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    Motionless hen with no obvious injury, help please!

    Hi All, I went out to my hens this morning to find a previously (I think) healthy 1 year old Wyandotte sitting still in the run, not moving or running over when I came in with treats. I watched for awhile, then picked her up, turned her over, which she didn't resist. Set her back down, still...
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    Blue Sapphire Broody??

    Hi All, I hope you are well and staying safe. As I'm sure you know, there is a huge demand for chicks during this time in our country. I feel so grateful to have laying chickens and would like to get some more. I've only kept chickens for about a year, and though I love all of my initial...
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    A broody in every nest box!

    Hi all! As a first time chicken keeper, I selected my chicks in spring with a mind toward temperament, appearance and egg size/color. I didn’t even know what a broody hen was, so I ignored that column in all the chicken selection charts! I have 10 beautiful, healthy girls but for the last week...
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    Wet head in winter

    Thanks! I live outside of Portland Oregon. Wet and rainy most of the winter but only a dozen or more nights that are below freezing. Almost never below freezing during the day. I’m curious… Why is the heat not good for them? It’s not central heat, I just have one heat lamp in a 10’ x 10‘’...
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    Wet head in winter

    Thanks! I live outside Portland Oregon. Horticulture Zone 8, rarely snows but damp and rainy with a dozen or more days a year with freeze below zero. I use a 5 gal bucket with those little auto fill poultry cups attached (I’m sure that’s not the accurate term!) I’ll look into a waterer with...
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    Wet head in winter

    :frowHi there! Both of my Salmon Faverolles have bill abnormalities and the feathers under them are always wet from drinking... like a baby with a wet bib from drooling. They used to mostly dry overnight when they roosted. But now that it’s winter and they never get an opportunity to “dry out”...
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    Loose poop a problem?

    Thanks again! The obvious strings in the picture are actually pieces of straw from the nesting boxes (I was cleaning and some dropped there), but there are small white specs in the poop. I’ll try the Wazine since I have it, then treat with Safeguard down the line if no improvement. Your help is...
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    Loose poop a problem?

    Thanks!! I’ll check it out more closely. If I need to worm should I use Wazine?
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    Loose poop a problem?

    Hello all and Happy Almost New Year! I’m turning again to my favorite community for some health assessment and advise. The past few weeks I’ve noticed some atypical poops on the poop board. Most are still normal in appearance, so I think it is just one of my girls who I’ve was able to identify...
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    Sussex spending hours in the nest box... no egg!

    Thanks for the reassurance!!
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    Sussex spending hours in the nest box... no egg!

    Thanks!! That’s the reassurance I needed!!
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    Sussex spending hours in the nest box... no egg!

    Hey there! I am only 22 weeks into keeping my first flock of chickens, still a newbie! Five of the ten are laying and all are doing well. I wanted to find out who was laying the new, enormous, larger-than-commercial brown eggs, so we set up a coop cam (trail cam). Today I saw my Speckled Sussex...
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    Comment by 'HamletAndEggs' in item 'Faverolles'

    Silly is right! I have two Salmon Favs and they are both a total hoot!! They are fun, active, social, and noisy! (Doesn’t bother us!) While the other hens coo, cackle, and cluck the Favs kind of honk! They are definitely at the bottom of the pecking order (not going to win any awards for...
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    Comment by 'HamletAndEggs' in item 'Dominique'

    We got our day-old chicks from a local farm store here in Oregon. Their famous “Chicken Lady” who is in her 80s and been working with poultry for 50+ years suggested that we get a Dominique instead of a Barred Rock. “Much nicer!!” she told us. New to keeping chickens, we followed her advice and...
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    Comment by 'HamletAndEggs' in item 'Welsummer'

    Love, love, love my Welsummer. Great layer, sweet and friendly, but mellow as well. I love her temperament. She’s easy-going with the rest of the flock and also with us. I will definitely get more Welsummers in the future.
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