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    Which Breed is best?

    Hi All, I am moving to Idaho where the temperatures range from 110 degrees in the summer time to 10 degrees in the winter. Which breed of bird(s) can acclimate to both extremes? I definitely don't want to lose any birds to weather related issues - I would feel horrible. Thanks for your help...
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    Winter chicken sweaters

    Late this summer I had a bout of mites and one of my little girls plucked all of her wing feathers off. Now it's cold and she has bare little wings and I am worried about frost bite in her wings. Has anyone made a "chicken jacket" so that the wings are covered? I know that limits her ability to...
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    Sour Crop

    One of my chickens has sour crop and I have read an article about using Monistat to help clear this issue. I just wanted to double check that I would feed my chicken a suppository to my chicken? Can anyone verify this or recommend another remedy for sour crop?
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    Sour crop

    One of my chickens has sour crop and I have read an article about using Monistat to help clear this issue. I just wanted to double check that I would feed my chicken a suppository to my chicken? Can anyone verify this or recommend another remedy for sour crop?
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    Broody or egg bound?

    Her breast has been bare of feathers but that is not a new development. She has been chested for about two months. She was also in her nest and I went to pat her and it sounded like she was purring like a cat. Not sure what this sound means.
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    Broody or egg bound?

    I have a year and a half barred rock who within the last day or so has refused to leave her nest. She will only drink water if I bring it to her in the nest. I can pat and hold this chicken which is very unusual for her. She is usually my most skiddish chicken. Whenever I take her out of the...
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    Silly chickens

    I have two hens who that will only nest in one certain nest. These past few weeks they have been nesting at the same time, in the same nest!?! Is this normal? I worry about them because we are mid-90s when they are doing this. Has this happened with anyone else?
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    What's Up?

    I have a golden comet who is about 22 weeks old. She has starting to lay inconsistently, for about two weeks, but has produced great "normal" eggs, hard shell, beautiful golden yolks. In the last few days I have been finding soft shell or broken eggs all over the yard. Today, I watched her lay...
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    What is going on with my barred rock?!?

    I have a year and a half barred rock who looks WEIRD, and I need to know what's going on. She has lost all of her neck feathers and they aren't growing back, she has clumped up poo around her butt and is starting to lose the feathers around the vent. She also has a red spot (I am assuming it's...
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    What's going on with my barred rock?!

    I have a year and a half barred rock who looks WEIRD, and I need to know what's going on. She has lost all of her neck feathers and they aren't growing back, she has clumped up poo around her butt and is starting to lose the feathers around the vent. She also has a red spot (I am assuming it's...
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    Hot weather and Chickens

    I have not been using electrolytes. I will give that a shot. Is it something I can make on my own or need to be purchased at a store?
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    Hot weather and Chickens

    It has been a very warm summer so far here in Colorado and I am worried about my chickens. We have had about 3-4 days in the mid-90s and have 4-5 more days in the mid-90s before we get a small cool down to the 80s. I have a barred rock who is consistently panting throughout the day and am...
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    New egg layer - weird egg

    Thank you so much for everyone's input. My littler layer has since solidified her eggs on a consistent daily routine.
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    New egg layer - weird egg

    More pics of the same egg
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    New egg layer - weird egg

    I have received some weird looking eggs and I am thinking that they are from a comet. Are these "normal" looking "starter eggs"?
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