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    Needing answers

    Thats funny she used to change between nests too but now it's the same. The chickens are pinned up so they can't be laying anywhere else that I haven't already checked. But I have had that happen when we used to let them free range. I should probably start another thread for this but I also...
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    Needing answers

    Going on 4 weeks of sitting now. :/
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    Needing answers

    I have 10 hens. I was getting 8-10 eggs a day and have had a few hens try sitting and simply removed them from the nest a few times and that stopped it. But right now I have one who has been sitting for nearly 3 weeks and removing her has no effect. She is losing her feathers on her breast and...
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    General egglaying question.

    I have 10 hens and they started laying about a month ago. So far they are big, small, rough, smooth abnormally shaped and lots of double yolkers. So far I've been really lucky and they go back in their coop to lay! They free range from dusk till dawn. The last three days we have been getting...
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    Am I making my Roos aggresive?

    I forgot to mention that both my roos look identical and I have no idea which one it was that "charged" me. BUT today I went out to let them out and collect eggs and all of my hens came running out and both roos stayed in.. so I went and and started feeling their feed and one roo went out and...
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    Am I making my Roos aggresive?

    When I was a little girl my grandpa had a very mean rooster. From then on I was always afraid of them. Until I was around my husbands grandpas flock. His rooster is like a pet. He is so sweet. So we bought a flock about 20 weeks ago. We had no idea what sex we were getting. We ended up with 4...
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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

    Thank you guys for trying to help. My husbands pop is a vet and from as much as we could tell him over the phone he said it seemed best to put it out of its misery. . I'm not sure what kind of chickens we have. But we bought them for eggs.
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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

    Here is one of the other ones that looks much healthier.
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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

    ok how do i post pics?
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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

    The bottom is constantly contracting
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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

    I would say yes but I honestly don't know. We have 14 other chicks. But when we caught him/her today there was poop on the swollen part. Like fresh poop. So he either laid in it or had just pooped. His feathers just do not look the same as the other chicks. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow
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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

    The link isn't working
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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

    No other symptoms that I notice. I haven't isolated, do I need to?
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    Chick with swollen contracting bottom.

    I'm new to this chicken thing but we have had our chicks for about 5-6 weeks. We got them at the hardware store and they called them straight runs? Anyways I have no idea how old they really are but they were still fuzzy when we got them and they are now fully feathered. There is one in...
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