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    Hen with discolored wattles and swollen throat

    I have a hen that has bluish wattles and a swollen throat. It has been 4 days since I have noticed this. She is a leghorn and is still eating, drinking, and acting normal. A few friends said maybe fowl cholera, but I don't think so. If it is cholera, wouldn't she have died by now or be...
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    Hen with discolored wattles and swollen throat

    I have a hen that has bluish wattles and a swollen throat. It has been 4 days since I have noticed this. She is a leghorn and is still eating, drinking, and acting normal. A few friends said maybe fowl cholera, but I don't think so. If it is cholera, wouldn't she have died by now or be...
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    City of Dalton, GA Concidering ordinance to allow hens

    Come on people we need more votes! I just voted (#186) and so far it is 57.53% Yes and 41.94% No. That is way to close. Even if you don't live in Dalton please go vote. This could pave the way for other counties to accept chickens.
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    Heat Lamp bulb died, using regular bulb

    Thanks. I did notice last night that they finally settled down to sleep. But they are definitely more active, running around their brooder and looking so much more alert. I was thinking of just turning it off for a little while during the day so it wouldn't be so bright all the time. Didn't...
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    Newbie here, have a few questions

    We had one chick to hatch out on a Tuesday (the other eggs did not hatch). We then got 8 more chicks that Saturday, 2 of these chicks were a week old and the other 6 were a day old. Brought them home and placed them in with our lonely chick. Everyone is doing great. I did notice that the few...
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    Heat Lamp bulb died, using regular bulb

    My red heat lamp bulb finally blew. I didn't have another so am using a regular household 100watt bulb. It seems to be working for the time being, but I have a question. It is much brighter than the red bulb and the chicks seem much more active (although this could be that they are just...
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    ~2 weeks 2 days old... any idea on what breed/sex?

    They look a lot like my baby new hampshire red that I got last week. She is 2 weeks old now. Here is a pic of her at a week old: (she is the one eating out of the feeder)
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    So guess what happens when you volunteer - you bring home chicks

    I was told golden comet. My New Hampshire Red is to the right eating food. She is a week old whereas the comets are 2 days old. Hence the size difference.
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    So guess what happens when you volunteer - you bring home chicks

    I volunteered today at the "Chicken Stimulus Package" event in Roswell Ga. The event was organized by the Chicken Whisperer. We were handing out free chicks and information. Anyways, I expected to bring home 2 chicks to keep my one lonely chick company (only had 1 of my 3 eggs to hatch this...
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    Young Rooster beating up older hen

    No he is bigger. And I already have one of those dog crates. Just have to get it cleaned up and put outside. Do you think it will be okay to still have him close by? I could understand if noone was getting along with her, but the other hens could really care less. I have seen one of them...
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    I can't take it anymore!

    countrybum: How horrible that you lost all that time and money. tellynpeep: I know what you mean. I am fighting off the urge for now. Although I am going tomorrow to a chicken meet and they are handing out 2 free chicks per family. Its to promote having backyard chickens. The chicken...
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    Young Rooster beating up older hen

    My only problem is I want/need to let the hens out each day to free range (pen area is big enough for them all but why should they be punished?) and they need to be able to get back in to their nest to lay eggs. So I will have to get him out. But it is good to know that maybe I can put him...
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    Has anybody else had a problem with TSC's Dumor Finisher/Grower?

    What kind of prices do you pay at the fannin co coop for a 50lb bag of laying pellets? Just wondering because if it beats my stores prices I might just have to take a road trip. "" I would love to have an excuse to go to Blue Ridge, used to live half way between there and Ellijay. Beautiful.
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    I can't take it anymore!

    well I did it. I candled them. Still don't know. They are green eggs and hard to see into, I see the air sac but can't really see if one has pipped into the air sac. There was no movement or noise while I had them out. When I candled on day 6 and 12 I saw embreyos and then on day 18 I saw...
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    Young Rooster beating up older hen

    I have a year old rooster that has 8 one year old hens in with him. I got an 8 year old hen from a friend about 3 weeks ago and my roo won't stop beating up on her. He won't let her out of the coop and will even go into the coop to peck at her if she comes to close to the doorway. She won't...
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