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    Chicken with weird lump on back, feather loss - pictures

    I have two Rhode Island Red cross birds, both female & about 2 years old. One of the hens has a weird red lump towards her tail, about 1.5cm in length & 5mm in diameter. It is like a round nodule, & around this area her feathers are lacking fluff near the base where the feather meets the skin...
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    Chickens looking a bit skinny

    Hey there, this is my first winter with my two Rhode Island Red cross breed hens, who are now about 10 months old. I live in London where the temperture has been dropping to around -3, -4 degress Centigrade recently, with a little bit of snow. The two hens reside in a coop with an elevated...
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    Run out of chick feed - help!

    I need a bit of help - we have run out of chick crumbs & our order of a new bag hasn't arrived in time. I only have a few chicks so not too many mouths to feed, but don't want them going hungry today. Is there anything I can feed them as a temporary measure? They are about 3 weeks old &...
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    Runny chick poo!

    Wow, thanks! Never before have I looked so intently at a page of poo...
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    Runny chick poo!

    Hey, I am a new mother to two Rhode Island Red chicks, I've never had chickens before so am a little nervous! The two chicks are about 2 weeks old & are living in a homemade brooder inside my house. They are both quite chirpy, but one occasionally passes quite runny poo compared to the other...
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