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    ⠀ Losing feathers and weight

    I have a few hens and a rooster that have lost their feathers on their back. One hen and my rooster are pretty bad. Their skin is red and looks like they have been plucking out their feathers. My rooster is losong his feathers on the top of his wing connecting to his back. I grabbed my rooster...
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    Rooster Bully

    I have a little flock of 15 chooks. 4 are roosters. I have a massive Sussex rooster-Ken, a pretty little mixed thing-Charlie and two silkies-Chris and Feliks. Charlie is a big bully. He chases the hens everywhere pulling out feathers and fighting them. He has attacked big lovable Ken and Ken was...
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    Help me figure out the breed

    As everyone would I leaped at the chance to get free chooks. I wasn't told the breed. I think two are Plymouth Rocks but I am really stuck with my goldy pullet and colourful rooster. They have feathers on their feet. Here are some photos
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    Beak Disaster!!

    PLEASE HELP!! I walked into the chook pen and the tip of my roosters beak , Ken, was hanging down with lots of blood. I cleaned away the blood and he managed to put it back into position but will I have to take the slightly snapped tip off or leave. I worry that it might hurt him when he pecks...
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    Lonely chick

    I have raised chicks before but they were together and had each other. For the first time I have had chicks hatch from under broody hens, I have gotten 3 chicks so far but one got rejected and got beaten up pretty badly by the hens. The poor little thing was hurt badly and is now by itself. He...
  6. The Chook

    Feathers

    I have 2 hens getting bullied quite severely. One has a bare back and I am thinking about separating them from the others. Should I separate them until they get their feathers back? How long do feathers take to grow back?
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    Bedtime Bully

    I have 5 hens and a rooster. They all know their pecking order and the get along well during the day. BUT, just before they all go to bed one of the higher hens, Atilla the Hen (Tilli), picks on a lower ranking hen, Mayvis. I have watched it for two weeks now and every night Tilli chases...
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    Toadstools

    Are toadstools poisonous to chooks? We have a lot of toadstools at home and I know they are bad for us and I have seen a couple of y chooks eat some. I chased them away but when I came back they were eaten. Should I be worried?
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    Annoying squawker!!!

    Lately one of my hens have been squawking alot when other hens have been nesting and laying. I have 3 nesting boxes for five hens which is plenty because they all lay at different times. But if any of my other hens are nesting she comes in and stares at them for awhile then just start squawking...
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    Camping with the chickens! Tell your stories

    One weekend I was camping at the back of our place with my friend and family. My rooster, Ken, is a well known figure in the family as he is very protective about his girls and gets very vocal in the morning or just before he goes to bed. Once my buddy and I finished tending to the horses I...
  11. The Chook

    Bedding Problems.

    I have lately given up with my chooks bedding. Each morning when they wake up they scratch the straw off the three wood planks. It gets very frustrating because I cant pick up the straw piece by piece. I put bedding down to keep their bellies warm in this cold winter. Should I just leave the...
  12. The Chook

    Sick Silver lace

    At the agriculture farm at school there is one hen. The only chook in the school. No one looks after it at all, even the teacher does not care about it. She is a very pretty little silver lace. I sorta took on the responsibility to look after her. Like checking her feed and water. But she is a...
  13. The Chook

    Nasty or Nice

    Meet Kenneth (Ken) ^^^ Ken is either nasty or very protective about his girls. I was standing in the chook pen after filling up their water and I was watching them for awhile. A hen, Lottie, came over for a pat and as I bent down to pat her Ken came racing up. He pushed Lottie out of the way...
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    Raining Chooks!!!

    Can Chooks see in the dark??? Today I was busy and I did not manage to give them fresh bedding before dark. Once I gathered the hay and brought it in the chook house they were already in bed, so I gently picked them up and put them down so I could sort the hay. When I finished I stepped back...
  15. The Chook

    Rooster and his hens.

    I have found out one of my 6 hens is a Rooster (Ken). I'm not worrying now because they are only 3 months old but would I have to separate him from the girls once they get older. We bought the girls to be layers but now Ken as emerged will they not lay eggs we can eat without a chicken inside...
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    Cattle feed and Chooks

    I know of a Silver lace hen that is only being fed cattle feed because the owner is into cattle and rare;y pays any attention to the hen. The grain and all that stuff consists of Urea. I asked about it to the owner and he me that its good for her and it helps her lay eggs more. I have only see...
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    Chooks and Water

    Being in Australia it's really hot in summer and when it rains it is really humid. But I noticed when my chooks get wet they run about and sit in the dirt and chuck all the dirt up. They do that for about 10 min all huddled up even though it is 40-43 (Celsius). They have shelter and everything...
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