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    Hen being aggressive to other hen..

    I am also having this problem. Only all of my hens are ganging up on one little hen. First one was after her & now most of the others have joined in. We tried isolating the attackers for over 2 weeks, but as soon as we put them back they went right for her. It got so bad that we have separated...
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    Broody Hen Thread!

    One of my hen is broody, and I don't have a rooster. She just sets in the nest box with no eggs. I take her off several times a day, and put her in the hen yard. If I stay there & watch she'll drink & maybe dust bath for a little while & go back to her nest. This has been going on for almost...
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    Chickens attacking one pullet & she hides in hen house.

    My little Frances Ann is being attacked by some of my Barred Rock pullets. I put the two I saw attacking her into tractor during the day & into cage inside hen house at night. Frances Ann is smaller & one of two pullets left from another flock. The Barred Rocks are a year younger, and were...
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    Hen laid strange egg - only about an inch long

    I'm not sure what is wrong with one of my hens. We found tiny egg in nest box. The egg was only about 1 inch long, the shell was rough in texture, and the shell seemed thicker than most shells. I have not cracked it open so I don't know what the inside is like. Has anybody else had this happen...
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    Hen laid little tiny egg.

    One of my hens laid a tiny egg yesterday. I have 7 hens. Two are in their second year of laying, and 5 started laying this winter. All have been laying large eggs. This egg is about inch long. It has a rougher surface - like tiny little grains on the shell. It also seems like the shell is...
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    want to find source to buy chicken I.D. banks in small lots

    I want to buy some I.D. Bands in assorted colors for my chickens. I can only find sources for buying in large 1000 piece lots. I only have 7 chickens & would like to find a source where I could buy only 100 or less. Does anyone know a source? Cheryl
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    Added younger chickens to my flock - food questions

    I recently added 4 new younger chickens to my flock. I had the younger ones on grower pellets, and the older girls are on layer food. Now they all go after each others food. The younger chickens are not yet full grown. They are about 4 months old. Will it hurt them if they eat the layer food?
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    my gold laced wynadotte acting sickly, runny yellow poop.

    Lacy died around dawn this morning. Now I have just the 3 girls left. They look healthy, but I'm so worried that something will happen to another one. Herself
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    my gold laced wynadotte acting sickly, runny yellow poop.

    When it came down to it I can't just stop feeding her. I just feel helpless because she just isn't improving, and I don't what else to do. Herself
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    my gold laced wynadotte acting sickly, runny yellow poop.

    I've still been nursing Lacy inside since 1-28-11, and she has gone down hill. She hasn't been able to stand or sit up stright without a towel propping her up, and I have been feeding her water with vits & electrolyes, & yogert with syringes. I also try to get her to eat a porridge of ground up...
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    my gold laced wynadotte acting sickly, runny yellow poop.

    I brought Lacey inside in the dog crate because she was just standing in the corner of the coop face to the wall everytime I checked her. I cleaned her butt, which looked red & sore around the tail. Now she is just standing in the crate, and hasn't touched the food or water I put in there yet...
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    my gold laced wynadotte acting sickly, runny yellow poop.

    Lacey my little Wynadotte pullet (Approx 7 months) has been puffed up just setting around for a few days new. I thought it was the cold because we had been having extremely cold weather, but this morning she had yellowish poop stuck the feathers near her vent, and there was runny poop on the...
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    Baby its cold out side!

    My Pullets have been outside in their coop with no heating lamp or light, but its suppose to go down to -10 or so with a lot of wind tonight & remain very cold tomorrow so I brought them it & fixed them a spot in the cellar. I have the 4 of them in a large wire dog crate with shavings in the...
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    At Last! OUR FIRST EGG!

    We got our first egg today!! One of the girls laid an egg on the roost. (Now to train them to use the nest.) The egg had frozen & cracked, but it still it very exciting. I think I'll go put one of my antique glass eggs in the nest to encourage them. I didn't expect them to start laying yet...
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    My chickens won't go out in the snow

    We had our first snow here in southern NH Dec 26, and my girls don't like it. Today it wasn't snowing, and the sun was out, but not my girls! They just peek out the pop door! Herself
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