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    4 week old chick with leg/foot issues

    Hey folks, One week ago I bought some 3 week old silkie/frizzle/sizzle chicks from a breeder. She threw one in for free that had curled toes from an issue with her incubator. Before she gave it to us, she duct-taped it's feet so they were flat, and told us to take them off in about a week. I...
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    Surprises!

    Hey chicken-people, I've just come home from a week and a half vacation, and I did notice one of my bantam hens had gone broody a week or two before the trip...and... I got home today and found two baby chicks under her! They are dry and fluffy, hard to say how long they've been out of their...
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    Sick Bantam

    Hi again, I posted on a similar issue earlier (Re: Safeguard in Water?), but this is more urgent and directed now. I had a flock of five, which is now four. Three full sized: one Barred Rock, two Americanas, and two Bantam Cochins: one Buff and one White. I got them all in March as pullets...
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    Safeguard Goat Dewormer in water?

    Hey folks, It's been awhile since I've been on here. Glad to be back, but not under these circumstances of course. I lost a 12-month old barred rock yesterday to what I suspect was roundworms. I noticed her being listless on Monday, and isolated her and began administering safeguard goat...
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    4 Pullets in 5 Days

    Hi folks, I live and work on a ranch near Half Moon Bay, CA. We keep a flock of around 50 chickens, 3 roosters. Diverse breeds and ages, two ameracauna roosters (one red one white), one buckeye rooster, parents of two generations. Most of our hens are 3+ years old, and are mostly ameracauna...
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    New girl not acting right

    Hi folks, I had a flock of 6, recently added 2 girls. Most are 1 year old, a few are on their second year. Mix of breeds and backgrounds. A neighbor gave me one of her first year laying hens a week ago, she could not take all of her flock with her when she was moving. Two days later she...
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    Too early to molt?

    Hi folks, Is it too early for hens to molt? I live in ABQ New Mexico, and this is my first year with a flock. I don't know many good chicken owners in the area, they are no help. My RIR is lookin nappy, she is just over 1 year old. Her head is mostly bald, and she's shedding feathers from...
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    Gapeworm? Or cocci again?

    I have an aggressive RHR that lives an isolated part of my run. They girls can interact through the fencing and share scraps but the RHR cannot attack and chase. She is a little over one year old, this morning I noticed she is sluggish. Head cocked to one side, closing eyes, tail down. Very...
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    **Please help** Is a vitamin deficiency killing my hens?

    hi there, Two weeks ago, I lost two hens in two days. One I found dead in the coop, the other slowly dying (head down, eyes closed, panting/labored breathing, lazy and ruffled feathers). I sent one in for an autopsy, and have not gotten the document yet, but the vet told me over the phone that...
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    HELP! 1 CHICKEN DEAD ANOTHER SOON?

    Hello, Yesterday afternoon I went into the coop to find my barred rock cochin laying dead on the coop floor. I inspected her, to find no clues whatsoever, and she was acting as normal as could be all the day before. I acquired her 3-4 months ago, she's been very healthy. She is maybe around...
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    Broody? Or something else...?

    Howdy. I am concerned something might be wrong with my 8-10 month old game bird hen. I have 9 hens in ABQ New Mexico, no roosters, not really in a position to raise chicks. I've posted about this hen before, but the issue has developed. My game bird went broody 1 1/2 months ago. She was not...
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    Aggressive hen- what to do?

    I have 9 chickens, 1 RIR, 1 spanish bird, 1 game bird, 2 aracaunas, 1 buff, 2 cochins, and 1 silver laced wyandotte. They are all between 8-12 months. They live in a 25x25 run. their coop is always open, and is 4x8. Food and water dispersed evenly around the run, there's junipers growing that...
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    Broody Pullet?

    Hey everyone, There appears to be something abnormal with my 7-8 month old wyandotte/gamebird. She has not started laying yet, as far as I can tell. I've had her for two-three months. She's been quite the fiesty bird, won't let me near her, but is high up on the pecking order even though she's...
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    The quarantine of Buffy St.Marie

    Recently introduced 5 hens to my flock of two. Originally had two 1-year old hens, introduced two 8-month old game birds and three 3-month pullets. After a week of squabbling, it's mostly settled down. Mostly. Our original alpha is a tiny rhode island red (Buffy St.Marie) that thinks shes a...
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    Introducing four new girls to a flock of two

    Hello BYC'ers, Before getting into this, I have read and re-read the advice page on introducing new chickens to your flock. All that read and said, I have a few questions for those of you who have experience. **Also, not looking for a lecture, just advice** I have two 10 month old hens, whom...
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    Sneezy, snotty nosed hen

    Hi there, my hen seems sick and I am treating her the best way I know to. Maybe you know something I don't? I'm grateful for any ideas or feedback. 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) I don't know exactly what type of hen...
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    Hi folks! And- what breeds do I have?

    Hi folks, I'm a 24 year old Californian serving an Americorps apprenticeship on an organic vegetable farm in Albuquerque New Mexico. My family got chickens a few years ago, and I've been working around them for a couple years, but not directly with them. I'd never owned a chicken until about...
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