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    Limping chicken, bloated chicken?

    So one of my hens has been limping for a while and I just thought she would get better because I have had chickens get injured and heal themselves and stop limping so I thought that would happen, but she is still limping. A couple weeks ago I noticed she wouldn't get off the roost in the...
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    Chicken very ill, need help.

    So I have a chicken who is just about 20 weeks, I found her a couple days ago laying on the floor of the chicken coop. Its almost like she is paralyzed because she cant move her wings or legs, besides an occasional quiver. But her neck was fine and the fist day I put her in a dog kennel with...
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    Turkey Emergency

    Please do not reply if all you are going to do is rant about animal cruelty. I do not want these turkeys to suffer anymore then you do. I am raising 3 turkeys for the first time, for thanksgiving dinner. I have 1 bronze and 2 white. The bronze one had problems with her legs within months...
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    2 dead in 2 weeks, whats should I do?

    I had a immature silkie die a couple weeks ago, I didn't know what she died of, she had some blood around her beak but otherwise looked fine. Then today I found a full grown chicken probably 2-4 years old, dead in the coop. It looked like she might have fallen off the roost because she was...
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    crowing all night!

    I have only had a couple roosters my whole time having chickens. This rooster is fabulous, absolutely love him, but he crows in the middle of the night. He will begin around 2AM, it is not light, there is no sun, only moonlight and he will crow until, well I guess he never really stops...
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    hen with broken toe?

    My hen has what seems to be a broken toe. She holds it up under her most of the time and I can see that the large toe is blue. When she has to walk, she holds the foot out, far in front of her like she cant see it, then takes a quick step. I tried to catch her but she was still pretty quick...
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    not a single chick left

    I am feeling a little heart broken. A week ago I lost a sweet broody and her 7, 3 day old chicks when she decided to hunker down under the chicken coop for the night. I saw her there, but knew there was no way I could reach her, as the coop is quite large, and she was in the dead center. I...
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    Chicks switching moms?

    I have two clutches of chicks right now in the chicken coop. A Barred Rock with 3 chicks and a Domonique with 7 chicks. I went to check on them and the Dom. only had 4. I was so worried. I looked all over before finally looking under the BR and there they were. Did they switch moms? Or are...
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    Roo pulls feather when mating.

    My rooster is making all my hens bald because he holds on the their feathers on their heads while he is mating and by the time he is done, there is a big chunk of feathers missing. I have heard of the need for saddles, but I need helmets. Anything I can do, or is this normal?
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    Found Poultry lice what do I do with chicks?

    I found that my chickens have lice. I have permithrine poultry dust that I used last time they had it. But this year I have 3 baby chicks that one of my hens is raising. I have not checked them but should I treat them and their mother? Is it safe for them to be in the coop while I am dusting...
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    I dont think this is working

    First time trying to hatch eggs, I really dont think this is working, my hen keeps pushing eggs away and letting them get cold. She started with 7, down to 4 some were broken so all are covered in dried yoke, and poop, she apparently hasnt gotten up to poop no way those eggs have a chance...
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    broken eggs making mess

    Help! I set my eggs a few days ago. My hen decided to move the eggs yesterday, I didnt know how she could do that without breaking them all. She left one behind, but Oh Well. Today I went to check on her, there was a broken egg shell and dried egg yoke stuck to everything. Two eggs are...
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    Too late to start chicks?

    I think I have a broody hen, I have never let them be broody before but I was going to begin hatching eggs with broody hens in spring. It is far from spring but my pullet seems kind of excited to be a mother, she only has 2 eggs. My questions are.... 1. is it too late to begin chicks when...
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    Cuddle time.

    Just wondering how everyone else pets their chickens. I like to put my fingers under the feathers around their neck and "scratch" them, they seem to like it, but then I saw a friend of mine pick up her hens and pet the hens waddles and I thought that was weird, but her chicken seemed to like...
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    Is this a rooster?

    I have had chickens for several years but this one I cant figure out. It is a dominique and he/she doesnt act like a rooster, but his/her tail feathers have grown long and began to do the fountain thing that rooster tails do. (What is that called anyway!) I have seen my rooster on him/her but...
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    Rooster Theory

    I wonder about roosters. I have tried for a few years now to get a good rooster, but all the roosters we have start out just fine but then get mean and start attacking my kids and even me. Then we have to kill them. I have visited other farms and the roosters just walk around and ignore the...
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    Chickens laying outside

    I have had chickens for 3 years. I have never had problems with chickens laying outside. They have always laid in the nesting boxes. But I have some young chickens who I got this spring, and they are doing weird things. Like roosting in trees, which I found they were doing that because the...
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