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    Are these eye sockets an indication of a sickness?

    The other eye looks the same. She was around several roosters.
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    Are these eye sockets an indication of a sickness?

    Help¡!¡! I just acquired this hen from a local backyard flock. She is about 6months and we are wondering if she is maybe sick. Have you ever seen eye sockets like this on a hen?
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    Hello Chicken Experts! My wife and I thought that it would be fun to save two Bantam Brahma chicks. Can you tell if they are Dark or light?

    Wow! We feel pretty lucky. Now we just have to hope one is not a rooster 😏
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    Hello Chicken Experts! My wife and I thought that it would be fun to save two Bantam Brahma chicks. Can you tell if they are Dark or light?

    So we are hoping that they are dark. We are pretty sure that they are Buff Brahma. We saved them from the RK as they are probably getting a little older and were the last two. Can you help us identify?
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    Hatched chicks looks like intestines hanging out?

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    Just hatched baby chick care questions.

    As an update we had three chicks hatch. Alex, the black one to hatch first, is a rooster full Barred Rock, and we have a BYM (Barred Rock and EE) Hope that have survived. There was an unfortunate incident on a rainy night where we had one chick and a hen get attacked. We were able to save the...
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    Just hatched baby chick care questions.

    hahah, aggressive squirrels
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    Rooster pooping green?

    To me these are symptoms of sour crop
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    Just hatched baby chick care questions.

    I've not had any issues with mice or rats or any other vermin yet. From what I gather, they will eventually find our coop after a few years. I don't keep food in the area, just in my garage. I am going to throw some hardware cloth to block her in at night starting today!
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    Just hatched baby chick care questions.

    I do have some options for chick feeders and waterer. I like to wet the chick food prior to giving, so a gravity feeder isn't up to the task, but I have one I'll use. Thanks for being part of such a welcoming community!
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    Just hatched baby chick care questions.

    I hadn't thought of this! This is a perfect solution! So about the chick feed and water, I need to put that in the nest with the chick?
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    Just hatched baby chick care questions.

    I'm looking for solid advice from our more experienced Chicken parents out there! I just had a baby chick hatch and Helen, our broody hen, is in the coop with the others with her eggs. She still has five potentials and only one has hatched, this is Day 21. Should I isolate her from the others...
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    Newbie chicken owner-Sour crop experience

    After a year I had my first instance of sour crop. I want to lay out what I did last month to help my girl survive. I'll be detailed because my wife and I struggled to find a good way to help her through as the information was all over the place. We read that there was no hope, and she is...
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    Dumb Question about Mixing Breeds...Barred Rock With Spitzhauben

    bump, I have a Barred Rock and Spitz Hen, I'm trying to hatch one now. Does anyone know what it will turn out to look like? Does it have the afro? I hope so.
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    Johnny the Rooster

    The one with the white hairdo is sparkles. I posted them in a reply. My wife knows the name of the specific breed. I'm just the caretaker, and she is one of my favorites!
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