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    Strange Sound

    Hi Everyone, We have a girl -- 2 years old -- who just started making the strangest sound -- like a whimper croak-- and has been making it for the last hour almost without ceasing. Otherwise she's acting completely normal -- hanging around the flock, drinking water, pecking at food. Has...
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    Predator Attack

    Hello, I interrupted an attack by what looked like an owl in our coop this afternoon (it flew so fast and was in the dark coop so it was hard to tell). We have one missing bird (the youngest -- not quite full size) and one girl whose head is injured, but it's tough to say how badly. There's...
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    Baby Rules the Coop

    Hi y'all, So, I had to leave town for a number of weeks, and (thankfully) my neighbors took care of my chickens while I was gone. Upon returning this morning, I've discovered one of our hens hatched a beautiful baby chick! She's 3 weeks old and happy and healthy, by all accounts. But something...
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    distress before laying?

    Hello All, I have a hens (18 weeks) who seem ready to start laying, from what I've been told. These are my first hens! A couple of them are making really loud "bok bok bickgock" sounds that I've told might precede laying -- but they're also making other sounds, that sound like distress sounds...
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    ten day old chicks in new brooder

    Hello everyone, I just moved my ten day old chicks into a bigger brooder (they were starting to fly and seemed to be getting agitated by the smaller space). But since they've moved in (just a few hours) they've not stopped chirping loudly (not all ten of them -- maybe just two or three). The...
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    chick temperature

    Hi! My baby chicks (first time chicken mother) are 6 days old. I've read that we should keep them at about 95 degrees, but this just seems way too hot for them (they cluster on the far side of the brooder). I keep raising the lamp, and now they're at 85 degrees, but they still avoid the heat...
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