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    Sick roo... deteriorating FAST!!! Please help!

    Hello chicken friends! I hope someone can help me save my rooster! I do not know what's wrong with him, he was 100% fine yesterday, throughout the night, and this morning he started acting strange, napping, not eating nor drinking, and not able to take care of his girls, but he still ran away...
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    Shells visible in poop, soft shell eggs

    I have a question again! I have a hen that has laid normal ells. She started laying soft shelled eggs, then no-shelled eggs (that she ate), and then molting season started and all of my 3 hens stopped laying. After molting season, I assumed 2 hens started laying again until I found 3 eggs in the...
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    WHAT is that that came out of my hen??? *GRAPHIC PICTURES*!!

    One of my 4 hens is not well. I have not been able to find out what she has yet, I am assuming possibly tumors but I am not sure now. She eats a LOT, sleeps a LOT, and just lost her rank in the pecking order a month ago (mid May 2015), putting her at the bottom of the order. I have noticed in...
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    Hen not laying, lethargic, hunched back, but eats and drinks a lot!

    I hope someone can help me again, please! Back in December (we had 5 hens) one of our older ones (only 2 1/2yrs) had started laying soft-shelled eggs, then stopped laying all together, was also sleeping a lot, and finally got very sick in January (lethargic, not eating, ruffled feathers, lost...
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    Hens suddenly not laying in nesting box anymore

    Hello! I hope someone can give me tips as to what to do or why my 3 hens all of a sudden went from laying their eggs in the nesting box to laying eggs exclusively NOT in there anymore? They now find random spots in the yard (on the garage shelves, on my kids' toy table, on the concrete floor -...
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    Rooster becoming meaner by the day. Can I keep a hen alone?

    We have one hen and one roo (they are both 20 weeks old now) and we've raised them since they were one day old. 2 weeks ago we got rid of a second roo (as we originally wanted 3 hens but 2 turned out to be male) and the one we kept has gotten very mean since. He's been a very nice bird up until...
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    I'm about to pull the plug...

    Argh!! I am so torn! I am asking for your honest advice, please! I've had 3 chicks hatch from 7 incubated eggs on day 20. All 7 eggs went into lockdown and showed movement when I candled on day 18. Today is the end of day 23 and the other eggs have not shown any signs of life. As I am already on...
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    Eggs lost weight - not enough?

    I have been keeping my 7 remaining eggs (started with 11) in the incubator at a 40-50% humidity rate. As I just weighed the eggs now (day 16) I noticed that they had lost weight but not as much as recommended; only 7-9.5% and drained the bit of water that was left in there and will see what that...
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    Incubator temperature

    Hi chickenlovers, Is there anyone who can help me with this question? I've read that the temperature of the incubator needs to be at 37.5 degrees C, about 100 degrees F. Mine sits at 38.8-39C, about 101.8F and I've read that with 2 different thermometers (one of those digital). The eggs have...
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    How soon can chicks live in the colder outside?

    I'd appreciate any input / personal experiences anyone can give me! At what age can chicks deal with colder temperatures well? Can they go live in an outdoor coop when they are 3-4 weeks old and it's not freezing yet? At what age can a young chicken go outdoors when it's freezing? Is it a good...
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    4 weeks later

    Thanks for some opinions 4 weeks ago. I determined after some answers that our chicks cannot be sexed by color. I had no idea that chicks are not cute little fluffy balls of fluff for very long! They look like mini chickens now! We've been watching their growth and behavior over this time and...
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    Red Stars; may this one be a rooster?

    I got 3 chicks on Sunday. First time chicken owner! We were told the are sex-linked Red Stars, females are yellow, males would be brown. Two of them look yellow without doubt. What about the one in the front? He/She's a bit darker but NOT brown, but has dark wing tips. They are only 5 days old...
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    Getting closer one baby step at a time

    Hi chicken lovers, I have considered having my own chickens for years! I think it's time to make this dream a reality... I want to raise happy chickens and have my toddler grow up with a green mind - and getting the eggs from the coop in the mornings! My hubby now has sent me on a quest to find...
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