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    7 year old rooster with vision issue

    Let me preface this by saying I am just looking for ideas, Nugget will be seeing our vet, tomorrow. Nugget is a 7.5 year old buff rooster. Recently we have noticed he is having vision problems. His eyes LOOK clear to me, He is eating well, (this morning we literally had to show him the food)...
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    Stress and your chickens

    This was my chicken coop after hurricane Irma, not sure if you can tell but you are see a reflection on the water. The water was over 5 feet in the coop. When Irma hit we did not expected to be flooded and my chickens were safe and sound (so we thought ) in the coop. Imagine our surprise the...
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    Time to Say Good-Bye Lucy

    When the specialist told us Lucy had Cancer I figured we would get a few more weeks. Not a few days. This morning, when I got up to check on her, she was pale, not just pale. She was white, her feet, her skin, her cone , paper white. Like over night she went form pink and alert to..weak and...
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    Underweight 6 year old Buff Hen

    Lucy one of our hens, is severely underweight. I feed her extra morning and night and I get her up to about 4 pounds, soon as I stop the additional food. She drops down to 2 pounds. So off to the vet we went and He came back with some numbers (he is waiting for a specialist to contact him)...
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    Stupid Florida Weather! Coop Flooded BAD with no end in site HELP HELP

    Here is my coop today Completely flooded INSIDE their coop and the outside run has about 5 inches in it. I am sick and tired of rain and what is it doing now..raining!! I have 30 birds ranging in age from 4 years to 4 months in those two coops (there is actually two coops cause i have...
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    Broody Hen Issues - A story

    My chickens are my pets and are very well cared for. We let them go broody and hatch every year, if they so desire. This year we had three go broody on us but one hen our blue copper maran had a rough time at it. I lost count of the days for her (life issues long story) But five days ago I...
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    Help We are a little stuck!

    OK this little guy has been working at it for 13 hours and we woke up this morning to this do we leave her be and let her keep working on it? She is peeping and struggling.
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    Eggnog Just died - Should I treat the entire flock.

    This morning Eggnog was acting strange, I thought maybe she was getting ready to lay an egg except she wasnt in a nest. She is 1.5 years old Female Delaware. Around 1 she looked ok, so I thought nothing of it. At 6 she was SICK, We quickly scooped her up and notice fluid coming out of her...
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    Purple Cone

    This morning we went out to do our morning chores and our rooster cone is turning PURPLE! Nugget is almost one year old. He is with 6 hens He is a mix buff We live in Florida so no frost bite and here is the kicker He has the LARGEST CONE AND WATTLES I have ever seen! The above...
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    Free RIR Rooster - 10 weeks Lakeland Florida

    I have a free RIR Rooster approximately ten weeks old. Also a Buff Rooster I have three which is too many for my little coop thanks starla
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    My Coop

    My coop Design is up and posted here https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/lil-red-and-white-house I need to change their coop from wood chips to sand, I think I like the sand better and we still have a few odds and ends to do on the coop..:) have a great day! starla
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    Egg Shaped Nesting Boxes

    Hi Everyone!!! So we have 10, four week old chicks that are living in my house. chicken coop is well underway (pics to come later), and then we will build them their run..but Hubby and I are sorta creative. ( we built a winnie the pooh corner, outside, with eeyor, pooh, piglet ect..all out...
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