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    Prolapsed Vent questions

    Yesterday I noticed one of my 1yr old hens, Lucille's butt was looking very pasty. I got her cleaned up only to discover a prolapsed vent. I found this article on The Chicken Chick (http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/04/prolapse-vent-causes-treatment-graphic.html) and it's been a huge help...
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    Pelletized or Non-Pelletized Food?

    I can't speak to any differences in the quality or ingredients between pellets or crumble varieties, but i have noticed a big difference in how much gets wasted. Once my hens scratch the feed out of the feeder onto the ground, they'll eat all the pellets off the ground but won't eat the crumble...
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    Bumps on eggs

    My EE is laying eggs like this daily, and has been for a couple weeks. I'm getting a little concerned now that I'm reading it should only be on occasion. All of my hens just turned a year old, so I know it's not due to her age. They all get the same feed, and all the other hens' shells are...
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    What is on the egg?

    That's so funny, I had an egg like that for the first time today too, and was wondering what it was. Thanks everyone!
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    A little chicken psychology?

    I thought I would post an update since my question from May....in case anyone is interested, or has experienced a similar situation. I looked around for some pullets around the same age as the 4 "survivors", but couldn't find any, so I ended up getting two chicks a couple weeks old, instead of...
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    One hen picking on the rest & drawing blood - how do I separate & reintroduce her?

    Well, my thread title pretty much sums it all up. I have 6 hens, all the same age and raised together from chicks since March. My barred rock is pecking at 4 of the other hens and drawing blood on their combs. The last hen may be getting picked on as well, but she's a small bantam without a...
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    I'm very confused whether to heat my coop or not, as well as having proper ventilation.

    Where is the ventilation in your current hen-house? Do you crack that window, or what? The window is just a screen, no pane.
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    Is this from fighting or something else? [[photos]]

    I'm sorry, I should have been clearer. It's not a hole, is a scratched out area along the inside of a bottom board of the run, which has created a small opening. I've refilled it to close the gap and put heavier rocks on top of the backfilled dirt it on the outside of the run. I think it's...
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    I'm very confused whether to heat my coop or not, as well as having proper ventilation.

    OK, I'm finally on my home computer instead of my smartphone, so here are the pictures of the henhouse as I described it above. Does this look like enough ventilation for now? With the roosts being right by the window, I worry about putting in more holes and making it too cold in there...
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    I'm very confused whether to heat my coop or not, as well as having proper ventilation.

    Ventilation....... Is there a general rule of thumb for how many square feet of ventilation holes/windows you should have per cubic foot of space & number of chickens? I've always wondered if I have enough. I have 6 hens. Then hen house is about 4' x 4' x 4', with 3 nest boxes attached to...
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    Is this from fighting or something else? [[photos]]

    I don't think I have a rooster, but I suppose I could be wrong. I have never heard crowing our anything other than normal clucking. No spurs, no posturing. I have a hen that's definitely the leader, but she's definitely a hen. I'll post pictures of all of them this evening, when I can get better...
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    Is this from fighting or something else? [[photos]]

    Frostbite crossed my mind, but w live in the SF bay area and haven't had freezing temperatures yet. We don't have a rooster, so if it's pecking, it's from one of the other hens, but I don't know which one. The other RIR looks like she's missing feathers around her comb. I just thought it was...
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    Is this from fighting or something else? [[photos]]

    Hi, Can someone please take a look at these photos of my RIR? I went out to let the chickens out to run around the yard for a bit and saw my poor Rosie's comb. It used to be so big it would flop over to one side, but now the whole section that used to flop over is completely gone. I've been...
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    Chicken glasses?

    I think one of my 10wk old pullets might be a little...uh..what's the politically correct name? Vision impaired? She needs glasses or something! I'll throw some mealworms on the ground or hold a few in my hand for her, and she repeatedly pecks just to the left of the worms and misses them every...
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    giving hens feed for Chicks?

    Our feed store told us you shouldn't eat an egg from a hen on chick starter food because of the medications in the food. Has anyone else ever heard this? We have 4 pullets about to be 17wks and 2 about to be 10wks, so I wasn't sure which kind of food to feed them (they're all mixed together...
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