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    Odd Disease Making its Rounds

    Are you able to feel under her chest area like in her belly between her legs? Is it really squishy and kind of soft? If so she might have egg yolk peritonitis. I lost one to that last year and the symptoms were very similar. It seems like a lot of people have this happen but a lot of people...
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    Do you slaughter your laying hens after 2-3 years, or are they pets for you?

    Mine still lay every day in the warmer months that have more daylight as well and they are 3+. That being said, I had 6 to start with and 3 of them have since died of either disease or predation, so when I got my new chicks this year, I did so knowing I may only have 1 or 2 of my originals by...
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    Comment by 'Kentucky girlz' in article 'Chickens in the Garden'

    This is such a great article! i had one big talker, my black Australorp named Zelda. She died recently and i miss those conversations. I'm hoping some of my new babies will start talking, but right now they still run like the devil is chasing them if they see one of the big girls, so we don't...
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    Chicken walks weird but no obvious injuries.

    I just noticed the egg laying there. I had started cleaning the nesting boxed and Joyce (or Joe) hopped over to give me good access to a picture. I didn't want anyone to think my girls lay in the middle like that. Lol another leg picture.
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    Chicken walks weird but no obvious injuries.

    I think it's the angles of my pictures that are making that particular chicken look more mail. I took pictures of the legs and a couple where it's looking at me. I'm almost positive it's a girl. The right leg looks bigger than the left leg to me and it always has. they're both straight though....
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    Chicken walks weird but no obvious injuries.

    I have three 11 week old barred rock chickens and some other breeds along with some 3 year old hens. One of the barred rock chickens has a very strange way of walking she almost hops when she runs. She's done this since she was little. In fact when she was very tiny she would run and kind of...
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    Review by 'Kentucky girlz' in article 'Aggressive Baby Chicks and How to Stop the Behavior'

    Although I read this a little later than I should have as I had one aggressive chick in my bunch, I enjoyed it as a reinforcement that what I did was right. i also think that my aggressive chick is the smartest of the bunch. She was first to figure out how to drink from various waterers...
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    Extreme pecking with integration

    The older ones are 3. I don't have enough room in the run to set up a card table, but i will see what I can come up with. They are mostly free ranging all day, but the babies go back and forth a lot. there are bushes and things for them to explore and hide in/under but they like to go into...
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    Extreme pecking with integration

    I have 4 older hens (1 Golden Comet, 1 Australorp and 2 Wyandottes) I have been trying to integrate my 7 newest chicks to the old girls over the past few weeks. The babies are all pullets and they are 10 weeks old as of May 5th and they are: 3 Barred Rock, 2 Ameracuanas, 2 Buff Orpingtons. i...
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    3 year old Pullet with Spurs and question about NEW babies.

    Thanks! I had no idea about the different names for chickens and Roosters depending on age. the 3 year olds are my first :) I filed her spurs a bit so they weren't super sharp. My new chicks are 7 weeks old. Only one of my hens seems annoyed by them, she's a Golden Laced Wyandotte, she's...
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    Review by '' on item 'Australorp'

    I had 2 Black Australorps and both of them had VERY big personalities. One was the 'runt' of my first flock and she ended up dying early at just 15 months. She was the friendliest chicken we had and would quietly sit on your lap. The other one is still going strong at 3+ years and this one is...
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    3 year old Pullet with Spurs and question about NEW babies.

    First of all, I find this fascinating!! I had no idea this could even happen. My three-year-old golden comet has developed Spurs. I'm going to try totrim them with a dremel tool as shes not aggressive and i don't really think i need to remove them, but just take the edge off. I just absolutely...
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    Barred rock maybe roo?

    so, just a really weird chicken like I thought at first? lol I'll keep an eye on her and make sure my Joyce doesn't turn into a Joe.
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    Barred rock maybe roo?

    I'm having the same question! If I have a Roo, I have to rehome him right away because my city doesn't allow them and I'm just on the county/city line. They are somewhat lenient on my street because we have more space between the houses and we have about 1.5 acres. I have more than allowed on...
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    New Chicks Pecking Eachother

    I have 7 chicks and one of them was pecking the lighter colored ones eyes to the point where it was very aggreaaive, not just regular pecking order stuff. I put her by herself but she seemed really stressed and lonely but after a couple days I tried to put her in with the others and she went...
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