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    Drooling Rooster

    Does anyone have any other thoughts please?
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    Drooling Rooster

    Need some help. I have a 6 y/o Buff Roo, who started acting lethargic and odd within the last week. At first, my husband and I attributed it to aging, but as of yesterday we noted him drooling with a long drool thread coming from his beak through the day. None of the other birds have any...
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    Red tail chicken hawk.

    We actually took a pic of the hawk before we crated it and released it in the woods. Once in a lifetime moment. Check out my poor chicken's blood and feathers in its claws.....Quite a surreal moment....
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    Red tail chicken hawk.

    I lose about 3-4 chickens each year due to hawks. I free range and unfortunately, we have tried everything mentioned and nothing will keep the hawk away especially if they know they have a food source. I actually put water and small amount of food daily in the covering woods where my chickens...
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    Rooster Comb Shrinking?

    What's life expectancy for a Buff Orph roo? Do you know?
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    Rooster Comb Shrinking?

    My Buff Orphington Roo (love of my life!!!), is now 6 years old. He has had several offspring with our 15 hens. We live in Ohio, really cold, however, we heat our coop to about 45 degrees at all times and they do not go out below 40 degrees or when there is any snow on the ground. He has...
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    Are Twins Possible?

    So here are the twins! You can see a single black line down the middle of their head. In the front of that line there are 2 black dots. Wings, back, and tail feathers have identical markings as well. Mom is an EE and Roo Daddy a Buff Orphington. Hoping these will be hens and thinking brown egg...
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    Are Twins Possible?

    I'll get their pictures posted later tonight, so you can see their exact markings......hoping both are hens......Since hatched on Christmas Eve, one is named Noel and the other is Eve...
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    Are Twins Possible?

    So, I have 7 left unhatched under my hen. I must have had 8, not 7. These are definitely twins. There is only 1 hatched egg and these birds are identical in every way, in every marking. None of my green egg laying hens are the same, and I only have 3 green egg layers. I had 3 green eggs from the...
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    Are Twins Possible?

    Ok, so my 8 month old hen went broody, so we decided to let her sit. We live in Ohio and it is cold now, so we moved her and her nest of 7 eggs to our heated, insulated, mud porch. We have a very small coop on the porch, completely contained so she could rest easy through her 21-day long sit...
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    Egg Hunts

    I free range my flock of 12 hens (1 Roo). My newbies, i have 6 of them (just started laying in Aug) are not laying in the coop nest boxes. They are finding hiding places and building their own nests. Today, behind our firewood pile (which is huge) i found a nest with 6 brown eggs and my jersey...
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    Sick Hen - Help

    Dawg53, thanks for your help. Wanted to let you know that despite all of our efforts, we needed to put our hen down yesterday. She couldn't or move her legs in any way, could no longer hold up her head to eat or drink. She gave it her all, but just could not recover from the round worms. My...
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    Sick Hen - Help

    Hi- So I found my white leghorn had worms, she was already emaciated when I found the worms. I dewormed with Wazine 17 my entire flock of free-ranged 14 birds, including her, this was done on 7/14/11. I've research here and found out i should do valbezen or ivermectin next at 10-14 days post...
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    comb and wattles significantly lighter in color, see picture

    So my leghorn is still alive and actually seems to be doing pretty well. I gave her some yogurt today, her appetite is back and she is keeping her eyes open, eating, drinking. I've kept her indoors (not free ranging) and isolated with another bird who I suspected also had worms. I wound up...
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    comb and wattles significantly lighter in color, see picture

    Interesting I would see your post today, given the day I had. My white leghorn looks nearly identical to yours, mine is 3 years old. She is a great bird, one of my favorites. I've noticed her becoming a bit lethargic, first one into the coop at night, stays in coop during the day (I free range...
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    8 week old EE's, all pullets?

    Wow, I'm guessing all hens. Very lucky, your children.......
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    Please help Are these roosters?

    yes, 2 roos, sorry. Getting roos is just part of the process of having chickens. My first few batches of birds were greater than 50% roos. Craigs List has been great for me to rehome my roosters. I have met many super nice people who are looking for just 1 roo to add to their hen flock or put in...
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    Name this creature

    Yes, this is a Guinea fowl. They are great birds. Actually are somewhat of a "watch-dog alarm". They make this super loud noise when a stranger enters your property or a potential animal predator. We kept one for a while with our hens and 2 roosters. It just showed up on a property one day and...
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    Rooster spur removal??

    I have 2 roosters (well-behaved) with my flock of 10 hens. Note: I'm adding 6 more pullets here shortly, once they are big enough to integrate with my flock. Both of my roosters, we love, there is a #1 and #2 and they mostly interact well, know their places, and as long as we get the coop open...
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    Gender of this chicken?

    I've had several EE's and I'd vote roo on this one. Really thick legs, comb is pretty red for a pullet. The EE pullets typically get a little pinkish once they start laying, but not this red for this age. Also, my pullets have very defined praying hands tail feathers, your bird looks more like...
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