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    Other than Egg Bound, what would cause a chicken to walk like a penguin?

    I have a Red Star hen that has been walking like a penguin for more than 2 weeks. Abdomen feels distended. She's eating and drinking and poop is a mixture of runny and soft. If she was egg bound she'd be dead already. What could be the cause? I haven't felt inside the vent yet as it would be...
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    Possible frostbite on rooster's wattle?

    If the lower half of the wattle falls off, will it grow back? Thanks for the replies. A little less concerned now.
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    Miserable adult hen with a dirty ass

    I have this hen with pasty butt/vent gleet. I cleaned her off with water and a towel a few days ago but she's a mess again. She's very lethargic and looks miserable. The vent itself doesn't look blocked. She just stands there with her eyes closed. I did some research and it seems there is little...
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    Possible frostbite on rooster's wattle?

    I have a rooster that has a black patch on his wattle. Today, I noticed it's starting to split a bit. Could someone confirm? I'm surprised because it's not cold here in southern Japan but we have had some minus 2-3C nights lately. And any insights to what can be done and what would happen if...
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    Ended Official BYC Contest—Post Your Best (Worst) Chicken Molt Pictures - 2023

    One of my Red Star hens. We have 25 of them and they don't have names. Only been keeping chickens for 2 years and this is the first hard molt I've seen.
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    Severe feather loss

    After checking out some of those photos, I feel better, lol. Thanks for the help!
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    Severe feather loss

    I just posted a few pics. Do you think it could just be molting? She has 14 sisters and some molted just a few feathers on the wings. This hen is losing feathers everywhere, including chest and stomach.
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    Severe feather loss

    I've never seen a chicken molt like this. Although I'm relatively new to the game (2 years). Normally it's just a few feathers. Here's a few pics.
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    Severe feather loss

    We have one hen that looks in bad shape. She has lost at least 50% of her feathers. This hen brooded for a long time and did a poor job. One egg hatched but we found the chick dead. Nothing else hatched so she just sat there for 6 weeks. In the end, we had to force her out, take the eggs, and...
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    What can I temporarily sub for chicken feed?

    Looking at Google results, some say onions are fine, some say they are not....
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    Homemade Feed Recipe

    @U_Stormcrow in this thread we came up with a post-apocalypse feed that is rice, wheat and soybeans with oyster shell and seaweed. If I was to feed this to chicken do I need to cook the rice first? If not, do I feed them white rice or the unpolished husked grain? Thanks!
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    Rice Hulls for Mealworms?

    I get free rice hulls being here in Japan. I live in an agricultural area where many people grow their own rice (me included). You can just pull the truck up outside the back and pull the lever. I raise mealworms too. I think rice hulls would work. Would just need to spin them up in a food...
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    What can I temporarily sub for chicken feed?

    Can chickens not eat onions? There are always onion scraps (raw) in the food scrap bin I feed to my chickens every 3 days.
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    Review by 'Zeoliter' in article 'Round Wood Forest Coop'

    Absolutely stunning. Maybe one day I'll build something as magnificent. Great write-up too!
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    15 new pullets not sleeping in the coop with the flock

    The coop is in a field about 5 minutes drive away so not as easy as all that. Plus the coop doesn't have a door to the run, just an open door-sized hole. So if I put them in I'm sure they'll just bail as soon as I go to get another one. If I don't intervene will they eventually go in by themselves?
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