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  1. Desirai

    Does anyone know what happened to Becca and her blind chicken Mumble?

    this is probably a weird post, but I'm sure if people have been on BYC and facebook for the last few years they have seen Mumble the blind chicken. I'm almost positive I discovered her posted on this forum but I don't know. Anyway, her FB page went completely silent in 2021 and no one knows...
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    Keeping house chickens.

    Hey all. I'm not sure which forum to put this in so please move it if it has a better place. Many of you probably don't remember me but I started raising chickens a few years back, but I had to sell them for a bunch of reasons and I miss them very very much. I still remember all of their names...
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    RIP my sweet kitty

    RIP Buttons, Apr 1, 1997 - Jun 14 2013. She passed away tragically when I accidentally run over her. She was deaf, I didn't see her and she didn't hear me. Just buried her underneath our willow tree. I feel so horrible for what happened and I would take it back if I could. Rest well, my...
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    When do they go to the coop?

    When and how do I introduce baby chicks to the coop? My hen was sitting on eggs, they started hatching 3 weeks ago. So the babies are now about 3 weeks old. They are already getting their feathers in. I'm still using a heat lamp on them at night because they still shiver without it. Anyway how...
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    Stillborn chick

    My hen was sitting on 20 fertile eggs. Today is day 27. One chick hatched today, there were still 5 eggs. I shook them, they were sloshy. So.. I was curious. I broke one. it had a fully formed chick in it encased in thick, smelly, goopy blood. The chick was dead. What would have caused that...
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    Mother killing babies

    Is it normal for the mother hen to peck her chicks to death? Found 2 chicks bloodied and dead, caught the hen in the act of biting/pecking a 3rd chick. It has sustained injuries to its head and neck, I don't think they are life threatening but I immediately took all the chicks away from the...
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    Chicken death

    I am surrounded by chicken death... one of my chickens was killed a couple days ago. since then.. every single egg I have opened up has had a baby chick in it. It's making me queasy and sick and depressed.
  8. Desirai

    Blood in egg

    Arrggh.. I accidentally crushed an egg in my pocket. Inside of it was a small glob of thick bloody tissue. Was this a partially formed chick?? Or something else?
  9. Desirai

    chicken killed

    My chicken was found inside the enclosure with a piece of her stomach missing. what will do that
  10. Desirai

    Just lost a chicken for the first time...........

    ... I am upset :( I am out of town and my mom called to tell me one of my chickens was found dead... I am so sad. I don't know any details other than she was found dead.. my grandpa buried her. I knew it was inevitable, but I am still upset. I don't know which chicken either, mom said "one of...
  11. Desirai

    My chickens have mites

    Is this just something I'll have to deal with? Everytime I go in the chicken coop I come out covered in mites. they're on me right now and it's so freakin icky!!! Is there any way I can get rid of the mites or is it just something that comes with chickens?
  12. Desirai

    I HAVE BABIES!!!!

    My chickens hatched babies!! I'M A GRANDMOMMY!!!!!! There's 3 babies so far!!!!!!
  13. Desirai

    No pictures, but funny story!

    Well, here's a picture of my rooster Lindo and here's a picture of my cat! Here's the story...... So Lindo and his girls were out in the front yard the other day. All the cats like to chase the chickens. They've never harmed them and the chickens don't really seem to mind. Well...
  14. Desirai

    Is it possible to make a skittish roo more friendly?

    My rooster Lindo (originally Linda til he crowed) is extremely skittish. He always has this look like he is terrified (as you will see in the pictures) He won't come near me, and if I come in the pen he sounds the alarm that something is wrong and the hens all run to him. I had to rehome my...
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    HELP! Bloody chicken

    One of my hens has been pecked and pecked until she is bleeding and bloody, I don't have any way to separate her unless I bring her into the house!! what do I do?? I don't want the other chickens to eat her!
  16. Desirai

    Toys for chickens?

    Do chickens like toys? what kinds of toys? I know my chickens get bored.. they don't get to free range here, they have to stay in their pen 24/7. by pen I mean a 22x22ft run. Can I get something for them for entertainment?
  17. Desirai

    Why is my chicken doing this (videos)

    My hen makes this noise constantly is this normal, why does she do this? She's a cochin mix and was born March 2012
  18. Desirai

    Down with the bucket!

    I have a funny rooster named Sherman. Here's Sherman. Today I brought the food into the pen using a different bucket. Sherman chased me and began attacking the bucket! He knocked that bucket out of my hands and taught that bucket a lesson REAL quick! Once he showed that bucket who is...
  19. Desirai

    How to deal with drafts

    So this is my first year with chickens. I've had them since March. Winter is comin! I live in eastern Alabama so our winters are mild but it can get below 15 degrees F sometimes. How can I protect my chickens from drafts? all summer long I have kept their chicken door open 24/7 so they can...
  20. Desirai

    Chicken saddles?

    I think I need chicken saddles. My roos are pulling the feathers out of their favorite hens' backs. Where can I get them and how do I know what size I need?
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