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    Very long nails

    I just noticed that one of my hens has very long nails. They are in fact so long they are starting to curl a bit and turn to the side. The other hens all look okay but I am worried this is a potential injury or, at the least, uncomfortable. She seems fine and is getting around just fine...
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    Egg Texture Question (with pictures)

    Our first Easter Egger began laying in November and her sisters have started in the past couple of months. I have noticed that I get eggs from at least two (of the four) that are textured. I am not sure if it means anything nutritionally (for the chickens laying them...not for those of us...
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    Best Way to Cull Sick Chick?

    What are some possible ways of dispatching a sick chick (2 months old with crookneck/wryneck or some kind of injury)? Any advice appreciated! Thank you.
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    What would make a Rooster Crow at Night?

    Last night, about an hour or more after dark and after the chickens had been peacefully roosting the rooster started crowing inside the coop. I went and checked on them and they were all just sitting quietly and there didn't seem to be any obvious disturbance and no predators or other animals...
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    Your Advice Needed, Please!!

    I went to the feed store today to get some pine shavings for the coop but all they had was aspen. I bought it but now can see it is shaved much finer than the pine and it not quite sawdust but pretty close. Do you think it is okay for litter for the coop (and I usually put some around in the...
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    Molting or Other Reason for Losing Feathers??

    Suddenly our chicken coop is full of feathers. It looks like all of our chickens are losing feathers. They are all about 3 months old (all five are EEs) and they still look pretty neat and smooth and I don't see any big bald spots but they are grooming themselves a lot more than usual and our...
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    Question about Chick starter and Game/Show feed

    I just got back from the feed store where I was picking up some chick starter for my chickens. They are about 9 weeks old and I have been giving them the starter plus greens and scraps. All they had was (manna-pro) game/show feed and they said it is basically the same thing and fine for them...
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    A Whole Bunch of Roosters?? (new pix added)

    EDITED TO INCLUDE NEW PICS One of our Easter Eggers just started crowing but otherwise looks and acts the same as the others besides a slightly pinker comb. I am pretty confident 2 of the 5 are girls but am getting paranoid about two others. What do you think, do I have a bunch of roosters...
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    Combs: do you have pictures of different types?

    My 8 week old chickens are starting to look like they have different comb types. The only images I can find in books or online are drawings and are not real helpful yet. Does anyone have good images of the variety of combs both at about 6-10 weeks and also full grown so I can get a better...
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    Easter Egger Question: Leg Color

    Are Easter Eggers the only ones with those great green legs? Is that a sure sign that it is an EE and not an Ameracauna? Thanks!!
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    Wing clipping...too young??

    My 4 or 5 week old chicks are getting really flighty. It is fun to watch them practice but they are actually just about able to fly over the 6 foot high chicken run...they would probably be fine in our yard but not so much in any of our neighbors yards and the walls separating us are much lower...
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    Help: not sure how long to separate an injured chick from the others.

    I am wondering how long I need to keep my recently injured chick separate from the other chicks. I posted earlier this week about my one month old chick who was hurt when a squirrrel got into the cage she was in outside in the chicken run. I isolated her and treated her wing as best I could...
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    Chick just attacked by squirrel---how do I care for her?

    We just heard a commotion in the backyard and found a squirrel in the brooder cage in our chicken run. The chicks (about 4 weeks old) were all piled up and panicked. I let them out to get away from the squirrel and they all fled but one who was bleeding. My daughter wrapped it in a towel and...
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    Squirrel attacked chick---what should I do?

    We just heard a commotion in the backyard and found a squirrel in the brooder cage in our chicken run. The chicks (about 4 weeks old) were all piled up and panicked. I let them out to get away from the squirrel and they all fled but one who was bleeding. My daughter wrapped it in a towel and...
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    Squirrel attached chick...what should I do?

    We just heard a commotion in the backyard and found a squirrel in the brooder cage in our chicken run. The chicks (about 4 weeks old) were all piled up and panicked. I let them out to get away from the squirrel and they all fled but one who was bleeding. My daughter wrapped it in a towel and...
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    Too hot outside?

    Last night we put our chicks (about 3.5 or 4 weeks old) outside for the first time and they did just fine... I went to check on them now and they are all panting a little and spreading their feathers (to cool down?). They are drinking water but I am paranoid that it is too hot for them. It...
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    Ready to go outside?

    We have five chicks about 3.5-4 weeks old. They have been in the brooder indoors most of the time but seem to be getting bored (and big!). Today we took two out into the backyard and they freaked out and started panting and getting panicky. It is in the low 90's and they had shade and water...
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    Please Help Identify

    We have five chicks about three weeks old, bought at the feed store who told us they were Araucana's which I don't think they are. It doesn't really matter too much to us what breed they are but I am VERY curious. I am new to chicken keeping so any thought you all might have as to what we've...
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