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    Midnight Maran - Rehome in the Twin Cities

    Thread deleted - found her a good home :)
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    Can you identify which black breed this hen is?

    I ordered her as an Australorp and got her as a day old chick. This is my third round of hens, and my third Australorp. But now, she's 4.5 months old and not developed like a normal Australorp. She lays cream eggs, and not often. She only has a partial comb and it's not red or very developed...
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    Does my Australorp have delayed puberty?

    My hens (4 different breeds) are 4.5 months old. I get about two or three eggs per day, not sure who lays what! But my Australorp is skittish and underdeveloped. She doesn’t squat for me, is hard to catch, has no pronounced comb or wattles (and what she has is not red...) and in general is the...
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    frostbitten comb

    My buff orphington has a little white on the tips of her comb today - is that frostbite? I am in MN and it has been rather cold. My question is if there is anything I can/should do for her comb - I read vaseline on it? Should I apply vaseline to the other hens as well, to prevent further...
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    mites in winter?

    I'm pretty new to chickens. My three hens just started laying about a week ago now. The problem: My hens stopped coming in at night two nights ago - they are roosting in the dirt in their run instead, and I have to lift them into their coop. All the reading I have done suggests that this is...
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    Pasted up - WAY up. 2 day old chick

    HELP! I am new to chicks and my two day old Australorp is really pasted up. I've been soaking, tried hydrogen peroxide, running water, olive oil. This little chick is stressed and she still has poop stuck in her vent. What else can I do? Her vent is red and she is obviously chirping in pain. :(...
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