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    Does this look like a white rock?

    This chick is supposed to be a white rock. She’s 3 weeks old now. She was a yellow chick, no grey. It almost looks like she is getting a tuft on her head. I’ve never had white rocks before. Thoughts?
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    Scraggly feathers but seems to be done molting

    just wanted to update. This bird still looks terrible. She’s the only one out of 21. She’s eating a drinking ok. Comb and wattles are very pale. Can’t find mites or lice, but did treat with ivermectin pour on over a month ago to see if that could be the problem. Here’s an updated photo. Her...
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    Scraggly feathers but seems to be done molting

    I just switched them to hi protein during their molt. They were on 18 before that. She just turned two years old this summer.
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    Scraggly feathers but seems to be done molting

    I can’t get terribly close to her. But these might be better.
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    Scraggly feathers but seems to be done molting

    My flock of 21 birds have all mostly finished their molting this fall. This olive egger girl is about 2 years old, and this was her first big molt. Her feathers are still looking all curly and scraggly. She’s behaving ok, and no other birds are affected. I haven’t caught her to inspect for...
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    Single hen being attacked by roosters

    We have 19 hens and had one rooster until this spring, when a broody hatched 5 cockerels. They have just started to mature. We noticed our black Australorp (olive) was being targeted by the roosters (including our main roo) and she would run away and then just lay on the ground while they...
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    Colorado extreme weather and dead chicken

    I actually had the coop door open all day the day she died, between that, the vents, and the three windows, it was not any hotter inside than outside, possibly even a few degrees less. I do always worry I don’t have enough ventilation but this hasn’t been a prob in 2.5 years. She definitely...
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    Colorado extreme weather and dead chicken

    I don’t think she choked- I suppose she could have aspirated. It was just a raw egg from a broken egg that I tossed in a bowl and gave it to them. Who knows. I didn’t cut her open, but did look in her mouth and didn’t see anything, not that that means much.
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    Colorado extreme weather and dead chicken

    Good morning. We have - flock of (now) 25 chickens, but have had two die in the last week. Both birds that died were around 2.5 years old. The first was a silver laced Wyandotte, and she was out free ranging, ran over to get some egg that we were offering, and about a min later, was thrashing...
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    My dog is killing my CHICKENS!

    My dogs are all trained on a shock collar in combination with positive reinforcement . Some might not agree with this method but it has worked well for us. The important thing is to teach the command “leave it”first. You can look up videos as to how to do this with treats. Make sure your dog...
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    Gold laced Wyandotte 8 weeks

    She’s a pretty hen now.
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    Rooster or hen?

    Im going with pullet. No pointy saddle feathers that I can see. I feel like at that age, they would surely be there.
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    To winterize (the run) or not…

    I just wrapped our run with clear thread reinforced tarps on the north and west sides. There is an auto door on the north side for the birds to go from the covered run into the fenced, open top chicken yard so I wanted something that would protect the auto door. I attached old kennel panels at...
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    How many roosters did you cull before getting a good one?

    just wanted to update- We ended up culling the mottled Java cockerel. Was really hard on me, but it was the right choice. So far the other guy is showing all the signs of being a good rooster. He calls the girls, lets them eat treats, dances and seems to watch for predators. He still runs...
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    Rooster fending off fox?

    We just ate our first cockerel that we butchered due to being aggressive with our children (we’ve now killed two.) he was about 8 months old. What shocked me was the color of the meat when I went to cook him. So dark. I cooked him in the crock pot all day, with onions and herbs, then pulled...
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