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    Help! sick chicken

    She doesn't have mites, I checked. Will try the medication. I'm worried I might be too late though. She looks terrible.
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    Help! sick chicken

    Chicken has had increasing lethargy over past few days. Lost willingness to eat today. Not egg bound: can't feel an egg, and until she stopped eating she was pooping semi-solid feces. She is now standing with her wings slightly out to her side. Her eyes are usually closed. About half the time...
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    Olive Egger laying small, cream coloured eggs??!!

    It is a pea comb. So hopefully the eggs are from the wyandotte
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    Olive Egger laying small, cream coloured eggs??!!

    We bought a chicken in the late spring that was supposedly a cross between a Cuckoo Maran and an Ameraucana. We can definitelty see the Ameraucana in her butwe can only take the seller's word for the other half. She is just reaching the age where she should start laying. Yesterday, I caught her...
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    New "odd-ball" pullet

    I don't know but she is pretty!
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    Serious question ?

    If you google that you will find some hens do that to assert dominance. One of our hens did that at one point. Not too out of the ordinary
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    How long do eggs last?

    Yea everything I have looked at says they are fresh (shaking them to see if they "slosh" etc.) We don't have a rooster so they won't be fertile and developing.
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    How long do eggs last?

    One of our hens has been hiding her eggs. Today, I found her nest, with a full dozen eggs in it. I have tested them with the float/doesn't float method, and by that rule they are all fine. Are they all good? How long can eggs last out of the refrigerator? Can we eat them safely? Sorry for my...
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    BROODY!

    Since this thread is not too old: Your hes will stay broody for the time it would take to hatch an egg. Other than making them uncomfortable, or giving them eggs to hatch or chicks, there is nothing you can do to stop them. Just leave the hen and she will sit on the nest as if she had eggs...
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    Anyone else with fibromyalgia?

    Have any of you heard of Dr. William Davis' book "Wheat Belly?" I have had body aches and pains for years, and the diagnositic criteria for fibro, but after reading this book decided to try a wheat free (not necessarily gluten free) diet, and I have had a dramatic improvement in body pain (and...
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    Triple yolked eggs

    Feed does not affect egg colour:)
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    Whats the weirdest thing your chickens have eaten or tried to eat??

    This sounds boring compared to the rest of these, but our chickens have eaten a whole rhubarb plant, the leaves of which are highly toxic. Whats more, they seem to love it!
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    Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

    Me: ...and look at these eggs! (reffering to the lovely green eggs from our show quality ameraucana) Person 2: Wow. Well, can you eat them? Person 1: Aren't brown eggs healthier? Me: *facepalm* I am a spectator in this one: Neighbor speaking to my mom: Your rooster is on the deck...
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    10 week+ olive egger (easter egger) still chirping

    OK. Well, I guess we will just have to wait...
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    10 week+ olive egger (easter egger) still chirping

    Does anyone have an explanation? She is more like 11 weeks in my opinion. Has all of her adult feathers. Her voice has changed, but barely. We got another chicken at the same time we got her, but the other is 2-3 weeks older. They are good friends, you will not find one without the other. Ember...
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