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    Sudden neck kink and balance issues in 2 week old Polish - what happened?

    I have examined her closely, and there were no mites or critters. She’s in a smaller brooder with a Cochin and an Olive Egger and they show no similar issues. I’ve seen her scratching at it a couple times, once or twice so hard she fell over, poor thing. But she’s looking a little better with...
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    Sudden neck kink and balance issues in 2 week old Polish - what happened?

    She has a raw spot on her cheek, this has just developed over the last day or so and I see her scratching at it - I can’t see anything on the skin, I don’t know if she’s causing it by scratching or she’s scratching because something else is causing it...? I don’t know what to do...
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    Integrating 2 rounds of chicks (different ages) to main flock. Brooding outside. Total newb.

    We use an automatic, solar-powered sliding door in the coop in our run that opens at a certain time in the morning and closes at a certain time each night. We have ‘teenage’ chicks still trying to integrate with our older hens, but without our involvement, the chicks have learned to follow the...
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    Chicken ‘Blinders’ - Effective? Humane?

    So I’ve tried integrating four of my oldest chicks (about 10 weeks) with my four existing, 3 yr. old hens, 2 Americanas and 2 Dominiques. I kept the younger ones in a large dog crate next to the coop during the day for about a week, then we put them together and crossed our fingers. Of course...
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    Sudden neck kink and balance issues in 2 week old Polish - what happened?

    Yep, I’m keeping up with the greens and we got a vitamin supplement for the water too, so we’re just hoping for the best!
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    Sudden neck kink and balance issues in 2 week old Polish - what happened?

    Thanks for the info - I researched wry neck, which I’d never heard of, and I think that’s exactly what’s wrong. We started giving her dandelion greens yesterday for the needed vitamins and maybe it’s too soon to be sure, but she seems a little better today. Yesterday I thought we were going to...
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    Sudden neck kink and balance issues in 2 week old Polish - what happened?

    I brought home a brand new Polish chick along with a Cochin chick 2 weeks ago; they’re in the same brooder, eating Chick Starter and have been doing fine. Yesterday morning, I noticed that my Polish is holding her head tilted up to the right, and her neck remains slightly bent; she maintains...
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    Wellsummer walking funny, not laying

    My 1 1/2 yo Wellsummer hasn’t been laying for around a week, and yesterday when I let the chickens out I noticed she was waddling funny. I checked and she’s not egg-bound but that whole area looks red and inflamed. Any ideas?
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    Hello there!

    (1) My husband and I started our first chicken coop last spring; we only have a little backyard coop. (2)/(3) 7 birds: Bertha and Nutmeg are Americanas, Ginger is a Wellsummer, Snowball is a Light Brahma, Dumb and Dumber are Dominiques and Elvis is a bantam Cochin rooster. (4) I also love the...
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    Are Welsummers roosters docile?

    I don’t have a Wellsummer Rooster, but my Wellsummer hen is very docile and friendly. Our Rooster is a bantam Cochin, and although he gets a bit protective/possessive when I’m actually in the coop, he’s so small that his little jabs at my shins are harmless and no more than slightly annoying...
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    Wellsummer eggs lost their speckles...?

    Hi, we’ve been enjoying the beautiful speckled eggs our Wellsummer (Ginger) has been laying since about October; however, recently the eggs have been a slightly lighter brown, with no speckles (kind of hard to see in the pics, but on the left are older eggs from a couple of weeks ago and the...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Hello there, checking in from Pleasant Valley! All 6 of my hens have been laying now for about 5-6 weeks, and I just love all the colors! Hope everyone is doing well!
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    New member

    Welcome from Dutchess County, New York!
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    Feedback on Learning Center "Treats Chart"

    Great post, super helpful! I’ve found that my hens love mangoes, if I cut the skins up, they’re gone almost as soon as I toss ‘em in the coop! I’ve also found that some foods can affect the egg colors - a friend fed the leftover mash from making grape jelly to her hens, and there were purple...
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    New here!

    Hi and welcome! I’m new here too, so hopefully we can learn together!
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