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    Size Difference in Polish Chicks of the same age

    First time Polish owner here. We got a buff laced polish and a white crested black polish chick about two weeks ago. Both are the exact same age and both started at the same size. Both are acting super normal, very energetic, eating, drinking, etc. the white crested black polish is half the size...
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    Lethargic Weak silkie chick help!

    I have never had any trouble raising chicks in the past 4 years. My husband and I bought two Silkie chicks last week and a Brahma and an Easter Egger . We’ve never had silkies before so they are a first time breed for us. Well, we lost one a couple of days ago. It started just standing in place...
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    Do Eggs have a chance?

    I have a hen that goes Broody 3x a year. She is an excellent Mom and hasn’t had any issues hatching and raising chicks before. I gave her some eggs back in March, so they were due to hatch this week. I feel horrible because my husband and I were out of town last night and it looks like two...
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    Odd Rooster Doesn’t Crow

    I have a very odd RIR Rooster. Technically he is still a cockerel ( about 8-9 months old). When we first got him at 12 weeks old he was a big scaredy-cat towards my hens. They would not go after him but if they barely moved in any direction he would take off in the opposite direction. Now that...
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    Is Expired Corid still affective?

    I just noticed blood in my chickens droppings. Enough to raise concern. I pulled out my powdered Corid to start treatment but saw it expired October of 2022. Is it the same as regular medication in that even if it’s expired it still works? Or do I need to go get more for them? I bought this...
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    Overly Broody Hen

    It’s been three days. So maybe I need to give it more time.
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    Overly Broody Hen

    I have an overly Broody Hen at the moment. Thankfully she only puffs up and does not attack our hands. We have been trying to ‘break’ her of this behavior with just about every method. The ice packs, cold bath, isolating in a crate, taking her out of the nest box repeatedly. Nothing is working...
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    Young Rooster Limping

    He’s the only one. And at the moment he is a scaredy-cat towards my hens. They don’t mess with him, but with any slight movement from the hens (I.e just walking) he panics and runs in the coop and lays in a nest box. He’s very odd in that respect but is the biggest sweetheart. I’d say he’s about...
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    Young Rooster Limping

    I have a young rooster /cockerel that started limping about 5 days ago. I looked him over real good. No swollen joints, no bumblefoot, doesn’t appear to have a slipped tendon. I noticed he seems sensitive around his left thigh when I touch it. He does land hard when he jumps off roosts. Could...
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    Super Skittish Pullet

    A couple hens are close to two years and my youngest apart from her are at about 7 months.
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    Super Skittish Pullet

    Anyone ever have an overly skittish chicken? Our Rhode Island Red is about 14-15ish weeks old if I’d have to guess. She is completely fine and calm around me and my husband but she is terrified of her flock mates. I just integrated her over the course of the month after having her quarantined...
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    6-7 month old Cockerel is aggressively mating my hens and Dominant hen has become terrified of him.

    Any help and in site is welcome! I have 7 hens and one cockerel. His hormones have been raging lately and he mates my hens non stop. Three of my hens sprint away from him but he still chases them down to mate with him. Six of them have essentially submitted to him. One of my hens that has been...
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    Current flock not accepting new chicken!

    The new chicken I have is a Light Brahma, so I know she will be in the bigger size. No bloodshed just a peck and a little chase then they leave her alone. I feel bad because I can tell the new chicken wants to be part of the group, but they keep chasing her away. That’s reassuring that it’s not...
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    Current flock not accepting new chicken!

    How long does it take to integrate a new chicken with an existing flock? I have quarantined my new chicken for multiple weeks, then started putting her in a crate next to my existing flocks run to get them used to each other. Did this for about 2 weeks. Then put the crate in the run. Then...
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    Chicken with Injured Beak

    Help! Two of my chickens were re establishing their place in the pecking order and one of them sustained a beak injury. It’s the top portion of the beak that ripped off. It took ten minutes of pressure to get the bleeding to stop. The top beak is now slightly shorter than the bottom, not by...
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