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    RIR picking on my polish hen. Barely any feathers on her head! How do I get them to stop?!?!

    I have 28 chickens and they all live in a standard sized shed that we converted into a chicken coop. There is also a run which they always have access to during the day, however, most of them stay inside the coop since we live in Central MA and we got over a foot of snow this past week so its...
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    Which egg was laid by which chicken?! Is it all from one chicken?!

    Here are the eggs! We got the two white ones a few days apart and then a tan/white one after that. Same chicken or different chicken? Here are the contenders. OLLIE Mantequilla Leila
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    Four 22wk old hens and only 1 egg! Could it be due to shorter days?! Help!

    I have four 22wk old hens one is a salmon favorelle, another is a polish puffy head one and then two golden bantams. On saturday Sept 8, I found one very small white egg in the nest box and was super excited! My chickens free range so I followed them around the yard for the rest of the day to...
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    My hens have stopped going into their coop at night! Picture!

    I have four 22wk old hens and thirty 15wk old hens. My 22wk old hens have come to the conclusion that our butterfly bush in our garden is way better to roost in then their coop is. At around 7:50 or earlier, eastern time, it ends up being pretty dark around that time we will find one or...
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    Buttercup, the photogenic chicken :)

    I enjoy going outside and taking pictures of my 30 chickens to see how far they have progressed! Buttercup is a 17 week old blondie with a very outgoing personality. She enjoys grapes, watermelon, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. Whenever she hears the sound of the porch door closing...
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    16wk old rooster grabbing hens feathers and ripping them out. Normal?

    I have five 16 week old chickens, Four pullets and One rooster. I have recently noticed that my rooster will grab the hens whether it be at the lower end of their neck or their back and pull them down to the ground and ripping out their feathers. My girls obviously hate this and I can hear them...
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    Can Black Crows Kill 11 week old chickens?

    We let our 4 pullets and 1 rooster, all 11 weeks old, free range around the yard while we are home. We keep all of the windows, blinds and doors open so we can hear and seem them while we make dinner or clean around the house. A few times this week my sister and I have noticed 2-4 crows sitting...
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    I have a Turkean & maybe some Rhode Island Reds but I need help with the others!!!!

    Check out my profile for more adorable pictures of my chickens!!! I have 31 in all! :)
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    The Story of Hops, deformed joint that will not hold tendon in place. Vet said prognosis is not good

    I have been reading other posts about a slipped tendon but I don't believe that is the cause. I have 26 chicks and all of them are fine expect this one. She is a lot less developed then the other chicks. She still has her fluffy baby feathers while the others have their "teen" feathers. She...
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    New to BackYard Chickens

    Hello Everyone! My family and I are new to this website but also to raising chickens. These are our chicks when we first got them. However, they are a lot bigger now and I love them. We currently have five birds and almost all of them have all of their adult feathers. I will be putting up...
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