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    Young rooster won't sleep inside

    Hi chicken keepers! I have 9 chickens. 2 older hens (over 2 years), 6 pullets (17-19 weeks old) and 1 19 week-old rooster. I have a "safe" coop that the chickens sleep in. It's not that large (maybe about 18 sq. feet, but has 3 rows of 2x4s--plenty of room for sleeping). They have a very large...
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    17 weeks and I actually like the rooster?

    Meet Mr. Penguin!
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    17 weeks and I actually like the rooster?

    I just want to share this. . . I have beeen raising chickens for a little less than 2 years. In our first flock we had 4 hens and 1 accidental rooster (we decided to gamble with "unsexed" barred rocks at TSC and got a BSL cockerel). He ended up being HUGE (towered over the hens) and mean. By 20...
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    What's a normal amount of soft shell eggs?

    Thanks! I have all of that so that is very helpful!
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    What's a normal amount of soft shell eggs?

    Ok. . . so I am definitely using this term wrong. These are soft shell or shell-less eggs. The shell just looks like a soft sack. The inside is normal.
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    What's a normal amount of soft shell eggs?

    I have 2 hens that lay every day and are about a 16 months old (and 10 pullets but they're not important here). One of the hens, a starlight green egger, has been having about one shell-less a month for the last four months. Is that relatively normal? I'll go to check and she'll either have an...
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    Is this mareks?

    Ok thank you. She doesn't have any other signs of Marek's, so I'm still hopeful. I will try some supplements. It's weird, she did that for about 30 minutes, but since then has been normal. I noticed because another (older) chick pecked her a few times. She's been free ranging the last few...
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    Is this mareks?

    She was fine yesterday. Just started doing this an hour ago. 11-12 week old EE (and her rooster who is upset I just separated her). Can it be something else? I posted this and now she’s walking around (pacing rhe cage I just put her in) but I’m worried.
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    Will cockerels sing an egg song?

    I am also leaning towards cockerel. Honestly I would love it if this chicken does warnings calls. The last cockerel we had just constantly attacked the dogs.
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    Will cockerels sing an egg song?

    This is my 10-11 week old EE named Penguin. I have been thinking for a few weeks that Penguin was a cockerel (behavior, bigger comb, red splashes all over, and looks like they might be getting saddle feathers). Today I was startled by a loud egg song….very distinct….very “egg song”! So I went...
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    Injured chick

    Just to update--after a week of steady decline, she died. The last 24 hours I didn't really expect her to keep living. There has been no other sickness in the flock. I had 2 days of some bloody poop from another (not sure which) chick, but that's gone away with a week of corid.
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    Injured chick

    So I've been giving her corid for a day, and a little drop to the rest of the flock. She looks the same--sleeping all day, unless I force her to drink. She drinks a bit, kind of moves her head rapidly side to side for a sec (I don't know what this is even after much googling), then has diarrhea...
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    Injured chick

    Poop is runny but no blood.i can get corid.
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    Injured chick

    So this is day 3 and she is now sleeping while standing (instead of laying down). She will drink TINY amounts of water if I force her, and has not eaten that I can see. She's still in a cage by herself with a blanket which she doesn't leave. When I make her drink she fights me a little (which...
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    Injured chick

    Hi- this is the next morning, and she is awake but barely moving (basically she responds if I move her in some way but that’s it). She will drink little bits of water or Gatorade only if I manually dip her beak in it. Not eating. She had a couple runny poops. Is this a normal part of shock after...
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