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    Lice and ?

    Ok thank you!
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    Lice and ?

    Well that's a relief! I though it was an abcess! I attached another picture--we could see them running away when we parted her feathers, we were having trouble getting a picture. Thanks for the reply!
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    Lice and ?

    I think you can see the lice here
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    Lice and ?

    Recently we have notice one of our chickens behaving oddly-- sleeping on the ground. She has been having looser stool that the others and is not as active. After noticing some missing tail feathers we believe she has lice. We have 5 others and a rooster (these were all inherited from the...
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    Chicken Sleeping on Ground

    Hi there! One year in and we've kept all our girls (and the one we thought was a girl) alive. Today I'm concerned with an odd behavior--one chicken (we thought she was the head hen but now I am not so sure) is sleeping alone on the ground at night.It's been getting below 33 degrees some nights...
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    Accidental incubation, screaming and traumatized child trying to make egg sandwich

    Thank you all! As it turns out- by brother in law informed me they were not our eggs but some he got elsewhere. Which makes us feel better that we didnt traumatize my niece, but the mystery of which market sold him those remains....(my niece has since recovered from the shock and is now laughing...
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    Accidental incubation, screaming and traumatized child trying to make egg sandwich

    Sooo...the title might cover it. We are the ones that had a rooster this whole time and didn't know it 🤣 (see previous post). So my sister calls me the other day and I can hear my 11 year old niece screaming in the background. She was trying to make an egg sandwich and cracked open...a not done...
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    This animal is not a hen

    Wow! Thank you all for the advice!!! So we will keep a close eye and let our little guy know not to venture into the coop alone. We also found out the rooster is technically not allowed within city limits--no one has complained yet but we are looking for a new home since we are so new to all of...
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    This animal is not a hen

    So we are really new to chickens (the previous home owners were going to rehome them and we said we could keep them.) One was a couple months old maybe and they thought it was female. Long story short, it started crowing the other day. Questions: I hear roosters can get aggressive. Seems fine...
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