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    First Snow..a few questions

    Yep they are inside the coop and I went in and talked to them. i already put an ear of corn out this morning when I opened their coop door.
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    First Snow..a few questions

    Our girls are almost 7 months old. I just looked and went out there to give them their daily treat and they still haven't came outside. Hence the term 'chicken'. lol
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    First Snow..a few questions

    This is our first year having chickens and enjoy it so much and want to be sure we are doing everything right. Today was our first snow and we had an inch and a half. The girls have not came out of their coop yet and thinking they do not like the snow or is this normal during the colder months...
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    Roo missing feathers, scab and red skin

    Any ideas? :(
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    Roo missing feathers, scab and red skin

    I wouldn't think that the area on His backside would be so red though if he was just molting....
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    Roo missing feathers, scab and red skin

    We have a 6 month old Barred Rock Roo and noticed a few weeks ago that on his behind he is losing feathers and has red skin on his butt. Since there were feathers coming in I just thought it may be a molt, but now it is continuing further down and now up on either side of his tail as well with a...
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    5 month old Roo lost feathers just below his butt

    Have noticed that our Roo has lost his feathers just below his butt. Our hens are just fine and no feather loss. Is this something typical for a Roo this age and since he is sexually active or could something be going on with him?
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    Egg color has changed

    I have noticed the last couple days that one of our chickens is laying a little bit lighter brown colored egg with small spots compared to the medium brown color she was laying. What constitutes the color their egg is and what can cause it to change? The only hens that are laying out of our 9...
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    Limping Barred Rock

    Thank you for reply. As I stated in my original post I did not see any signs of BumbleFoot. Let's hope it is just sprained/strained :) Keeping an eye on her and she still doesn't exhibit any other signs of illness.
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    Limping Barred Rock

    Yesterday we noticed that our 18 week old BR was limping on her left foot. They just started actually using there new coop and roosts a couple weeks ago and I am wondering if she just fell off the roost and landed wrong since there are still clumsy on the roosts and walkways. Have looked at her...
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    Got my first eggs today!!!

    Congratulations...Our 18 week old ISA Browns just started laying last Thursday. Happened the same way as yours...we walked out and there laid an egg on the ground. Next egg was on the ground as well...they finally caught onto the gold balls in the nest an now have been laying in there. Can't...
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    Dark brown runny poult poop HELP.

    Ours do this as well, but I read that this is a normal poo about every 1 in 5 times a chicken has a poo. Someone please correct me if I am wrong so that I know the difference as well.
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    How to get the hens to use the roosts

    Thank you Aggiemae!
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    How to get the hens to use the roosts

    I'm assuming in time that they will do it on their own because it is an instinct. Last night when we went out and checked on them there were 4 of our 10 on the roosts.
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    How to get the hens to use the roosts

    A few are 17 weeks and the others are 18 weeks. We have 3 separate walkways up to the roost levels as well.
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