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    coupon

    I am unable to print a coupon that was sent to my email from backyard chickens. Its a coupon for Layena. Any suggestions? the coupopn printer comes up then when i hit start so i can download it basically says that the page is unavailable. Robin
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    Our beautiful rooster Fiesco!!

    This is our boy that we got unexpectadly when we ordered just pullets.
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    sores near vents HELP!!!!!!!!!

    here are some pics of the sores near the vents of our chickens we thought it to be just one but upon further looking at the others they all seem to have these sores, some worse than others. We are very nervous for our babies. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!
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    is this molting?

    Here is our Barred Rock hen who has been losing feathers alot lately. is this molting or is it something more serious?
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    our babies

    this is Fiesco at 4 months old (now he is 6 1/2 mths)our golden wyandotte rooster he was put in as an extra in our order, what a beauty!!! these are some of the girls at 4months old we have 4 jersey giants,3 speckeld sussex, 5 buff orpingtons and 3 golden laced wy.
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    broody hen

    We have 15 hens that are 6 1/2 months old and most have started to lay however we already have a black jersey giant who just wants to sit even if there is no eggs under her. Will this be her usual routine for a while or forever? We push her out of the nest and she goes to the food dish eats then...
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    egg with purple spots

    I know this sounds weird but I have a chicken I believe my BR hen that is laying eggs lately that are a very pale almost pink color that have light purple spots on them. My husband says he thinks its calcium deposits on the shell. Any ideas and she is not from a breeder she is from TSC. I will...
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    bad foot

    I have a rooster who has a crooked center toe and until now has not had an issue but i went out to him last night and noticed he was limping and when at a standstill he holds that foot up. Any suggestions and keep in mind he is not friendly at all so not sure if we can get our hands on him...
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    weird egg

    went out today and was collecting the eggs and in one nest box there was what looked like an egg that didnt harden and there was no yolk with it. it was flat like paper. What could this be?
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    rooster attack!!!

    Ok I love the looks of my BR rooster but "Bob" is getting out of hand!!!! 2 of the hens got out of their enclosure and as i was trying to catch them he was on a tangent and was trying to attack me through the fence and almost succeeded . At my wits end I told the kids he may have to go, now they...
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    Disgusted by having to throw eggs away

    I recently had to worm my chickens and used wyzine so now we are throwing away the eggs and I feel so awful about it!!! I really dont want to do the next step of meds and have to do it for another 2 weeks. my kids really feel bad and said "mom how can we throw these away the girls work really...
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    my first set of chickens

    we bought these chickens in March for the kiddos and us. We made sure we bought the reds(rhode island or new hampshires not sure) as females and I fell in love with the little black chicks(plymouth Rock we were told)so took a chance and we ended up with a hen and rooster. We love to just go sit...
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    New to the world of chickens!!!

    Hello from Pownal,VT!!! We are a family of 5 and we are raising our first little group of chickens, We have 4 New Hampshire reds(hens) and 2 Plymouth Rock a hen and a rooster. We are having a blast and the kids love collecting the eggs. I cant wait to explore BYC more and learn!!!
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