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    What killed my chicken ?

    I'm so sad. I came home today to find one of my chickens dead. I free range them and no other birds were touched. The chicken who was killed has its entire head and neck eaten. There are also feathers everywhere! Poor thing :( I do see hawks occasionally but wouldn't they carry her off? She is...
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    Polish Chickens

    Can anyone give me their opinion on raising polish chickens? I've been looking at them for quite a while I love the way they look. I free range my chickens do they do well free ranging or would I need to just keep them in the run? I have read that they tend to be picked on by other chickens is...
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    Anyone have experience putting a chick under a broody hen?

    Hi there .. I hope this is the right place to post this question I currently had a bad hatch in my incubator.. only one chick hatched and another one is working its way out but after what happened to the others I'm not so sure that it will make it. The one chick that hatched just peeps and...
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    Looking for advice/encouragement

    I'm feeling a little down. Today is hatch day 21 for me. I incubated 5 eggs and candled them all before lockdown and they definitely had chicks in them. On day 19 I had one pip and it hatched on day 20. Yesterday another one had pipped and was so active before I went to bed I thought for sure...
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    What do you think...Hen or Rooster?

    I'm unsure about this one.. this is my first time hatching chicks so I have no experience telling male from female but I have 3 Blue Orpingtons & one has a really large red comb and wattle and you can definitely tell he's a rooster.. one has no color to it's comb/wattle I'm guessing it's a...
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    How long before newly hatched chicks go to the bathroom?

    Hi everyone.. it is my first time hatching chicks. It has been very exciting! I have a question though.. how long does it take them to go to the bathroom for the first time? I have 5 in the brooder now..all born yesterday..late afternoon but it does not look like any have gone to the bathroom...
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    Sick/Wounded chicken.. Please help!!

    Hi there everyone.. I'm very concerned about my chicken. We were letting them free-range this afternoon and my fiance saw a hawk. This chicken in particular was hiding in the bushes and we could not get her to come out. He finally just went over and got her out and put all of the chickens in the...
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    Something is going on with one of my girls :( - PLEASE HELP!

    Hi there..I'm hoping an experienced chicken owner can give me some advice This morning one of my girls was acting strange. She was walking around sqwaking really loudly. Not hanging out with the rest of the group like usual and she was following me around the yard. She went into the coop and...
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    Is this an indication of trouble?

    Im just looking for some opinions. I have a chicken who just started laying about two weeks ago. At first she laid a very strange looking egg then started to lay normal ones every day for the past week. Today she was in her nesting box like she was going to lay an egg but never did. She got down...
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    Does anybody know where I can find cheap hatching eggs?

    I am looking for cheap hatching eggs with a variety of breeds. Everything I am finding on the internet is 40+ dollars with shipping. I just bought an incubator and was hoping to get the eggs semi-cheap since it is my first time. Just wondering if anyone knew where to look. Thanks :)
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    Chicken laid abnormal looking egg - please help!

    Hi there everyone. I tried searching for a similar topic to this but couldn't really find anything. So, my chickens are about 18 weeks old & today I found my first egg in the coop. It was really nice looking. When I got home from work one of my chickens seemed off, very abnormal. I watcher her...
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    Chicken laid abnormal looking egg - please help!

    Hi there everyone. I tried searching for a similar topic to this but couldn't really find anything. So, my chickens are about 18 weeks old & today I found my first egg in the coop. It was really nice looking. When I got home from work one of my chickens seemed off, very abnormal. I watcher her...
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    Chicken holding eye closed

    Hi everyone. I was wondering if anybody could offer me some advice. I have a 5 week old chick who is holding her eye shut. I looked in it and everything looks normal. She is eating, drinking, and running around like normal. I don't know if it was scratched or something? Any recommendations? Are...
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    Had my chicks in the coop for the first time today - sneezing?

    Hi everybody. I put my chickens out in their coop to explore for a bit today. They are 5 weeks old. I noticed that when they were in there a few of them sneezing a couple of times. Is this normal & is there anything I should be worried about? Thanks :)
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