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    Treating for mites on a hot 🔥 day...

    We have discovered a fairly big mite infestation in our coop (and on flock). We live in the Pacific NW. Today will be unusually not (over 100 degrees!) I have to work the rest of the week and really need to treat the coop and hens/roos but am worried about over stressing them. Is it a bad idea...
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    5 week old chicks not sure of breed!

    Picked these chicks out of 2 bins at feed store....2 from the bantam bin and 2 jungle fowl. Only 2 have feathered legs/feet. Any ideas on breeds?
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    Is it too soon to guess gender?

    So I recently went and got a handful of new chicks (4 weeks ago).. And because my husband is half Polish he thought it would be fun to get to Polish crested chicks... and of course they're straight run. I've been looking to adopt a rooster so if I end up with a rooster I'll be totally cool with...
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    What breed or mix of rooster is this?

    I saw this (what I think is a rooster- seemed to have spurs) at the garbage dump today. I loved the colors. Wasnt sure what breed.
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    New chicks from feed store...

    We picked up some chicks last weekend at the feed store... These came out of the olive eggers, bantams and jungle fowl bins. Any thoughts? I'm pretty sure I can identify olive eggers..not sure of others.
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    My Sussex hates my husband :(

    So, one of our 4 hens is a Speckled Sussex named Nina. Nina is my 12 year old son's hen and he can do anything with her. He pets her and carries her around. I am also able to do just about anything with Nina. My husband on the otherhand, she attacks! He can't think of anything he could have done...
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    Our Speckled Sussex Hen hates my husband!

    So, one of our 4 hens is a Speckled Sussex named Nina. Nina is my 12 year ols sons hen ans he can do anything with her. He pets her and carries her around. I am also able to do just about anything with Nina. My husband on the otherhand, she attacks! He can't think of anything he could have done...
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    My 11week old Black Astralorp broke her wing...

    My husband and I proudly finished our new walk in coop made of refurbished materials. We built it in our existing ourdoor enclosure. We didnt realize they could fit behind the coop (between coop and fence) and our little pullet ran in back and managed to roll onto her back and by the time we had...
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    Help! Hen or roo?

    Fingers crossed we have a hen! Can anyone tell? Hatched early Sept.
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    I think my new Chicks may have coccidia

    We adopted 3 chicks from a feed store on Sunday. One of the smaller chicks seemed a bit more lethargic a couple of days ago and we have been watching her closely. Yesterday, my daughter noticed an orange tinge and what looked like blood streaks in her stool. We were advised by her friend who...
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