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    injured leg

    hi! one of my chickens was limping this morning and after examination we saw a little blood on her leg. it doesn’t seem to be injured on the outside enough for her to be limping so much. is there another problem?
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    two dead chickens :(

    thank you! we will definitely consider that if there are any more break ins.
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    two dead chickens :(

    @Bear1978 Our coop/run setup is a little complicated right now because we are integrating four week old chicks. we originally only had the large green wire but found that baby chicks could stick their heads through (but not their bodies) so we temporarily added some hardware cloth. the green...
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    two dead chickens :(

    we have had chickens for three years and recently got new chicks. we lost two chickens last night, the first ones we have ever lost during our time keeping chickens. we found one chicken dead in the middle of the run and one is missing. there are digging marks around the run but none were deep...
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    sleepy baby chick- possible coccidiosis?

    thanks!
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    sleepy baby chick- possible coccidiosis?

    Thank you! We are starting them on corid now.
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    sleepy baby chick- possible coccidiosis?

    hi! yesterday we got five baby chicks and they are between 1 and 5 days old we think. all of them have been acting normally with good poops etc but one of the chicks (a silver wyandotte) has been inactive and acting a little funny. she will move a little with her eyes closed and stops for...
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    Brooding Outside Tips Needed

    Thanks! I'm glad to know that others have tried outdoor brooding.
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    Brooding Outside Tips Needed

    Thanks! I really appreciate your help.
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    Brooding Outside Tips Needed

    Thanks so much this is super helpful!
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    Brooding Outside Tips Needed

    Hi! I am getting some more chicks next month and I would like to brood them outside to hopefully stop integration problems. I live in Maryland and in June our temperatures rarely get below 60. I have seen heating pads and caves made for people to brood chicks outside, but this has been in the...
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    New Chicken Advicd

    Hi. We just lost our first chicken. 🥺 We now have three hens left. two easter eggers and a delaware. they are all three years old and they were raised together. we have enough room in our coop/run for eight birds and we were hoping to get more. we have tried to add birds in the past but we...
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    Crazy molt... Already?

    Thank so much! I still learn things every day as a chicken owner and I really appreciate the help.
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    Crazy molt... Already?

    Hi! I have four gorgeous chickens normally who turned two this summer. They *kinda* molted last year in mid november. I live in Maryland and this year all my chickens started molting at the end of september. they look terrible right now- here is a pic of one from a few days ago. she has lost...
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    Thin Eggshells

    Hi! It’s been about two months. She actually stopped laying for two or three weeks and when it kicked back up two months ago her egg shells have been thin. my chickens don’t free range and i feed vegetable scraps pretty regularly. there is calcium in her feed which i know she is eating.
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    Thin Eggshells

    About three months ago we had to give two of our chickens away.
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    Thin Eggshells

    Hey! My two year old Delaware hen has been laying extremely weird eggs lately. I have found smashed eggs in the coop with other eggs untouched that are in the same box. The egg shells are super thin and break almost upon contact. I always make sure they have oyster shells and they have feed...
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    Mystery Butt

    I have not seen any pecking- is it possible that the maggots went away some other way? I will do epsom salt soaks as well as poultry aid spray. thanks!!
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    Mystery Butt

    I checked her for maggots. Didnt I checked her for maggots but I didn’t see any. I read that article— thanks so much for the help— and it looks similar to me. We sprayed her with some antibacterial spray and we dried her off. I also trimmed some feathers and was able to get a better...
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    Mystery Butt

    none of those pics are very good. here are some mlre
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