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    Large tumor-like growth on cockscomb

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    Plucked Chook!

    Only one out of the four is a plucker. They free range and get high protein pellets as well as supplements of mealworms and kitchen scraps which include meat. I have discounted protein issues as even with an increase in what they already get the behaviour continues. No boredom, coop, or...
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    Plucked Chook!

    Thanks 50-45-1. I have just ordered some online
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    Plucked Chook!

    I have a very small flock of birds which I will list in order of rank from top chook down. Gold Laced Wyandotte, Silver Spangled Hamburg, Crested Cream Legbar #1, Crested Cream Legbar #2. According to my husband...fatso, seagull, and the Pterodactyls! I have listed the in order of rank...
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    Sudden Death

    I am in Western Australia and it gets very hot here too. I freeze corn kernels into muffin size ice blocks and put them out for the girls. They love them and the ice helps to cool them down as well as hydrating them.
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    Sudden Death

    It was a Crested Cream Legbar pullet at POL. Not one of my flock but one of my friend’s birds. All other chickens are OK. Was a stormy night so may have been stress or heart attack.
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    Sudden Death

    Can feeding an adult chicken too much protein cause sudden death?
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    An introduction...

    Hi everyone. It is time to introduce myself even though I have been a member for nearly a year! I live in Western Australia and have had my own backyard chickens for 19 months. Originally coming from a farming background where we raised chickens, I have some knowledge of what is required. I...
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    Hamburg Chicken

    I thought Hamburgs were early maturers too. Maybe it is because I called her Bob!
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    Hamburg Chicken

    She has been doing the ‘I’m ready for a rooster’ thing for a few weeks now. I think I will have a party when there is a little white egg next to the cream one!
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    Hamburg Chicken

    I am in Australia I have a 36 week old Hamburg pullet which is not laying yet. She sits in the nest every day with her friend GLW, comb is red, squats when I come near her, and raises her tail when I stroke her back. She has not gone through a moult as she was not fully feathered at moulting...
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