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    How do I become dominant hen?

    Our 7 pullets are 2.5 months old, and it's looking like their pecking order is pretty well established. They're a mix of Barred Rocks, Silver Laced Wyandottes, a Dominique, a bantam BR and an Easter Egger. Lily, the EE, is the biggest and most mature (making hen noises while the others are...
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    Bantam has swollen eye with cloudy yellow stuff

    Baby Madge is a 6.5 weeks old Bantam Barred Rock. We noticed she kept one eye shut a couple of days ago, and today I looked closely at her. One eye is swollen pink underneath, and I see cloudy yellow stuff when I pull the eyelids apart. Nothing is oozing out. She seems listless as well. The...
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    Poop stuck on chick's toes?

    Baby Madge, our Barred Rock bantam, seems to have some clumps of poop stuck to her toes. All of the other chicks (regular size) have very clean feet. Should I worry? How does one clean a 3 week old chick's feet?
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    Chicks came today - can't tell BRs from the Dominique

    I've read through old messages for clues to tell them apart. We're supposed to have a bantam Barred Rock (it's tiny and adorable), 2 standard sized BRs and 1 Dominique (the EE and the Wyandottes are easy to figure). I can't figure out which is the Dom, and that's the one that my daughter chose...
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    ?? about keeping chicks warm

    Surprise! The order I thought would arrive in mid-September is coming next week! We've pulled together all the brooding supplies (10 gal aquarium, feeder, waterer, thermometer, towel, starter feed) except the heat source. I've read the posts about why not to use a heating pad, but I wonder...
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