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    3 hens in need of very good home in North Texas (DFW area)

    I am moving to California for work next month, and this breaks my heart but I have to re-home my 3 sweet hens. It is very important for me to find them a loving home! A little about the hens: 1 is an Easter Egger around four years old, 1 is a black star around one and a half years old, and 1...
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    Very sudden death in young hen

    My red star hen died extremely suddenly yesterday with no symptoms whatsoever - I mean literally zero warning. She had been laying well and was very energetic that morning. My mother had gone by the house to let them out to free range in the afternoon, and she said the hen was happily running...
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    First egg from one of my new pullets...

    And it was shell-less so I didn't take a photo! LOL....at least she tried, unlike my other freeloaders Picking up oyster shell later today. Better luck on her next attempt!!
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    It's HOT out - misting system

    Hi All! I had to make a quick post for this because it is helping me tremendously right now. It's sweltering here this weekend, it is well about 100 - probably more like 102. I've been doing all the usual things to keep my small backyard flock from becoming distressed from the heat - ice...
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    Chlorhexidine for minor bumblefoot

    I'm just posting this because it has helped me in the past and I thought people looking for a non-surgical bumblefoot cure might benefit from it like I did. Disclaimer, I am not a vet, I would only recommend this for mild cases of bumblefoot that is caught early on, and of course your mileage...
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    Do your hens like watermelon?

    I thought I remembered reading that watermelon was a much-loved chicken treat. It's been hot here so I thought my pullets might enjoy some cold, refreshing watermelon. I even sliced it up for them and hand-delivered it like the good chicken slave I am. They spent about 10 minutes just staring...
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    What breed is this young pullet?? mystery chicken

    In these pictures, she is the one with the solid light brown head and the pretty black and brown feathers on the rest of her body. Her legs are a greenish color, and she has a pale single comb. She doesn't have the fluffy cheeks of an EE. She was in the bin at the feed store along with the...
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    Integrating young pullets with mature hens - what's the best age?

    I have three, 8-week old pullets and a small flock of three mature hens. They have been living outside in a coop & run separate from the older hens, but still right next to the hens' coop & run so they can get used to each other. They've been out like this for a few weeks now. The older hens...
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    6 week old EE - please help me with gender

    So here is my EE at 6 weeks. Single comb, still a pale peach color., no wattles. Small tail feathers at this point. It is a little difficult to judge the actual shape of the feathers because of the coloring, and I have never had a chicken with this type of coloring before so I am stumped.
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    Thoughts on these three 6-wk old chicks please?

    Here they are:
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    EE hen behavior around 5 week old chicks

    Hi all! So I have three new, five-week-old chicks who have been kicked out of the brooder and are now in the nursery coop next to the big chicken coop so that they can all see each other and get used to each other. For the most part, the adult hens are not paying them any attention at all. I...
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    BSL pullet? Thoughts?

    So this chick is 4 1/2 to 5 weeks old and was purchased as a BSL pullet from a reputable feed store from a bin with other BSL chicks, there was no white spot on her head to indicate a rooster. She has a lot of her feathers in now, and she is starting to show that brown feather pattern on her...
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    Chick Dust

    CHICK DUST EVERYWHERE!! ARRGHHH!!
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    How long to feed medicated chick starter/grower crumbles?

    So my three chicks are about 1.5 weeks old now, and I have been feeding them a mixture of the medicated chick feed and regular chick feed (2 bags of both mixed). One of the employees at the feed store recommended this as the medicated feed is quite concentrated according to him, so it was OK to...
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    Mystery chick (photo)

    I posted this in another section but this is probably a better place for it. Does anyone know what this chick might be? She was in a bin with black and gold sex links but does not look like her sisters. She is adorable though. Her wings are starting to come in brown with a black outline.
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    Mystery chick (photo)

    Does anyone know what this chick might be? She was in a bin with black and gold sex links but does not look like her sisters. She is adorable though. Her wings are starting to come in brown with a black outline.
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    New babies!

    Just an obligatory new chick post with a cute picture of the fluffy butts
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    "Blister" between toes and swollen ankle

    My EE hen has what looks like a blister on the top of the small webbed area between two of her toes, and all around her ankle is visibly swollen. She has been like this for maybe 3 days and was totally fine one day, and then the next morning, was limping and holding her foot up - that is when I...
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    Hen has swollen foot, limp, no bumblefoot spot - advice please.

    Hi all, This morning my EE hen was reluctant to come out of the coop, and when she did come out, she sat down in the coop and did not eat first thing like she normally does. I went out to check on her a few minutes later and I noticed that when she stood up, she was holding one leg up against...
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    Started Pullets - Hatcheries

    Can anyone share experiences with ordering started pullets from hatcheries, and which hatcheries you bought from/which have the best track record? I am located in Texas, if this helps. I was browsing some hatchery websites just to get an idea of what's out there, and I saw that Meyer...
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