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    Growing A Toe?

    I have a wyandott hen that looks and acts perfectly fine except she has what looks like a 4th toe emerging! She is 18 months old and her foot has a small lump with a pink bulge. The pink portion looks like good skin as opposed to a nasty infection. I cant get close enough to get a picture...
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    7 Months Old And No Eggs

    Is it possible to have 3 chickens from the same brood, all sterile? We have 3 Americana's hatched in early April that are not laying. I did check the bones near the vent and they are still closely spaced. Even with that evidence we have done a search of favorite places to be sure they arent...
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    Just Feathers

    I went outside to find NOTHING but feathers left of a 15 week old Auracana. We have two dogs that in one very small area could grab a chicken, but I would think with dogs there would be blood and guts, not just feathers. I did check their stool the next day and although white in color...
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    Losing Tail Feathers

    i HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SILVER LACE WYANDOTTE (ONE OF 6) THAT IS LOSING HER TAIL FEATHERS. AS OF TODAY SHE HAS NONE! SHE SEEMS PERFECTLY FINE, BUT LOOKS A BIT ODD! NONE OF THE BIRDS ARE IN MOLT, ALTHOUGH THAT BEING SAID THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN MOLT FOR OVER A YEAR. cAN SHE FLY/STIR WITHOUT A TAIL...
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    laying less and in different location

    I have 6 1 year old wyandottes that are major layers - 5 to 6 eggs per day. No problems, until....We have slowly introduced 4 new Americana pullets. For the time being they are not sleeping in the coop but after about two weeks in a pen where the two groups could see one another, we are...
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    molting

    My hens are nearly a year old and they have not gone through molting. When should I expect this? We did artificial lighting during the winter months to maintain egg production.
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    too many eggs - overachievers

    I have 6 beautiful wyandottes. They didnt start laying until they were 26 weeks old - Thanksgiving Day! Well, we have gotten 6 eggs everyday since then. Everything you read says one egg/chicken every 36 to 48 hours. We have a light on a time that goes on at night to insure 15 hours of light...
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    too much light?

    Our pullets began laying on THanksgiving. We have a light on a timer so they get 15 hours of light each day. Well, it has turned very cold, so the light is now on 20 out of 24 hours. These 6 pullets are now all laying 6 eggs every day! I dont know if pullets just initially lay more or if...
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    chicken anatomy 101

    We have a runt 11 week old wyandotte that has become the family pet. She is very comfortable being handled and seems to enjoy our company. Last night when I was holding her, I felt a large bump on her breast. It is high and slightly off center. This may be perfectly normal, but the...
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    transition from chicks to pullets - OATS

    Everything I'm reading says you want your chicks to grow at a slow pace so they dont begin to lay too soon. I've also read that the best way to do this is to cut in Oats gradually, starting at 8 weeks, until it represents about 50% of their feed, keeping it there until they are ready for 18%...
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    12 WEEK OLD CHICK NOT GROWING

    We have been coddling the runt of our 8 Wyandotts -she has curled toe paralysis which also affects one wing. She has definitely become the family pet. We remodeled the coop and outside area to keep her close, but separate fromthe other 7. Up until this week she has been about 2/3 the size of...
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    bad leg again

    We have a runt, we love. When she was about a week old, she couldnt walk. We separated her and within 5 days she was walking. However, she was much smaller than the rest, so we kept her separated. She continues to be 2/3 the size of the others. They all moved into the coop. She stayed...
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    lonely chick

    We have a runt chick. She is about 2/3 the size of everyone else. During the second week of her life, she could not walk and we had to separate her as they started to peck her. Since we moved them all into the coop, they have not bothered her. However, they all sleep together, but her. She...
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    hanging water and feed

    I dont understand the concept of hanging feeders and waterers. It seems if they are suspended they will swing, which I wouldnt think chickens would like. IF I would hang them, how high? Right now I have them sitting on 2" high patio stones so at least they are above all the shavings. We use...
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    runt of the litter

    At age 1 week one of my wyandotts toppled over and didnt walk for 3 days. At day 2 I had to separate her from the rest of the herd as they had begun to peck at her. She has regained her ability to walk and is doing very well, but is growing at an almost immeasurable rate - 1/2 to 2/3 the size...
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    How do I get them back into the hutch?

    I have 8 - 4 week old wyandotts ready for their coop. I understand they need to be in the coop for at least 48 hours before their first venture out, so they know where "home" is. I also get that we have to supervise their free ranging for sometime. So, how long do they need to be watched (how...
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