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    Chick shaking when walks

    I have a chick apx 8 weeks old, at 5-6 weeks of age I noticed it wasn't walking and getting around like the others were, I separated the chick and quite frankly didn't expect it to make it, but it is still eating and drinking and thriving actually except that it shakes when it walks, I wouldn't...
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    Too many momma hens

    I have a situation where 5 of my bantam hens went broody at the same time...the first two were setting on 9 eggs between them and turned out only 1 was viable and hatched. The same day that hatched I was able to get 4 newly hatched bantams and placed them under the hens and they took to them...
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    Roosters toe seems to be bleeding and I think it may fall off??

    I noticed blood in the coop that was under the roosting bar but it was not in the droppings at all. Upon inspection last night my Bantam Cochin Roosters toe is the culprit.It is due to rain here today so I picked him up and brought him into a dog cage in my garage and noticed that one of his...
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    Need help with baby chicks and momma bantam cochins!!

    I'm hoping someone here can help, I hatched out 6 eggs (2 Friday, 2 Sat and 2 hatched on Sun) in a small outdoor coop seperated from my flock. Our temps dropped drastically overnight Saturday and we got snow on Sunday morning and before I got out to check on the chicks (last I had checked on...
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    Moving a momma hen and her babies back outside?

    I am hoping someone here can help me out! I had a momma Bantam Cochin hatch out 6 eggs, two on Friday, two on Saturday and the trouble started on Sunday...I had them in a coop all their own but our temperatures dropped drastically and we got snow (I'm located in the northeast where we have been...
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    Chicken Grow out pen

    I currently have two coops a large coop and run that houses my current flock up to 10 large chickens and a small pen that houses my flock of 5 bantams, I now am however looking to build a grow out pen but I need it to be somewhat moveable? I like getting the chicks outside as soon as I am able...
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    Featherless...I don't know what else to do...

    I have a bird that is almost bald! I first noticed some featherless after a tough long winter so thought perhaps it was lack of protein from not being able to free range and maybe some feather picking! So far I've tried, increased protein, black oil sunflower seeds, I've dusted all the hens and...
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    Help Mareks Question!

    My sister lives in a more rural setting then I do, she has one rooster that she thinks is dying form Mareks she wants to bring him over to my land to have her DH cull him. I can keep him away from my chickens but should I be concerned at all for my flocks safety? Can they get it if he is brought...
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    Integrating new members

    I have 4 new additions that are over 3 months old, 2 Blue Copper Marans, 1 Black Copper Marans and 1 silver laced wyandotte. They were introduced quite awhile ago in my grow out pen and recently moved into the big girl pen about a month ago. The grow out pen is very close to the big girl pen and...
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    What is this?

    Can anyone help me determine what this is? I noticed it yesterday on my Lavender Orp (1 year old) it's soft? Any guesses? She seems to be acting normally, eating, drinking etc?
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    Help with my flock!

    I am hoping someone on here can help me figure this out. I have a pair of bantam cochins (purchased and raised together) and 7 standard size hens (1-2 years old), and 3 young Marans (2 of which I think are roos) when I added the bantams in with the hens everything was fine until the bantam...
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    Quarantine and adding a rooster?

    I have 4 hens that are just over a year old (all Orpingtons) and 2 hens that are 2 years old. This weekend I got rid of my aggressive rooster, but yesterday when I let the girls out to free range they ran amuck, very scattered and going too close to the wooded area of our property, so I am...
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    Rooster in with young pullets?

    I am looking to re-home my rooster, he is a little over a year old and the person who wants them has pullets that are about 3 months old. Will he try to mate with them? Will he pick on them?
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    Roosting poles

    I need some help in designing and laying out my roosting poles. For example how far away from the wall do they need to be? How far apart? How tall? I am enclosing a picture of how it is laid out so far...but I am not 100% happy with this? The dropping board with the PDZ is working great I just...
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    How best to trap a fox?

    Saw a fox two days ago and this morning one of my hens was gotten by it, didn't see it but lots of feathers and it was about 10am so it was broad daylight. I am borrowing a trap but need to know what best to bait it with? I read some use live chicks but not sure I wanna go that route? I know...
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    Hay vs. Straw

    I have horses, so I usually have quite a bit of used or spent hay laying around but do not keep straw? Is it ok to use a little hay in the nesting boxes? Or does it have to be straw? I usually put shavings in the boxes first. I am getting a brand new coop in a few weeks and I wonder what to use...
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    Kim

    I am looking for Orpingtons in the CT/RI area. Looking for Lavender, Blue & Buff females but wouldn't mind one rooster. Any info about local breeders I would appreciate.
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    Help! What do I feed my chickens?

    I am new (very new) to the chicken world and need help in the feeding department. I have purchased the layer feed (crumble) and have that in a hanger feeder. I do add some oyster shells to it. however, I have been giving them corn in the morning and at night and at night I add meal worms? I...
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    New Chicks Arrived!

    I just had to share pictures of my 4 new chicks that arrived yesterday from My Pet Chicken!! I ordered 4 different breeds so I could tell them apart. They hatched on Monday in OH and by Tuesday afternoon they were in my brooder in CT! My little Golden Buff seemed a little weaker than the others...
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    Combining chickens?

    I am a newbie to the chicken wold but I'm hooked! The trouble I'm having is I bought a pair of silkies that were kept cooped up together inside and had bad overgrown nails and very shy. I then got two older hens from a larger flock and they are picking on my silkie pair. The other problem is the...
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