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    Henrietta Red with Black Folded over comb

    I will do my best this morning.
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    Henrietta Red with Black Folded over comb

    Oh, and the black on her beak is not dirt
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    Henrietta Red with Black Folded over comb

    Thank you. I didn’t know that about the feathers. I hope she is just starting to molt. When we got home from church I noticed she is gasping.
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    Henrietta Red with Black Folded over comb

    Months ago we inherited 6 chickens. 3 had lost some feathers and just didn’t look right. They were not well taken care of. Egg production has been spotty at best. Now, 5 appear to be bouncing back nicely although I still don’t have a lot of eggs. But this one poor girl. I don’t know what to do...
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    chickens not laying eggs...

    It has rained and rained here as well and my egg production has fallen off too. When its not raining it is HOT (Southeast Texas). I have started giving them probiotics and electrolytes on alternate days and that seems to help. When it quit raining for a few days and they were able to lay out in...
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    How to get free range birds in coop

    My chickens have a coop inside an enclosure and a nice open run in our yard. It took me a couple of weeks to not have to usher all my chickens in. Then I could stand in the enclosure with sunflower seeds or something and all but one would come. I always had to go get the one. But tonight, I got...
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    Hidden Chick

    I use pine shavings now but I don’t know what the person who had them before me used.
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    Hidden Chick

    Will do. I read another article about it and one of the obvious symptoms seems to be “penguin foot” or what I would call pigeon foot. I don’t see any of that but will keep a lookout for it.
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    Hidden Chick

    Yes. This is most likely what it was. I have had no more of them and all my hens look healthy. Thank you so much.
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    Hidden Chick

    Oh my goodness. Yes, that looks like it. No, I didn’t dissect it. I would have no idea which chicken it is either. They all act healthy.
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    Hidden Chick

    That was my question. I don’t know where it came from. It was really weird. I should have taken a picture.
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    Hidden Chick

    Oh. Sorry. As far as I know they never had chicks.
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    Hidden Chick

    Unfortunately I did not take a picture. Yes, she had been sitting in the nesting box every day but not continuously. It was always empty when no chickens were in the box.
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    Hidden Chick

    We received six 3-yr old Rhode Island Red hens from a friend. We did not take their rooster and don’t have one of our own. 5 days later I went to check for eggs and found what appeared to be a pink, hard, nearly mummified chick. My friend said a hen could have hidden it under her wing and...
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    New member here.

    I’m from south Texas and have never had chickens. Dogs I know. Cats I know. I even know horses. I don’t know chickens. I’m here to learn.
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