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    think he's dying...:(

    We have a Rhode Island Red Roo that is 18 months old. On Friday, we noticed that he was sounding horse and thought it was odd. He wasn't acting any differently besides having a squeaky crow. Each day he has continued to wheeze while breathing but was otherwise acting normally. Today when we...
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    Sick Rooster?

    What kind of antibiotic do you recommend? We just went and checked on him and he is wheezing a lot. However, he still doesn't have any discharge from his eyes.
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    Sick Rooster?

    Yesterday I noticed that our rooster was making a very different sound when he was crowing. It sounds as if he has lost his voice, like laryngitis. Any noise is a high pitched squeak or nothing at all. Is this something to be concerned about? This is the only thing different about him. He...
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    will the hen miss the rooster?

    Thanks for the help so far. I guess my biggest concern with her missing the rooster is that she won't lay eggs. She just started two weeks ago and is laying an egg every few days. I just don't want her to quit laying altogether now that she just started!
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    will the hen miss the rooster?

    We are getting ready to get rid of a rooster. I am not too upset about it myself because he likes to attack my legs and feet any time I am in the backyard. However, I am concerned that one of my hens might miss him! This is probably really strange to ask because they are just chickens, but I...
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    soft egg?

    To begin with, we finally got our first egg yesterday! The egg was a good size with normal shell hardness. This morning I went outside to let them out to run around the yard and I found something strange. It seemed to be the outside of an egg shell but it had the feel more like a deflated...
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    another curiousity

    Does anyone know what type of breed she might be?
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    very curious!

    Maybe this picture will help. Also, she started out as a yellow chick...maybe that helps too?
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    very curious!

    We are stumped as to what breed this chicken might be. Anyone have any clues? Thanks!
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    21 week old pullets...no eggs...I'm going crazy!

    This all makes me feel so much better! Our oldest, a 24 weeks old Jersey Giant, is getting HUGE but has no interest in laying eggs it seems. If we are going to have to wait on cooler weather, it's going to be another three months! So are there any hints on helping make her cooler so maybe she...
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    hurt rooster, need suggestions!

    Thanks so much for the suggestions so far. We will look for signs of bumblefoot. If it does happen to be a sprain, is there anything you can do for it?
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    hurt rooster, need suggestions!

    would this be something that we could see right now or would it be developing underneath without us knowing?
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    hurt rooster, need suggestions!

    Both knees looked the same. We didn't notice anything different about his knees from how they usually look.
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    hurt rooster, need suggestions!

    Today we noticed that our rooster was hopping along instead of walking. He is favoring his right leg and not using his left leg very much. We checked out his leg and foot and didn't notice any scratches, redness or swelling. Any suggestions to what might be wrong with him? He is only about...
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