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    Rooster in need of home

    Thanks
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    Rooster in need of home

    Are you serious? When we got him as a chick, the WFC we got him at said they were frizzles, (there was another hen too) That's cool, I had no idea. Thanks!
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    Rooster in need of home

    Hi I have a one year old rooster in need of a new home. His name is Winston and he is a frizzle bantam. I never would of dreamed of getting rid of him or any of my other chickens, but we moved unexpectedly and were unable to take them with us. All I ask is that he go to a home where he will not...
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    Announcement Welcome To The New BYC!

    Ok thank you!
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    Announcement Welcome To The New BYC!

    Ok thank you!
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    Announcement Welcome To The New BYC!

    Hi, Great job on the new backyard chickens website! I am still trying to figure out how to start a new thread? Thanks!
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    Male duck harassing female

    Hi, My friend has two ducks, a male and a female, and has had them for about a year. Just recently, the male duck started mating with the female. I know that this is normal behavior in ducks and chickens, but the female's head and back feathers are getting ripped out by the male. Whenever...
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    Rooster with broken feathers on his head

    Okay, thank you very much!
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    Rooster with broken feathers on his head

    Ok. They only start bleeding if the hens start pecking. Will they eventually heal and fall out on their own?
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    Rooster with broken feathers on his head

    Ok thank you!! How do I pull the feathers out though? Since it is one his head I am worried about pulling them out, especially since there are so many in one place. Will they not heal on their own?
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    Rooster with broken feathers on his head

    Hello, For months now, my White-Crested Black Polish rooster Einstein has been going bald. He has a patch of bare pink skin on the top of his head with dozens of broken feather shafts sticking out. Sometimes it bleeds, but I have rarely seen the hens peck him until just the other...
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    Temperamental broodies

    Hi, I have the same problem sometimes and I have a method that works every time! I put my broody chicken in a metal crate (with food and water of course) that has wire as the bottom to help with the temperature. I keep the chicken in the cage for 3 days, when I take the chicken back it should be...
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    Brand new at keeping chickens. Advice to get started?

    Hi, that is so exiting that you are getting chicks! I just got five new chicks to add to my existing flock last month, and they are growing so fast! Everyone has their own opinion about what type of bedding to use; pine shavings, straw, sand etc.; but have always used pine shavings. If you...
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    New Chickies

    Hi, did you get your chicks at different times, it looks like the orange ish one is a little bit older? If you did the older one might be trying to take control over the younger one since it is older. If the older chick is hurting the younger one I would just separate them so the older one...
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    What plants are NOT chicken safe?

    Hi, I wouldn't feed your chickens Daffodils, Daphne, Foxglove, Honeysuckle, Hydrangea, Nightshades, Rhododendron, and Tulips. There may be more, but that's all that I'm aware of. If your chickens are free range I would just be aware of them eating any of those plants because it could intoxicate...
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