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    Blind or almost blind Black Cochin can it get along by itself?

    I have a sweet Black Cochin that we bought with a variety of chicks this last Spring. She has ended up at the bottom of the pecking order and seems so sad. A loner. She loves for us to let her out of the chicken run and will follow you like a dog. We have also recently noticed that she is...
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    Need help figuring out a predator. Could it be a cat?

    This morning I went to check on the coop and noticed several feathers around. I have 6 full grown hens and 11 teenagers chicks (almost 3 months). I didn't think too much of it. I figured there was a pecking order scuffle. Tonight, when I looked in the run, I was missing 2 chicks, an Egyptian...
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    How old is too old to mix baby chicks?

    We just picked up 8 chicks at the store on Monday- 2 are a little older. I can tell by size. But most are like a week old. They were out of the Sussex that my son wanted and won't get any until May 5th. Is that a bad idea to get a new chick and mix her in with chicks that are almost a month...
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    Egg bound or Internal laying or something completely different?

    I have a sexlink that hasn't been laying for a several months now. Last week she laid a funky looking egg- if you can call it that. It looked like intestines dried up. Like a soft shelled egg crumpled up. Then she laid an almost regular egg. The shell was still a little soft in a spot...
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    One of my girls is not laying and has a bald spot

    I am wondering if these two symptoms are related. One of my hens is not laying like the others and she has a bald spot on her chest. She seems to be acting normal with these 2 exceptions. Any ideas?
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    Found Brooding chicken had been hiding eggs- no rooster are eggs edibl

    My children found one of our hens in the very back of our backyard under a bush. She has about 15-20 eggs under her that she has been stashing away without our knowledge!! Now she is broody --sitting on them and won't move. What should we do next? Are the eggs still good? or should we...
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    10 month old, barred rock rooster has pale, bent comb

    I just noticed my barred rock rooster's comb is pale and tilted. Normally for him it is a rich red and stands straight up. I remember reading that this is a sign for malnutrition. Is that right? It is also cold here. It has been below freezing and snow on the ground but I haven't babied...
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