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    Chickens sound like they have Colds

    Hello Everyone, I have a flock of 23 chickens and 2 of them sound like they're making cold-like noises when they breathe. When the larger hen tries to make noise, it sounds high pitched, dry, and choppy. Almost like a wheeze. We've been having rain and cold temperatures for at least a week now...
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    Scalped Speckled Sussex! (with a gash in her lower chest area as well)

    I am too. I still cry whenever I think about her. :'(
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    Scalped Speckled Sussex! (with a gash in her lower chest area as well)

    Hi everyone, the gash in Dellie's chest was much deeper than we thought, and the raccoon had cut into her abdomen... there wasn't any saving her. I loved/love that chicken very much, and she died painlessly while she was in a deep sleep. I'm currently grieving for her, and am deeply sorry that...
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    Scalped Speckled Sussex! (with a gash in her lower chest area as well)

    For us, our main hope is that she just gets to live a long life. We don't care if she lays eggs or anything, we kind of just want to do ANYTHING but euthanize her, but if she's suffering in vain, we might have to. We fear that it hurts to open her jaw to eat, so we're having a bird vet come over...
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    Scalped Speckled Sussex! (with a gash in her lower chest area as well)

    It's sort of a complicated set-up, where we have two separate coops but they basically share this entire fenced off back area of our yard. We need two coops because one flock is 1 year old, and the other is 3-4 months old, but we're planning on moving them into the big coop because they're...
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    Scalped Speckled Sussex! (with a gash in her lower chest area as well)

    Hello everyone, I'm emotionally drained, tired, and hoping that somebody out there thinks that there is hope for my 3-4 month old Speckled Sussex hen. I'll start from the beginning: Last night, I was sitting at my computer and my sister came out and told me that she heard squawking. We rushed...
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    Comment by 'Jamie Stone' in item 'Ameraucana'

    The eggs are one of my favorite parts! I've become accustomed to getting a very light green eggs, my Ameraucana doesn't lay blue eggs. :(
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    Review by '' on item 'Ameraucana'

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    Hi everyone!

    Okay, thank you for this info Michael.
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    Hi everyone!

    Hi Michael! Thanks for the feedback, live in Washington, so Winter is usually very dark, and very cold. So the Leghorns wouldn't lay best here, haha. I've pretty much decided on the 5 hens I want so far, all are different breeds, I've decided to add in the Barred Rock again because I've heard...
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    Hi everyone!

    Yeah, that's very true. I'll look into those links more as well, they look very helpful. :)
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    Hi everyone!

    Hello guys, thank you very much for all of the warm welcomes! I was barely expecting any replies at all, but the community on this site seems to be very open, helpful, and friendly to everyone. I get the chicks on Friday, I have everything set up for them, I'm just researching all of the breeds...
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    Hi everyone!

    Hello everyone, I'm Jamie. I'm just starting out in chickens and thought this website would give me lots of helpful pointers on how to raise them, though I already have a pretty good understanding after doing lots of research and talking to people about them. I can't wait to meet some of you on...
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