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    Not sure what breed my hen is

    I've had this hen for almost a year now, I bought her at a swap for 5 bucks. She's probably my favorite hen in the flock, lays really big (for her size) cream colored eggs almost every day, is very smart (for a chicken), and is a great forager. I've narrowed it down to a few breed-wise, but I...
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    Chicks losing strength in one leg, then the other and having to be culled.

    I have a broody bantam cochin raising a clutch of her own babies. A few days ago, one was limping very bad, and was generally off balance. I figured someone had stepped on it, and let it go. It got so much worse that I ended up taking it away from mom for some R&R to heal. It stopped eating and...
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    Allie & Bino, the albino orpington chicks

    Yesterday, I had two (what I believe to be) albino chicks hatch out of orpington eggs. I plan to keep them, but their vision is very poor which makes it hard for them to eat and drink. They get their eyes pecked a lot by the other chicks, since chicks peck red and I'm using an EcoGlow rather...
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    Strange swelling on duck's foot

    I don't think it's bumble foot. There's no scab, and he's a bantam duck. He's been limping REALLY BAD for the past two days, so I caught him and checked it out. He's been spending a lot of time in his pool to keep it cool and keep his weight off of it. What should I do? I don't think it's...
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    Need suggestions...Refreshing the flock and wanna try something new

    I'm actually asking this for a friend. They have about 25-50 RSLs that they're having problems with. They're eating eggs like crazy and are feather picking. I suspect nutrient deficiency but I can't really tell them to their faces that the reason their birds are doing this is because of them...
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    Is this Angel Wing?

    I just bought this duck at a swap a few months ago, and he free ranges here. He just went through a molt and today he looked like this. He eats all kinds of bugs here in addition to Purina layer crumbles. He's about a year old. What should I do?
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    Duck with wet feather and diarrhea

    I just got a new call drake, and he has some diarrhea issues. I noticed it because the feathers around his vent are brown and soiled. I had him on some weak antibiotics (tetracycline in his water) because I got him from a swap and there were some sick birds around. I added some probios to his...
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    Orange poop?

    This has been going on for a while now. Just my rooster has either hard, rust colored poops or caecal-ish looking orange poops. Here was a particularly bizarre one that I watched him "deposit" today: He does eat the berries off the burning bushes that we have around my house. When there's lots...
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    Post your Pinterest names!

    I just got a Pinterest, and I love it! But I have no friends. :( And I don't wanna follow total strangers, that'd be kinda creepy. So post your usernames, so we can all follow eachother! My username's "DreaminOfFarmin". :)
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    What's the least amount of guinea fowl I can have?

    I've heard that the rule of thumb is 10, but there's NO WAY I can have that many. Can I have 3? We have a MAJOR tick problem in Pa, amd our dog was just diagnosed with Lyme's Disease. We want some guineas to kind of "patrol the area" for ticks. We don't really want anymore than 3 truthfully...
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    IBV Carrier- Banty Cochin-PA

    My banty cochin pullet that I bought at a swap has a respiratory problem that I believe to be IBV. If you have a closed flock or also have a carrying flock, PLEASE take her. She's silver pencilled (not that common of a coloration) and she's sooo sweet. I'd hate for her to go. She's getting...
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    Does IB make a bird a carrier?

    I have a hen that I think has Infectious Bronchitis. She's new so my other chickens haven't been exposed. After she gets better can i intorduce her to my flock or will she make all my other chickens carriers? I don't want that to happen, I don't think that's fair. I also wanted to hatch babies...
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    Hen straining; blood coming out

    Okay, this is a super emergency. My hen layed me a shelless egg 3 days ago. Two days ago there was a membrane under the roost bar. Today this was on the coop: Then she was standing in the nest box like this: Then she jumped out and ran away. Now she's standing there like this: And there is...
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    Would this make an EE?

    I'm not good at genetics. So forgive me if this is a dumb question. If I breed a golden sebright cockerel with a purebred black split ameraucana, would the results be EE's? They would have rose combs. Would they have green legs? The females would lay light blue eggs. So would that make them...
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    Beginning of bumblefoot?

    I was examining my hen today and noticed a scab on her foot. It does not look like bumblefoot, but maybe the beginning of it. No swelling or limping at all.
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    Hen with crusty butt feathers

    My hen has been getting crusty butt feathers lately. The first time (when I got her) her whole butt had poop all over it, and looked like vent gleet but without the redness and foul smell, discharge, etc. We gave her a warm bath with Dawn dish soap and she was fine. Has a nice, fluffy butt. This...
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    Post your most original nesting box(es)!!!

    Desperate times call for desperate measures. I recently acquired a friend for my lonely hen. My hen Chippy does not enjoy sharing, especially with newcomers. Chippy laid her egg, and decided to sit there like a brat. Miriam: "Hey, any chance you have any room for a second?" Chippy: "No...
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    Can I wait 9 hours inbetween turns?

    For the last 8 days of my incubation, I'm going to be in school and no one will be able to turn the eggs. I can't afford an automatic turner and I was wondering if I could turn once at 6:30 AM, 3 PM, and 11 PM? Would 8 1/2-9 hours be too long for the eggs to stay on one side?
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    Just some random questions

    I have some questions. And they may be hard to understand so sorry. 1.) How long after I collect a fertile egg can it still be incubated? Could I keep an egg for about 3 days (non refridgerated) and then put it in the incubator and it still grow into a chick? 2.) After I put a fertile egg in...
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    Pullet with respiratory problem! Urgent!

    I bought a pullet at a swap yesterday, and she looked healthy. Once I got her to my car I noticed her wheezing, coughing and sneezing. It's not a normal sneeze, but an EXTREMELY mucus-filled, nasty sneeze. Other than these symptoms, she was fine. I asked the seller, and she said she never saw...
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