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    Baby chick question

    What is the preferred age to introduce baby chicks to the flock? Babies have a mother hen watching over them.
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    Help- what is this??

    We just got this hen yesterday from a friend who needed to re-home her flock. Tonight we noticed this enormous mass between the hen's legs. Her vent appears normal and the mass is much lower. It is red and soft (fluid-filled?) and larger than a softball. Any ideas on what it could be and what we...
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    Cornered

    We added two new hens to our existing flock two days ago. The new girls are having a rough time. The older girls won't let the new ones near food or water and make them stay in the coop or up on a roost. How long will this last? I have separate food and water set out for them today but this is...
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    Is this "hen" a rooster?

    One of our "girls" has me thinking she may be a he. She has a redder face than the others, is taller with longer legs, and has been mounting our one laying hen (the others haven't begun to lay yet). Last night I decided to take a closer look at her feathers and think they seem pretty pointy in...
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