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    Discolored Rooster Waddles

    Although I'm bummed it is frostbite, I'm glad that they will more or less heal on their own. We switched to a nipple feeder before the cold really set in this year, very possible they're still dribbling on themselves! Thank you!
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    Discolored Rooster Waddles

    I have two Roosters, non-aggressive with one another. The biggest of the two had a small spot on one side of his waddle at the start of Fall, I chalked it up to a nip or peck from another of the flock. It didn't seem to go away and just recently both he and my smaller Rooster now have a prolific...
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    VERY strange "dropping" in coop today

    Kalmbach Henhouse Reserve
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    VERY strange "dropping" in coop today

    Okay, thank you! I will keep an eye on the girls over the next couples days and look for any signs of stress or odd behavior. They're on a pretty high quality crumble seed mix with treats like squash and greens.
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    VERY strange "dropping" in coop today

    First year chicken owner here! Went to grab some eggs and noticed this dropping on the "poo deck". Horrified and thought it was a tapeworm from afar but it's as large as their usual droppings and seemed almost like a egg casing? Has anyone ever seen something "translucent" like this or might...
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    Free Range and Egg Laying in Coop

    That's a great idea, will be trying that! Very sadly, not a few days after this we lost some of our flock to a predator and the rest are now kept to the run until we can get some fencing up...the silver lining is that they'll be by the nesting boxes all day and hopefully will build a habit while...
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    Free Range and Egg Laying in Coop

    My chickens have been outside in the coop and run for over 2 months now, closing in on 18 weeks. So we're getting excited/hopeful for our first eggs. However, after keeping them solely in their coop/run for the first 3 weeks to ensure they knew it was "home" they now free range and as their...
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    Chicken's beak won't stop bleeding after trim!!!

    Perfect, thank you!
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    Chicken's beak won't stop bleeding after trim!!!

    Will she be okay to roost tonight with the rest of the flock in the brooder? Then separate her in the morning if it's still an issue? Thank you for the suggestions, definitely noted!
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    Chicken's beak won't stop bleeding after trim!!!

    No crossbeak that we noticed just overgrown and curving down and under (the images are after the trim), knew if kept letting it develop that way it would be hard to keep in a optimal shape for her to thrive. We'll start with the emery board next go around, my biggest concern is that styptic...
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    Chicken's beak won't stop bleeding after trim!!!

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    Chicken's beak won't stop bleeding after trim!!!

    Thank you so much for the thread link! To clarify, her beak was starting to look overgrown at 2 weeks old, she is now 7 weeks old and was a great deal smaller than her siblings from the same hatch. So my concern was her ability to intake food and possibly water. Even with the short bit I took...
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    Chicken's beak won't stop bleeding after trim!!!

    Hello, new to post but have been following along on this forum for a while! We're raising 19 chicks and one of our australorps has had an overgrown beak since 2 weeks of age and after trimming it tonight it started bleeding immediately. We applied styptic powder along with Vetericyn and placed...
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