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  1. hatrabbit

    Should I return this double wall fount?

    I just replaced an old 2 gal. galvanized double wall fount waterer. After washing it out I filled it up, and noticed that with the outer top off of it water leaks from the tank into the drinking tray, through the seam down at the bottom. Without putting the top on it would eventually just...
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    Interesting phenomenon, comb turned black during sickness

    One of my hens was really sick last month. I was thinking it was coccidiosis and treated her for that, now she's better. While sick half of her comb turned jet black... I mean like India ink. She's back to normal now except her comb hasn't recovered. Now here's the weird part - the black...
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    Egg bound? Not sure what to do next.

    I have 2 red sex-links, age unknown but I was told they're from the same 'litter', hence the same age. Last year they both stopped laying for a while, among other things there was a bout of fowl pox. One started back up but the other never did... it's been about a year since she laid an egg...
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    Is this a disease?

    I have a shelf under my hens' roost, and lay cardboard on it for easy cleanup. Along with the poop I find a lot of flaky stuff... originally I thought it might be a by-product of molting, but nobody is molting now. Here is a picture of what shows up under the roost. I've read some...
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    Need help - anyone recognize this disease?

    I have 2 red sex-links and today the comb on one of them suddenly looks awful. It's not upright, kind of lays over to the side, and has a nasty looking skin disease on it. It's actually much worse looking than the pic below... please share any advice on this. Thanks.
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    What do you all think of this?

    18 months ago I was given 2 full grown hens, Red Sex Links. Using this forum I quickly came up to speed on being a chicken owner and all last year got an egg per day from each hen, with a day off about every week and a half. Then in winter, there were feathers all over the yard but only one of...
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    Need advice about vacation accomodations

    Hi... I'm preparing to go away for 3 nights. Usually I'll have someone come and let my 2 hens out in the morning, lock them up at night but this time no one is available. Their coop is about 4.5' x 3' and about 4' high, with a roost high up. They are used to going out every day into a fenced...
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    Please help identify this bird

    Hi, I found this girl (guy?) in an isolated industrial warehouse complex on Sunday. Anyone recognize the breed/ gender? Will it lay eggs? It seems like it's lived around people, it came to me when I called it. Thanks
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    Breed check

    I've learned from people here and elsewhere that my original ID of these hens as Buff Orpingtons was wrong. I've have heard several suggestions as to what they might be... I figure I'll put it to the forum and rely on you all to pin them down. What breed do you think these are? Thanks.
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    When to put Silkies outside

    A friend of mine received 5 Silkie chicks from a project at her daughter's school. She's raising them in the house with a heat lamp. They're 4 weeks old and she can't wait to put them in an outside chicken house. Roughly when should they be ready for this?
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    Feeding 101 question

    After having been given 2 full-size Buff Orpington hens, I think I've managed to get most of their needs taken care of. Little things keep coming up, though, such as: they have a PVC feeder full of food available in their house at all times, but when I go outside in the afternoons they run over...
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    Too much food?

    Hi All, Total newbie here, trying to figure this out on the fly (so to speak). I have 2 adult hens and just put together a PVC feeder that works great. It holds lots of feed and is available all the time in the coop. Is this bad, allowing the birds to feed all they want all the time? Thanks
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    Orange County, CA permit question

    Hi All, I was given 2 adult Buff Orpington (I think) hens, and suddenly have to learn the ins & outs of keeping chickens. I've pretty much got their dwelling squared away and got them happy but a big concern is how the neighbors will react to this. We've had problems in the past but now we...
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