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    Bloody Egg... INSIDE... No Rooster... Picture

    Does anyone know if this is cause for concern, other than grossing me out. I was frying up some eggs and one normal looking egg when cracked open revealed lots of blood in the whites. All I could find was the suggestion that is was an embryo, but we have no Rooster.
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    Bloody wing drooping... Broken? what to do

    Chicken presumably attacked by hawk? I have cleaned bloody wound and applied neosporin. We cut feathers that were attached to wounded area. Her wing is hanging low, but she let us handle her wing and spread it out without reacting. If her wing is broken, do we need to do anything other than...
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    Sounds like a horn is stuck in her throat....

    Hello, My two year old Auracauna has been making a weird sound. With every breath she makes a sort of crying mooing sound. I have never heard any of my girls make this sound before. I am concerned. Any thoughts ??
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    Marek's disease .... one down, what about the other ?

    My 8 month Cuckoo Maran died about ten days ago. I sent her off to be tested, and it was confirmed that she had Marek's. From what I read it usually affects young chicks... Would this be a case of long incubation of the disease, or a recent exposure from wild birds? She was one of three...
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    Is this Normal Molting Behavior?

    Betty is naked, well she has wing feathers , and on her head... but mainly I am concerned because she is not eating...
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    Help.. Hen is Dying ?

    I have posted a couple of times, now I believe she is dying... while I was giving her droppers of water and sick hen mash, she started ? convulsing... one foot out straight, another clenched tight... head way back, beak skyward.... wings fluttering, neck feathers shaking... Now she is on her...
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    My First Molt ! dots of blood ?

    Betty looks like she going to walk into the oven for dinner! So funny looking.... Is it normal for there to be tiny dots of blood where the new pin feathers are emerging?
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    Hen won't eat, very thin, lethargic ... gurgling sound!

    I got some good advice from Cammy last night (Thanks) and today I have been alternately giving her yogurt or ACV diluted, with a dropper. She drinks willingly when I do this, but otherwise sits or stands with her head and tail low, just staring blankly. She won't eat oatmeal and yogurt or...
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    Egg bound or just sick ???

    Help.... My hen, 7 months, a cuckoo marin, 7 months, yet to lay an egg, I thought last week was the week to lay, comb turning red, squatting for us... She became quiet, stopped eating, messy, I cleaned her rear twice in a warm bath this week, feathers coated in yellow smelly poo ? or was it a...
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    sonic rat deterrent

    If I plug in one of those devices that emits a high frequency sound that supposedly keeps the rats away, do you think it will drive my girls batty, and make them start pulling out their own feathers? I hear that shopping malls have installed such devices to keep teenagers from loitering....
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    Tip of beak missing !!!

    Help, I just got home and found that Betty somehow chipped the tip of her beak off !!! Is this common ? is she in pain, should I be concerned ?? Thanks
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    and NOW she stopped laying ???

    My Americauna (or however you spell it..) who is less than a year old, started laying last fall, and practically gave us an egg a day all winter, until last week when she stopped..... it's early spring here, plum trees finished blooming, daffodils are up.... seems like a weird time to take a...
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    mice eat feed, chickens do not

    after keeping the feeder full of feed for 8 months, and never having to even top it off, seems the mice have discovered it, and emptied it over night.... do I continue to feed them ? the mice... is it bad that my hens don't eat feed, but free range and enjoy table scraps ? we eat very healthy...
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    Then there were two.....

    Lost my first hen today to a neighborhood dog.... Felt as bad for the dog owner who witnessed it, as I do for myself, my husband, my kids, and the two remaining hens.... and our dog and cats.... My main concern is that there are only two to snuggle up on the roost, and our coldest days of the...
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    Changes in the EE egg color

    That pretty blue egg crzychicken showed a picture of, made me wonder ( since mine has not given me an egg yet ! ) .......... Does the diet of a chicken ( or temp. or sunlight or age.... ? ) effect the color of it's egg throughout it's life ? Wynette responded that they usually lighten ?
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    HELP !!! Chicken seen EATING HER EGG !!!!!

    My Egyptian Feyoumis was spotted by my husband, gobbling up an egg..... She just started laying two weeks ago.... I don't think it was the Americana or Polish girls eggs ( unless she has been devouring theirs without me knowing they even laid....) We Quickly removed any trace that was left...
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    Is agricultural lime harmful to chickens

    All the neighborhood cats deficate in an area where the chickens can scratch. I wanted to dust the area with lime to control the cat odors. Could this harm my hens ??? They are not confined to this area, but pass through it daily, and sometimes scratch....Thanks
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    what are the signs they are about to lay ?

    I am so excitedly impatient..... can't wait for my first egg.... one of my girls is getting very red in the face, is this a sign that she might lay soon ??? what else should i look for, aside from , well... eggs
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    Egyptian Fayoumis Not Laying ?

    My 18 week old Egyptian Fayoumis, who we have determined on this forum is a girl, has not produced any eggs that I know of yet..... Although they seem to make nests in the straw under their hen house, I have never seen any of my birds in the nesting box. The roof to the hen house allows natural...
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    Pullets or Cocks ???

    I need a knowledgeable eye.... My first chickens !!! Love them... no eggs yet ... no crows yet All are about 18 weeks... I think I looked at every gender posting on this sight... very helpful, but help please ! Black n red Polish Americana Egyptian Fayoumis any thoughts
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