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  1. Old Mrs. MacDonald

    Hen wants nothing to do with new chick.

    Laverne sat on 3 eggs. She kicked one egg out of her "nest" last week. One wasn't fertilized. One hatched between last night and today. She wants nothing to do with it. I don't have a brooder. All our previous hatches were taken care of by their mommas. Any suggestions on keeping this...
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    What does an impacted crop feel like?

    I have a 6 month old pullet with a large marble size knot at the base of her neck above the breast bone on the right side. She is eating, drinking and pooping normally. I carried her around some over the weekend and felt nothing. Now this. Is an impacted crop what I'm feeling? Will ACV help...
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    Eats, Drinks, Poops, but Stumbles when she Walks

    Lucy is about a year and a half old. She is a silkie. About 4 days ago she didn't want treats when I gave them their morning worms. That was odd. That night when I checked on them before bed, everyone was on the roost but Lucy. So I took her in the house and put her in the cage we can keep...
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    The General - a Red Silkie Rooster

    We named him "The General" because of his broad chest and wide comb. He looks regal. BUT out of 8 chickens in our flock, 3 are roosters. Its time to send one off to a good home. He will definitely keep the ladies happy. Also, since my husband and I do Old MacDonald's Barn at the Montgomery...
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    Is this a soft shell egg?

    Because we took her to the county fair, Lucy has been quarantined in a cage away from the rest of the flock. To our knowledge she has never laid an egg before. This evening I find this in the cage. Its the size of a small egg. None of the other laying hens have soft eggs so I don't know why...
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    No symptoms, but Ethel is dead.

    We took 4 of our 9 chickens to the county fair. Ethel and the rest were left at home. Tuesday she was fine. Thursday she was sitting at the wall of the coop like she was laying an egg. She didn't get up for treats which wasn't abnormal. Saturday she was dead in the nesting box. No...
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    Is this scaly leg mite??

    Ethel is a gray silkie. When we were trimming nails yesterday, we noticed this spot on her leg just above the spur. Any idea what it is? Is it scaly leg mite? We didn't notice anything on any others. They all have dust around their scales, but nothing like Miss Ethel. Thanks for your help.
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    10 week old with closed eye

    I got Alice at the ChickenStock in WV at the end of April. She is an approx. 10 week old Serama. She isn't growing as fast as the other Serama I got, but she's eating and drinking. Her poop seems normal. She hasn't been pecked. She's as active as she can be in the cage they are in. I...
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    Not everyone likes our Backyard Chickens - :-(

    Apparently, there are folks in Takoma Park, MD, just outside DC, that don't think too much of a roo doing his thing in the morning. It even made the news. http://www.nbcwashington.com/video/#!/news/local/Rooster-Controversy-in-Tacoma-Park/150738305 Silly people.
  10. Old Mrs. MacDonald

    Picking on my broody hen

    This is the first hen I've had go broody. She has picked a corner of the coop to sit rather than the nesting box. One of the other chickens must be picking on her. She has a few sore spots on her comb like they are picking at it. Sicne she doesn't want to get off her egg she is relatively...
  11. Old Mrs. MacDonald

    Silly Boy

    Our approx. 6 month old roo has started nesting. He goes to the corner of the coop, scoots away the bedding and squats his butt down in his spot. I expect it from the hens. Maybe he's copying their behavior. I just haven't seen a roo do it. Is he normal or do I need to change his name to...
  12. Old Mrs. MacDonald

    chillin' with my peeps

    Ok, they are actually cockerels and pullets, but still. It is so relaxing to come home from a stressful day at work, sit in the corner of the coop and watch them. Especially on the days when I have treats. Some of the girls will come over and let me rub on them. The boys are still a little...
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    Newbie from MD

    You may have already met my husband TSmith1499. He told me that there were a lot of great people here and lots of information that new chicken folks could use. So here I am. I'm Old Mrs. MacDonald because we do an Old MacDonald's Barn at our county fair. One week a year we are the...
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