attached run in enclosed with welded wire fencing with 2"x4" openings and is covered with aviary netting. The predator went into the coop because...
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    Little Peep joins the flock

    So far, I have bought live chicks and raised them in a brooder. This year, our Golden Laced Wyandotte went broody for the first time. After mysteriously losing her first egg, I popped another hen's egg (Cuckoo Maran) under her, just to make her happy. Little did I know that that egg was...
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