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    black bloody comb/head

    My buff orpington has a chunk of comb that is sort of hanging off and dark and bloody today and there seems to be some blood on her head too. She is acting different, not eating as much, slower, etc. Do you think another animal did this to her or could it be frostbite? thanks!
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    I am the Possum Battler!

    I wish I were as brave as you! I see the possum in there eating the eggs and i panic and run away screaming He has gotten in there 3 or 4 times and eaten all the eggs, doesn't seem to bother the chickens but today one of my chickens (the most gentle/bottom of the pecking order) has a bloody...
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    wondering if my rhode island red pullet hen is a rooster

    we have seen some behaviour changes as posted before, but now i am wondering if anyone has pictures of 5-6 month old rir roosters so i can compare wattles and comb are large but seems shaped like a hen but getting very loud and very aggressive and territorial at top of pecking order and my son...
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    Rhode Island Red Hen suddenly aggressive/personality change!

    thanks, i will try to figure out a way to post a pic, wondering if maybe she is a he? not sure what to think her/his shape really looks like a hen... but the comb is definitely a lot bigger and the wattles than the BOs she is VERY loud and today got out of the coop and came up to the porch and...
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    Rhode Island Red Hen suddenly aggressive/personality change!

    we went away for two weeks and we have to buff orpingtons and one rhode island red we have thought they were all hens they are about 5.5 months old while we were away one of the BOs started laying and the red has gotten very aggressive pecking much more aggressively, not backing down when we try...
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