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    Emergency! Chicken Bleeding From Nose

    My chicken is a 3 year old wyandotte who began acting strangely roughly 2 days ago. She's been lethargic, puffing out her feathers, and not eating properly. I have not been able to inspect her poop as of yet. The strangest symptom is blood coming from her nose, but there is no injury to her...
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    Hawk!!

    It's not unusual for a hawk to have no fear, this hawk I'm dealing with has literally flown straight at me and I had to duck. Shiny things, fake owls, the only real way to deal with hawks is cover. You can try training your hens to take cover by scooching them into the bushes while making a...
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    Hawk!!

    Look at this smug guy. This kid barely got his adult feathers and my chickens are twice his size. He's been coming around for months now, since he was a juvenile. He really wants to eat my girls. I cannot stress this enough, GET A COVERED RUN! If you don't have one, make one. This youngster...
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    Impacted Crop Advice

    Yes, about the magnesia, turns out laxatives are a no go,I thought laxatives and stool softeners were the same, I was wrong. I don't have coconut oil, so I'll use olive oil. Maybe I can get a video of her getting a massage, she doesn't stay still for pictures.
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    Impacted Crop Advice

    Crop disorders being symptomatic of reproductive issues makes a lot of sense.... she is 9 months old and has only laid 3 eggs. She doesn't lay eggs,and 2 of the 3 were soft shelled.
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    Impacted Crop Advice

    One of my hens has an impacted and pendulous crop. So far I haven't fed her in 24 hours in hopes the impaction would pass (it hasn't). I gave her oregano oil which she hated and I have been giving her massages. I suspect it's been 3 days that her crop has been impacted. Her crop is one solid but...
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    Red ears, but white eggs??

    I looked it up, some mixed BR will have very light eggs, I compared hers to a store bought, it's really similar in color, nearly identical! I don't know if my eyes can tell the difference.
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    Red ears, but white eggs??

    My BR just started laying, and her eggs are white. I'm just a bit shocked,I know there are a few breeds that don't follow the red ears=colored eggs, white ears=white eggs rule. However barred rocks shouldn't be in that category, right? It's pretty neat! Does anyone know how this could happen? As...
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    What's this on her comb?

    that's kinda what i figured, thankfully it isn't usually lethal
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    What's this on her comb?

    Some information, she is a year old laying hen, she seems to be eating and drinking, but her laying has slowed down. It has been very hot where I live (SoCal) and very dry. I noticed her comb had weird little growths or warts on them this morning. She has not laid yet today, but I don't think...
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    guess that cross.. unfortunately.

    the give away that they're mixed is the leg color, a true cream legbar would not have yellow legs. that aside... sometimes mixing isn't just from the previous gen but could go back father to chicken grandparents. so who knows what they're mixed with lol. i have a SLW with pink/ white legs that...
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    If you could create a breed or a variety of a breed, what would you make?

    any color variant of the barred gene, like red barring or blue/red barring in the same vain of blue laced red wyandottes. a barred chicken with wacky colors would be cool
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    Possible hackle feathers?

    So taking pictures of chickens is hard....As far as full bodies go the feathers look VERY new they are not that visible yet, but the neck feathers are very shiny
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    Possible hackle feathers?

    This is my "rhode island red" that is really some kind of production red and is about 12 weeks old. Their neck is very shiny and I noticed some weird things on its neck. I poked around and noticed they were growing new feathers! I think they might be a cockerel. They new feathers are a richer...
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    My chicken ate glass

    I'm pretty upset about the whole thing, glass bottles is a recent thing, but they used to dump their grease from their grill into our yard, which my dog would eat and get sick. After they had been talked to about it they stopped but this is just so dangerous. I try to solve things without police...
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