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  1. coffeeshopgirl7

    Rooster with a limp/droopy behind.

    My two year old rooster started limping a couple days ago. He is still eating, drinking, and crowing. He doesn't seem listless or sick, he's just having a really hard time walking. I've checked his feet and he doesn't show any signs of bumblefoot or any injuries. His scales are fine, his toes...
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    Second hand Rooster -unsure of breed

    I got this handsome guy from an animal shelter worker. I went in to get a dog and got to talking about chickens. I was saying that I wish I had a rooster and she told me she had three and she'd give me one. Someone in town had raised three roosters for pets, but the neighbors complained and he...
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    A Chicken Breakthrough Story

    Getting my flock was pretty awesome. Picking up a warm egg from a nest for the first time was magical. Hearing my Rooster crow for the first time was beautiful. But today I hand fed a sick hen. She sat pitifully in my lap while I coaxed a mash into her beak. That's when I realized I am crazy...
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    Lethargic, weak acting hen. I'm afraid she is going to die.

    Info: The hen is approx. 18 months old, she lives with 26 other hens and one roo, nests are straw, yard is dirt (rain the past few days has made it a bit muddy), allowed to free-range several times a week, food is layer pellets, scratch grains, and veggie scraps for treats. I've had these birds...
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    18 mos. birds (?) Possible Leghorns, Golden Comets, and something else? Gender? Also a bonus questio

    Responded to a craigslist advert for 25 laying hens, free. The owner claims they are 18 months old but I don't know if that's true. When we were given the birds there were 28 in all, 2 roosters (?), and a funny looking one. The owner said they were given to him and he had no idea of the breed...
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    Doubling up in the nesting boxes?

    So I went out to wish my ladies a good morning and most of them were out in the yard waiting impatiently to be set free. I poked my head in the coop to see if I had any eggs, even though I know most of them lay in the late morning early afternoon. I have 16 laying boxes for 25 hens, I'm not sure...
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    Unintentional Parents of 27 Chickens and a Duck

    Hello! A few days a go my dad called me and said he was getting some chickens for free from craigslist. He asked if we wanted to keep some of them. What he really meant was "Would you like ALL of them". After spending a weekend building up a nice chicken coop and penned in scratch yard, we're...
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