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    is injured chicken broody?

    I need advice on how to identify a broody chciken, so I know if I should worry aout my injured chicken I have a young chicken, who has been laying for around a month. She is pretty good, and lays at least 6 days a week. This week by dogs got hold of her, and made a real mess of her. I was...
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    rhode island red 16 weeks, he or she?

    My rhode island red, who is Very difficult to photo as he/she does not keep still, looks suspiciously rooster like to me. He/she has just recovered from fowl pox, and as a result is very very skinny, which might add to the aperance of being all legs. However that comb is pretty big, and that...
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    how do I treat sinus infection

    It is not a sinus infection, it is fowl pox. It is much much worse now, but with any luck we may be over the worst. My koekoek is also showing signs of it. Question: if noth hens have pox, is there any point keeping them isolated/separated?
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    how do I treat sinus infection

    I am new to backyard chicken keeping. I have two two month old chicks, A Potchestroom Koekoek (which I imagine no-one will have heard of as it is a South African cross breed) and a rhode island red. Yesterday I noticed the rhode island red had a lump on t he side of her face. I did some...
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