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    one 5 week old chick mixing with adults, question on feeding

    Broody hen only hatched one chick, she (or he) is 5 weeks old. i have mom and baby separated but all in same pen with 2 roos and 4 hens. mom and baby are dying to get in with everyone else, i would like to start trying for short intervals when i can be close by and stretch longer to everyone...
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    First time with Brooding Hen

    My smallest hen Brownie is laying on 4 eggs! Were so excited but this is a first for us. I have 2 attentive friendly roosters (well, they never challenge me in the pen and I do not fear them at all) I have 4 other hens as well. I marked the 4 eggs with a crayon so I would know any other eggs...
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    PTSD with Roosters and now my favorite "girl" is one!!

    had a horrible experience years ago with a mean rooster. Put me and my husband in the emergency room on 2 separate occasions. got rid of him. had no chickens for 2 years and just started up again. I have one sweet girl who has a neurological issue and cant walk very well (Brownie is her name), I...
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    Chicken cant walk (permentantly disabled??)

    had a "runt" of the flock that at about 2 weeks wouldn't stand up. thought she was being trampled and/or bullied by the other ones so I separated her. shes about 3 months old now and still cant stand. Took her to the vet, he feels its neurological and she was born with it. I have been giving her...
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    Securing Chain Link Doors

    can anyone help with securing chain link door on my pen? I have used a large dog run that my husband modified to have a pitched roof. I have wrapped the whole pen in galvanized small hole wire (learned the hard way on what can reach thru it) and I have done the ground all around it with 18inches...
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    Fox killing my babies

    please someone help and fast~ started with 6 chicks, 2 were stolen out of the pen night before last, small opening in the gate of the pen. secured it 110% for last night, woke up this am and it looks like she pulled the chicken thru the chain fence without entering it!! its a chain link wrapped...
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    Rooster with HUGE curved talens & hurt foot

    2 things actually, roosters foot got caught in fencing yesterday for probably an hour, we got him out but today he isn't putting any weight on it. Hes acting normal otherwise and its not swollen. I assume I should give it a few days. But the other issue is, he has the biggest talens I have ever...
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    Aggressive Rooster

    We had a med size rooster that had feathers that stuck out all over the top of his head like he stuck his claw in a electrical socket, he was beautiful with reds, greens, glods, browns and blacks. He got super aggressive and started attacking us at any chance he could (sent 2 of us to the...
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    WEEZING DUCK

    I HAVE A MALLARD THAT HAS BEEN WEEZING? ITS LIKE HE IS MAYBE FLEMY? (IS THAT EVEN A REAL WORD) DOES A REGULAR VET DO DUCKS & CHICKENS?
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