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    Advice needed - small amount of frostbite found on rooster's comb

    Hi All, We had a pretty good snowstorm the last day and a half and I ended up leaving my birds in the coop all day yesterday. I shoveled them out this morning and looked them all over and noticed that my rooster had a small amount of frostbite on his comb. All of my birds are 2020 hatches, so...
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    Adding bantams to an existing flock of standard sized young birds

    Hi All, Not at all new to chickens, but never having had bantams, I am looking for your expertise. I'm looking to get 3-4 bantams to add to my existing birds, all of whom will be standard size when full grown. My existing flock is all young birds. 9 pullets that are about 3 months old, and...
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    CPR on chickens?

    I had a terrible thing happen today - one of my month-old babies drowned in a bucket of water (one of the water buckets with the nipples on the bottom - the lid came off :hit . I don't know how long she was in there, when I pulled her out, her legs were stiff and neck leaning toward one...
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    Question for the "techie" people out there - automation, wifi etc.

    I'm looking to do a few upgrades to my coop and need some input. I plan to get an automatic door opener, but would like to have the ability to do a manual override over wifi or bluetooth. I see that the "Coop Tender" has wifi available, but their reviews are abysmal. Total bummer to see that...
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    help! day 24 and egg shows external pip, but no progress or sounds, and only fur visible

    hi all, wondering if it's time to intervene - I pulled the other 4 chicks that hatched out of the incubator, as it was approaching a couple days and they were knocking into everything. One of the 2 remaining eggs has an external pip, on the very bottom of the egg - not sure if I didn't see it...
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    need help - delay between culling and plucking?

    Hi All, My first ever group of meat birds are due to go to butcher on Monday (they are almost 7 weeks). I went to close their coop and found one face up, dead. It had to have been less than 45 minutes, as I was just out there refilling waters and they were all very much alive. I just bled it...
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    legbar breeder in New England?

    I'm looking for a few legbar girls (crested cream, opal, etc -not picky), having a hard time finding them. Does anyone know of a breeder in New England that has any? Prefer ME, NH or MA if possible, or one that would ship day-olds or fertilized eggs.
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    introducing a rescued hen that was bullied at her previous home

    Hi all, We rescued a ~3 year old Buff a few weeks ago from a neighbor because she was being consistently bullied (I have a feeling that it went on for quite a while without being dealt with). She had a huge scab on one of her wings that we have tended to that has finally gone away, and the...
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