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    chicken has balance issues and blue comb

    1, Chicken: Miriam: Rhode Island Red hen, about 4 years old, normal weight, in backyard flock of 16 chickens, walk-in coop and (guessing) 30 x 40 foot fenced and netted chicken yard 2. Behavior: Yesterday, slightly wobbly on her legs, otherwise fine: eating, drinking, doing normal chicken...
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    Would you ID this white bantam pullet? Thanks!

    She's a bantam, smooth-feathered, white with soft grey spotting, and has feathered legs and feet. Also cheek puffs. She has stayed quite small -- smaller than my Silkies, about the size of the Golden Sebright cockerel I picked up at the same time. He was thinner and taller -- at least he held...
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    have you ever seen a chicken sit like this?

    One of my young chickens sits weird: She seems fine -- eats, walks, sleeps, gets along with the flock, normal in every way . . . except she sometimes sits like this. Is this a sign of a problem? Or is it normal chicken behavior? Thanks for your thoughts.
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    Skin injury -- can it heal?

    One of my first-time (and last-time) broodies attacked three newborn chicks. Two died, despite little visible injury. The third was pretty thoroughly scalped. We didn't put her down right away as oddly, she didn't appear to be suffering. In fact, several weeks later she is still doing great...
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    Egg candles opaque/dark at 7 to 9 days old???

    I thought I understood candling, but my first set of eggs in an incubator has already stumped me. All the eggs have, to my knowledge, been incubating seven to nine days.. Some I switched out from under a broody to give her some shipped (expensive!) eggs, and some I collected and added to the...
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    prematurely born chick; need advice for if it ever happens again :-(

    Question: if an egg is opened early, and the chick is alive, is there any way to save it? Situation: My broody started sitting on eggs 23 days ago. 20 days ago I marked the eggs so that I wouldn't mix them up with other eggs that kept showing up in the box. The eggs were all brown; around day...
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    Green spotted egg? What's up with that?

    I'm almost completely sure this egg is from my Silverlaced Wyandotte. It's her second egg; the first was brown with white specks. Spots on eggs are normal, right? These are raised, like paint spatters. But are they normal for Wyandottes? And green? Thanks for any insight! Egg in question on the...
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    Hen with labored breathing

    1. Type of bird: Coronation Sussex hen, 5 months old, normal weight 2. Behavior: Labored breathing. Somewhat lethargic. See videos (or links if videos don't work) below. 3. Length of Symptoms: 3 days 4. No other birds show symptoms. 5. No trauma. 6. History: The first day she sneezed. The second...
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    chicken hiccuping?

    Problem: edited to add: the video link is here if it doesn't show up embedded. [=http-youtube-dMKQHdozAvM][/] My hen seems to be hiccuping. I don't know if it's really a hiccup or if it's a problem, but I've not seen this before. Information: type of bird: Easter Egger hen (we think -- from...
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    brown chicken is what?

    I'd love advice on what breed(s) and gender this chicken might be. About 11 weeks old here, purchased as week-old chick from the "some of my chickens were in one pen during a cold spell" selection. The breeder had, among many others I didn't see, Black Copper Marans, Light and Coronation...
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    Is this an Isa Brown pullet?

    I bought a pair of Isa Brown pullets from a feedstore that orders from a big hatchery. The other pullet is brown and white (last picture), but this one is kinda weird. It's creamy white with green legs. Its neck feathers are still fuzzy, but I think they're a tiny bit brownish. It takes a...
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