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    Moving Chicks & Mom into Coop

    Hi! Our chicks (2) are now 4 weeks old and currently have 6 hens and one rooster. We do not free range due to predators but we have a large enclosed run. This is our 2nd round of chicks and I honestly can’t remember what we did last time LOL. We are planning on moving them in at 5 weeks old so...
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    4 week old chicks 🐤

    Hi! I am curious to get some input on what gender these chicks are? Also some key indicators to look for to know what makes the difference between a hen and rooster this young! Thank you!
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    Baby Chicks 🐤

    These two chicks are about a week and a half old…any idea on gender or when you start to know?
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    HELP!!! Hen breathing hard, not roosting, something internal?

    Yes and couldn’t find much that was specifically to what is going on. This morning she was running around and acting normal 🤷🏼‍♀️
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    HELP!!! Hen breathing hard, not roosting, something internal?

    Hi everyone, Our chicken named Peppers is not roosting and is sitting on the floor breathing very hard. She seemed perfectly fine a few hours ago before they went to bed. She is apart of our second group of chickens that were hatched from our flock about 2 years ago. We have 6 hens and one...
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    one of hen’s eyes closed

    okay thanks so much! she doesn’t really like people touching her, let alone holding her, do you think since she’s taking care of the chicks/sitting a lot i can just quickly do it while she’s sitting?
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    one of hen’s eyes closed

    oh!! we don’t know if she might’ve been protecting her chicks and got in a fight or if it’s from helping her chicks and they got her eye?
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    one of hen’s eyes closed

    my chicken has been brooding and recently the chicks have hatched, last night we went out there and she had her first chick but her right eye was closed. she had a feather around her eye so i tried to gently take it off but it was stuck on her eye. any help?!? i know the pictures not the best...
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    who’s egg is this??

    hello! i collected our eggs this afternoon and saw one that is awful white but we don’t have white egg layers...i’m curious whose egg it is? here’s our chickens: cinnamon queen black australorp welsummer red jungle fowl barnevender buff orphington i’m assuming is our buff orphington...
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    bald spot on my chickens head?! not molting

    i’m going to guess our “lead chicken” she’s only had a problem pecking one of our chickens and we had to get rid of her for many reasons :(( she’s a cinnamon queen and the only one that’s molting right now
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    bald spot on my chickens head?! not molting

    hi guys, I went out to see my chickens today and noticed that one of my chickens has a bald spot on her head. She is not molting but I do have one chicken who has been molting these last two weeks. She is the lead chicken which makes me concerned that she might be pecking her in order for her to...
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    all of my chickens in the coop!!

    hi!! recently my chickens have been in the coop in the middle of the day! i’m from washington so right now it starts to get dark at around 4:30 but i went to go see my chickens last week at around one and they were all inside of the coop just standing there, not on the roost or anything. Today I...
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    deterring pecking

    how long do you let them wear them ?
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    chicken bully’s and putting chickens back together

    hi thank you for your input! the coop is 6x6x7’high and the run is Run is 18’x6. that leads it to be 106 ft.² which is 15 ft.² for each bird... we already have a roost and attached swing in the run as well as other things I listed above.
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    chicken bully’s and putting chickens back together

    hi thank you for your input! the coop is 6x6x7’high and the run is Run is 18’x6. that leads it to be 106 ft.² which is 15 ft.² for each bird... we already have a roost and attached swing in the run as well as other things I listed above.
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