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    drowning question

    I just got my chicks yesterday, researched drowning and adding rocks in the water and figured it'd probably be okay, but that I should get some clear rocks/marbles when I went to the shop today. I just woke up to find the loveliest of the chicks dead in the centimeter of water in our...
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    First Time With Chicks!

    Hi - we currently have 5 backyard hens and will be getting another 5 chicks. I have some basic questions for you more experienced folks: 1. Does it matter if the chicks are all different varieties (but all the same age). Will they get along worse than if they were all the same? 2. Will a...
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    Can illness change egg color?

    Update -- We've started getting white eggs again this week. I think our Easter Egger (ex-Ameracauna ;-) has started laying - I suspect whatever illness she had stopped her egg-laying and now, 4 months later, she's started up again! I'm glad we gave her a chance...
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    Araucana? Ameracauna? Easter Egger? Something else entirely?

    Easter Egger it is then! I just got her from a friend who sells eggs at our farmers market, I don't think they were very particular about breed... I actually think she's my weirdest looking bird with a long neck and silly puffs of feathers around her ears. Thank you for her ID!
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    Araucana? Ameracauna? Easter Egger? Something else entirely?

    I was told she was an Araucana and would lay blue eggs, but her eggs were cream colored - so - based on her looks, some google searching led me to think she was maybe an Ameracauna. Then this happened: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=436447 and it was suggested she's...
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    Can illness change egg color?

    We have six chickens -- 4 black sex-links, 1 ameraucana, and 1 wyandotte. They are all about 9 months old. When they started laying in July and August, I would get 4 brown eggs, 1 tan egg (from the wyandotte) and 1 cream colored egg from the Ameraucana. Then in October, the Ameraucana became...
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    What ails my chickie?

    She's still hanging in there... her walking is getting better, though she's still hobbling around and not wanting to eat... just a few nibbles of corn or oatmeal. She does drink water (and chicken broth) though, so her poo may be watery simply because she's not getting much food. There's...
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    What ails my chickie?

    Our Ameraucana pullet (about 7 months old) is sick. She'd been laying for about two months now, but stopped last week. At that time I noticed she seemed a little lethargic... but then she refused to get up and refused all food and water and I frankly thought she wasn't going to make it. I...
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    Newbie question about sick hen (possible egg bound?)

    I'm afraid the chicken was dead when we got up this morning... A quick autopsy didn't reveal anything. We actually didn't see any eggs at all.
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    Newbie question about sick hen (possible egg bound?)

    She's definitely laid her first eggs (or else somebody regularly lays 2 a day). .I looked at her vent -- I can't say I know what they ought to look like, but this was open wide and had what looked like egg yolk around it. Also, there were small pinkish colored insects - about 1 mm long around...
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    Newbie question about sick hen (possible egg bound?)

    Hi, We've only had chickens for a few weeks. One of our black-sex linkeds has been sick since yesterday. She's about 6 months old. She sits huddled by herself, sometimes going into her nest. She pumps her tail a lot and is covered in white chicken poo (at least I think that's what it is)...
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    Runs, raccoons and redwoods

    Hi, we are building our first coop/chicken run and have a question for you experienced folks out there. We live in a raccoon infested area. Our run is approx 12ft x 16ft x 6 ft. We screwed in (and buried about a foot deep) 1/2 inch hardware cloth. But what kind of material do we use on the...
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    Hi from Southern Oregon

    Hi! I've been wanting to raise backyard chickens for the past 5 years and we've finally given notice on our rental and have just bought a new house. Our town allows up to 6 hens and our new property will be just perfect for a small backyard coop. I'm excited and clueless, so thank you for...
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