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    How do you Introduce Six 6-Week-Old Chickens to Two Older Guineas...

    I was alway told not to mix guineas and chickens because the guineas will kill them. That even mixing chickens and ducks can sometimes be a toss up. However, if I was going to I would use the “seen and not touch” method at first until there a little older the pullets. If there a little older...
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    Help idk what this is!

    I’m not sure why either. I always just figured they wanted thick fresh feathers for winter. But I could have totally made that up in my head.
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    Help idk what this is!

    I’m in west KY and it’s still about 85 here. None of my other birds besides this rooster bad one Brahma have showed any signs of molting or feather loss.
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    Help idk what this is!

    I was an afraid of feather picking. It hasn’t ever happened before so I’m going to have to keep a sharp eye out for the culprit. He looks so ridiculous with out his tail feather. I let them out in the yard yesterday for some roaming and playing time and he looked like he had been chopped in half.
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    Help idk what this is!

    My rooster lost all of his tail feather and one of my Brahmas lost her feathers in a small circle about an inch below her vent. It’s to early for them to be molting any clue what could have caused this? I have a picture of my roosters area but can’t get a good one of my Brahma hers seems a...
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    How should I add new birds to my flock?

    To your question “I don’t have enough time for what?” I don’t have enough time for baby chicks. That’s why I explained we would be looking for pullets. Baby chicks take a lot of my time to raise. Unfortunately my time is spread pretty thin these days. I just don’t have time to spend 20-30 mins...
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    How should I add new birds to my flock?

    I’m down to 3 hens and 1 rooster and need to beef up my flock again because my girls are currently still not laying any eggs. I won’t be buying chicks because I just don’t have that much time but we have been told we can buy pullets locally and usually at a discount price. I am also thinking...
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    Lost my youngest girl

    This morning I woke up to find my youngest face down in the hen house. I’m not sure what happened she seemed to be fine all week long. We just started letting them back out in the yard because the weather has started to get nice. This is the second time this has happened on the past two months...
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    Teenage Roosters

    I know they are so hard to rehome and I don’t have the heart to turn them out or anything else, but they are causing all sorts of problems in my hen house. I know they have to go.
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    Teenage Roosters

    I have two teenage rooster and that’s two too many for our small flock for four. They’re extremely beautiful I would have to have them go to a good home who would love them or breed them. Our community around here doesn’t really use Craigslist and I haven’t gotten anyone interested in Facebook...
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    Question? Purple ears?

    That would be so cool
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    Question? Purple ears?

    Thank you guys so so much for helping me out! He is currently up for rehousing because we have to many roosters in our flock right now. A lot of people were commenting on how pretty he was so I was going to attach some more photos of him. I’ve also included some pictures of his brother. The only...
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    Question? Purple ears?

    So I have this new rooster he’s about 5 months. He’s a cross between Easter egger and a sliver laced polish. Polish is the daddy. He has purple spots on both sides of his face. Idk if it’s from pecking order or if it’s like his ears? Or some sort of skin disease? I’m going to attach the best...
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    Surprise Chick!

    I walked outside to check on my chickens this evening and to my shock and surprise there was a baby chick! None of my girls have ever been very broody but it looks like they pulled one over on me! I’ve identified the mother and it seems like she doing a good job taking care of her. The other...
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    Body check eggs?

    We went to collect our eggs today and got two misshapen eggs. I did some research and they seem to be “checks”. I don’t really see my girls fighting with each other or anything so I’m wondering if this can be caused by the heat? We are having a small drought and it’s been 90° almost every day...
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