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    Hen or Roo? There's a few suspicious few! 🧐

    Before getting into the details of my little baby bock bocks, and considering that the speed and placement of feathering can indicate if a chick is male or female, I have a specific question-- do smaller hens maybe feather faster, while hens who end up larger take longer to fully feather? The...
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    Lonely red hen.

    I adopted two red hens from a neighbor who was moving, they were the only two he had, and they were maybe a year old. A few months later adopted two barred rocks each about 18 months to 2 years old, and they came from a larger flock (and were handled a lot less.) One of the red hens passed, and...
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    Misshaped Egg

    The insides where mostly, if not all, whites. Also seemed more watery? It was hard to tell. I should have photographed next to my thumb for size context but it was small. She’s probably 2 and a half years old. I don’t know exactly as I kind of absorbed her from a friend of a friend and there...
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    Misshaped Egg

    It was mostly, if not all, whites. It was hard to tell though. But all are acting and laying normal now! One of my barred rock hens, Poppy, gets very, very easily stressed and has trouble adjusting to any change at all. I had recently adjusted their sleeping space for the warmer weather and...
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    Misshaped Egg

    It isn’t rubbery. I’ve had a hen (not this one) lay a lash egg before and this seems different. It feels hard like a normal egg. None of my hens have been showing any obvious signs of anything wrong.
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    Misshaped Egg

    It’s not rubbery. Not a lash egg. I’ve had one of those before with a different hen. It feels like a normal egg it’s just… this shape.
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    Misshaped Egg

    What does this mean?!
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    Eye Injury + Balance Issues

    After a year and half of having backyard chickens and no problems with predators, it happened the other night (we think a raccoon). My partner and I woke up to a horrible sound and immediately grabbed the flashlights and went towards it. Flash forward and all hens were alive but one sustained...
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    Bad Eye Injury

    This is helpful info! Can I ask if her balance or movements were compromised while she was healing? I have a hen that sustained more than one injury from a predator. She’s seen a vet and has meds for the other wounds and he said her eye should heal ok. But I’m not sure he was able to witness...
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    Meet Pepper and Poppy

    My Poppy and Pepper are great! They make some crazzzzzy noises compared my two red hens. They also had to “survive” an extensive *hazing* phase from the red hens. 🙄🙃 It took forever but they all get along now. Hope your Pepper and Poppy are doing well! I saw in a post further down the thread...
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    Chicken with one eye closed, now very inactive, not eating or drinking very much.

    Curious what happened next! A predator attacked my chickens and one has a swollen shut eye and is also having trouble getting at her food. I took her to the vet and was told she should heal well with rest and anti-biotics. She’s drinking liquids ok, and she shows interest in food, her aim is...
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    Meet Pepper and Poppy

    oh my gosh... A few months ago I adopted a two barred rocks and named them these *exact* same names! haha!
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    Hello!

    I finally joined this site after visiting regularly for like, a whole year!!
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