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    BEWARE who you hire to watch your flock & your other animals

    Hi! Just wanted to give a heads up on who you hire to take care of your flock. I made the mistake of hiring a family friend to take care of the flock and feed my cats. Long story short...the chickens got out of the run. One of my cats is currently in the hospital close to death because this...
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    Buff Comb Ripped Completely off

    My Buffs comb was ripped completely off 9 days ago. Something got into the coop during a terrible storm and killed one, injured 2. Her wound has healed and I put her back in the coop last night. The hens started picking on her. How long before I can put her back in the run and she'll be safe...
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    Henrico County VA is a predator to my chickens

    I began raising chickens November, 2011. I have 36 chickens on 1.107 acres of agriculturally zoned land that began as the Elko Poultry Farm and Hatchery. In April, 2016, Henrico county began their attack on my chickens telling me I didn't meet setback for horses on residentially zoned...
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    Is this bumblefoot on my Rooster? What do I do? Has swollen toe.

    I noticed tonight that one of my roos has a swollen accessory metatarus on one leg. Any suggestions how to treat?
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    4 or 5 Hens being aggressive to other hens - Pulling feathers & pecking

    I have 52 chickens; 7 roos and the rest hens. They have been together for the past 3 years and had been getting along fine. For the past month or so 4 or 5 of the hens have been picking on each other and the other hens; pulling out feathers, pecking their backs until bleeding, chasing hens...
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    2 Roos Were Buddies Now Fight Constantly

    I have 2 roos hatched at the same time about 5-6 months ago. They are both very obnoxious to the hens so they have been segregated from the rest of the chickens in a "bachelor run/coop". They have been living together fine for the past three months. But, 3 days ago they started fighting. (It...
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    Lonely chicken will she freeze to death this winter?

    Hi. I have a disabled chicken who was born with a deformed neck. she was born with 5 other chickens but as she got older but all the other chicken started really picking on her bad. I had brought her into the house and she lived in the house for about 3 months. about a month ago I build her...
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    Broken egg inside I think

    I have an Americano who is appears to be egg bound but when I picked her up it appeared to the white of an egg coming out of her behind. I have her sitting over warm water right now. Been on the water for the past hour I don't know what else to do please help.
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    Single Egg Hatch - Will Chick be ok?

    21 days ago my Buff went brood on 4 eggs. 7 days later she decided to add 7 more eggs to her nest. 1/2 way thru the incubation of the first 4 eggs she decided to abandon all those eggs and move to 5 new ones in a new nest box. She had already broken one of the old eggs. So, I moved the...
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    2 hens gone brood 3 days apart 1 Buff, 1 Amaricana

    Hi! I have 2 hens who have gone brood 3 days apart. One is in the nursery and has 5 eggs under her. She previously had been brood with 11 eggs under her but decided to start anew half way thru the incubation period and is now sitting on 5 eggs. I've since put the abandoned eggs in the...
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    Hen injured by roos spur now she is limping.

    One of my hens was sliced pretty deep by the roos spur. I brought her in and cleaned it up. I then examined it and it didn't appear that anything other than the outer layer of skin was sliced. I sewed her up but she is limping pretty bad. The injury happened on Saturday and it is now...
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    Will a hen with chicks harm new chicks introduced into the flock?

    28 days ago one of my hens hatched 5 chicks. She has great maternal instincts and takes very good care of them. She is a Buff. Yesterday, I took the 4 chicks I hatched in an incubator 10 days ago out to the coop. She heard them peeping loudly and came at me puffed up like I was hurting them...
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    Brooder lamp to supplement momma heat in February?

    Hi! One of my Buffs went brood 20 days ago and she has 9 eggs under her. I've heard chirping and 3 eggs are beginning to hatch. She has been a VERY GOOD momma and has only been off the nest twice in the past 20 days. My question is: I'm in Richmond, VA where our weather is constantly...
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    Should I put a brooder lamp in the coop?

    Hi! One of my Buffs went brood 20 days ago and she has 9 eggs under her. I've heard chirping and 3 eggs are beginning to hatch. She has been a VERY GOOD momma and has only been off the nest twice in the past 20 days. My question is: I'm in Richmond, VA where our weather is constantly...
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    Siblings in a cock fight

    2 of my boys, Shakespeare (a bard rock) and Rufus (a white not sure what breed) went toe to toe this evening after I let them out of the run. They were both born 2/19/12 in the same incubation and have been together ever since. Not sure what was going on but they were facing off with their...
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    Americana Hen missing feathers

    I have an Americana hen missing an area of feathers on her back about the size of a 50 cent piece. It's low on her back close to her tail feathers. She is not new to the coop. She arrived with 16 others back in May. Everyone has been getting along fine but I've noticed one of my Buffs (that...
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    Delimmas, Delimmas, Delimmas - Bully Rooster, Baby Chick and Broody Hen

    I've only been raising chickens since February. These are my delimmas and would appreciate any help/insight you could give me. BTW, all my babies free range anywhere from 8-12 hours a day: February, I hatched 16 chickens. Some Americans, some I'm not sure. Out of the 16 I have 4 roosters...
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    3 month old (I think roo) trying to get at 1 month old pullets

    Hi, I'm a new subscriber to BYC and new to raising chickens. I incubated eggs that 12 hatched Feb. 20 and are doing great. They are now in the coop with some 6 month olds. I purchased 16 two week old chicks about 2 weeks ago and am keeping them in my living room. They have been outside in a...
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