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    Accidental Sexlink?

    Thanks! I was afraid of that. Way too many roos, but cool on the science side.
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    Accidental Sexlink?

    Cockerel? I'm afraid to know the answer. One of my barnyard mixes ran away and brought back 8 chicks. Picture of her included. Dad is buff orpington. I think they made sex links. 5 light and 3 brown. What do you think?
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    Injured chicken better but won't eat much

    Outside worked! Nothing else did, so I grabbed the dog cage and put out some food near her. She's eating soldier flies and pecking for ants. Ignoring the feed, but I'm fine with the bugs. She's chirping. Maybe we just need a visiting hour every day!
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    Injured chicken better but won't eat much

    I don't know much about their anatomy, so it maybe a lung. I included pics. It's closed up now, but still very fresh. She is on 100mg amoxicillin twice per day. She no longer has any trouble breathing. She did for a few days. No wheezing and no open mouth breathing. She went about 24 hours...
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    Injured chicken better but won't eat much

    I'll try the tuna. She ate chick mash the first two days, but now refuses it. She looks at me like I'm crazy. Right now she won't even soldier fly grubs, just fruit. She gobbled some pear today with her watermelon. I'm afraid she's not getting protein. Tuna is pretty high in protein, so...
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    Injured chicken better but won't eat much

    My 16 month old Wyandotte was injured by a dog 6 days ago. It seems like she had a punctured air sac on her back. We brought her inside, cleaned her up, and treated the wounds. She was touch and go for a few days, but the wound closed on her back. By day two we started her on amoxicillin. By...
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    New hens eating others' eggs

    Good news. Apparently they had figured a way out of the yard and we're laying eggs in their old little coop I use for quarantine and introductions. I was quite surprised to find 20 eggs out there while I was cleaning 🤯
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    New hens eating others' eggs

    I'm not sure I have that option right now. It's going to be a few weeks before we are able to move them into the bigger building we're repairing for them
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    New hens eating others' eggs

    They have all flock , grit, and oyster shells always available, and soldier fly grubs as a treat when I need to gather them up when the dogs go out (twice a day). They were introduced first by sight. I had them in a prefab coop during quarantine they could see far away. I moved the coop for a...
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    New hens eating others' eggs

    I had a flock of 10 hens and 2 roos. They're still fairly young 8-9 months old. They free range in the back yard with about an acre and have a coop that's about 20x15 and 10tall with roosts, food, and nesting boxes. They only really stay in at night and to lay and munch. I got 4 three year old...
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    Rooster Comb injury

    I didn't do anything yet to clean him. that's what I was afraid of. I don't have anywhere to put him. The coop is probably a little warmer. Plus he has the hens to help out keeping him warm. The dried blood caused the feathers to stick together and show skin.
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    Rooster Comb injury

    My Orpington rooster has a comb injury. I suspect another rooster. It's not bad, but it bled down into his neck feathers. The blood is dry, and you can see his skin on his neck. We cleaned and put neosporin on the comb. It's around 30 F here. Would it be worse to clean his neck and him to...
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    Free range chickens going too far

    I've been only letting them out for two hours in the afternoon for a week now. They're getting better. We have a fence, but they're adventurous. We both work during the day, so hopefully the retraining will work. I've been giving them some pears or cabbage to keep them close. I'll see how the...
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    Free range chickens going too far

    How long should I start with? A few days? Sadly, the roosters are being more cautious. These 4 are going out without either of the two roosters. This is my first flock, so I'm still learning
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    Free range chickens going too far

    I have 14 chickens that have been free ranging for about 5 months. We have about 2 acres, and they've been fine. Today, a group of 4 decided to cross the deep creek into my neighbor's property. Any suggestions? I wouldn't have thought they'd be that adventurous.
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