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    mysterious acting banny

    Hello, I have a littel banny rooster ,his name is Romeo , he stays in a secure area with his mate and two other bannies, they are caramel color with black spots. Romeo looks like the chickens they call American. Anyway, he has been looking bad, comb has gotten lighter, and his beak and face look...
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    sick rooster

    we have a rhode island red rooster, since the freezing cold temps here in Georgia, we noticed he has health issues. They do free range, but we kept them in there coop. He might not have been in there though if he was hiding in the cow barn. His neck seems swollen and he cant lean down to eat ...
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    all eggs havent hatched yet

    We have a banny chicken she has hatched her first baby on the 10th of nov., however, the other nine eggs havent hatched yet. A couple of times the little baby got away from her and the eggs might have gotten a little cold. We moved the eggs out of the box and on the floor of her cage with the...
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    broody banny

    We have a banny hen that decided to hide all of her eggs in the hen house between the wall and a box that is attached to wall about 4 feet up. She started sitting on them, but there would be no where for the babies to go once hatched. Anyway, we relocated her with her eggs into a cage that has...
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    Snake in hen house

    Had a snake a week ago trying to get in the cage where hen is sitting on eggs. We killed the snake. Today, we checked on her like we do often in the day, and saw that she was going crazy running all about. There were 4 less eggs than in the morning. There are no openings in the cage. Just where...
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    Hawk problem

    Hi, Oscar here. We have a hawk and crow problem. Just lost one hen about 6 months old, she had wry neck but could almost fly and she could eat and drink. Think a hawk might have carried her off, also, missing our 6 month old American game rooster same family. He was healthy and strong and could...
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    mixing 2 different age groups of chicks

    Hi, we just bought 6 two week old chicks (new Hampshire Reds) and are receiving 15 more 1 day olds from McMurray Hatchery on Tuesday, Can we put them together right away? Or the age difference is too great. Thanks for all of the information everybody gives us, making our chicken raising...
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    evidence of broken neck

    Went out to the coop at 6 a. m. it was raining to check on everybody. We noticed one of our 6 month old chickens laying there with apparent broken neck. It was sideways, the chicken can walk I guess but neck is sideways. This happened to another one about a month ago. What could cause this? We...
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    Took broody hen off eggs replaced....

    Hi ,had to take our game hen off nest. First nest was almost ready to hatch when something (crows maybe) destroyed her nest. She immediatley took over another batch of a different hens eggs. She had been sitting on these eggs for over a month never wanting to leave it and go outside. Finally, I...
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    Took broody hen off eggs replaced....

    Hi Oscar here, hi to all. Have a question, had to take hen off eggs, she has been on them OVER month. First nest was attacked and she went and sat on some other eggs. I think they should have hatched by now, only three left anyway, I think she broke the other ones. Anyway, we went and got some...
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    urgent/ rooster hurt eye

    We have a Rhode Island Red Rooster, among other roosters and hens. This rooster was hiding in corner of hen house. I got him out to look at him. His eye was swelled shut, leakage coming out, and I looked closer by pulling down the lid a little and it looked bloody. He has diaharra , green...
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    Rooster hurt eye

    Yeah, Oscar here, our Rhode Island Red must have gotten his eye scratched or some infection. For a week I had to put him in a seperate cage to keep an eye on him. His eye is swollen closed looks like tear , bloodyish when I try to open it, . He seems ok otherwise, he eats and everything, he...
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    broody hen

    Hi this is Oscar, new to chickens, I love them though. We have a hen that was sitting on her eggs til they were almost hatched when crows, I think got in and destroyed her eggs. Quite to our dismay and shock. We really wanted these little guys to hatch and felt bad for her. She is a Game hen ...
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    banty chickens

    Hi, We have a variety of chickens. About a week ago we got two banty chickens, Romeo and Juliet is what we call them. Need to know if she has layed two eggs so far, how many will she lay before she will sit on them and when will she start sittting?
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    banty chickens

    what kind of feed should banty chickens be fed
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    first time chicken owners

    We just brought home eight one and a half month old chickens, some are roosters, we also have an adult ruble rooster and his "mate" laying hen. We brought them home last night. should we keep the rooster and laying hen together in their pen? We were told that the rooster would kill the babies ...
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