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    Meat bird or leghorn chick???

    hi all. I have two week old chicks. I ordered one leghorn. It is significantly larger than the rest of the chicks. It often seems winded (out of breath) and is not as active as the rest. I looked at pics of both, but still cannot tell. I will submit pictures later. Are leghorn chicks typically...
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    Introducing new hens to a lone hen ... how to do so safely?

    Hi all. My flock had dwindled down to 2. Sadly one of the two was taken by a predator yesterday. I have read hens do better off with others. My hen is very docile. I am planning on going to look at some hens tonight. Is there a good way to introduce the new hen? Should I only stick with...
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    Multiple health issues, what more can I do?

    I have a 4 y/o Golden Comet. She has been sick off and on for over a month. I think she is prone to egg binding but usually passes on her own. This week I noticed she displayed symptoms more than a couple of days. Tail down, walking sluggishly and comb hanging. I brought her inside. Her abdomen...
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    What do you do with all of your roosters?

    I would really love to hatch for educational purposes. I am wondering though, what does everyone do if they end up with too many roosters? I have thought of just giving away ... do you find people are in search of roosters? Or is this just wishful thinking? Thanks J
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    Has anyone had luck with a Broody Golden Comet hatching eggs?

    I know GCs do not typically go broody, but I have two that frequently do. In the past past I discouraged it for several reasons, but recently I learned broodiness may be healthful for the comet so I am happy to see one going into broodiness now. Has anyone had any success with a comet hatching...
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    The life and health of the Golden Comet

    Hi all. I have 4 y/o golden comets. I started with six. Lost one to predator. Last year lost one to who was prone to internal laying I believe. A couple months back lost another due to multiple health including I believe being egg bound as well as crop issues. Shortly after she passed, another...
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    Disposal of dead chicken in winter

    What do you all do for a chicken who has dies during months where ground has frozen? Typically we bury our pets, but we cannot as ground is frozen and we have a couple of feet of snow. Thought of a Viking funeral type of thing (burning) but would a regular fire even work? I don't want to put in...
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    Severe mite infestation in winter .... AND minimal barely any mites

    I posted a couple of days ago about sick hen with both sour and impacted crop and possibly egg bound. This started a couple of weeks ago. First treated for sour crop and with improvement allowed food then noticed what seemed like impacted crop. She'd go sit in a corner instead es of roosting. I...
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    IMPORTANT UPDATE 1st: Sour Crop, 2nd: Impacted crop, 3rd:Possibly egg bound or something else ... ve

    So a week or so ago I noticed one of my hens not roosting with others and off in a corner. Felt around for egg bound, but noticed crop was very full an jelly like ... it was end of day so I waited til morning. Still fully and jelly like next morning. I helped her vomit. By the end of the day she...
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    Noise decibel levels of chickens

    Hi all I posted this yesterday in another forum but realized this is probably the forum to post. I have read numerous times the decibel level of a hen at her noisiest is between 60 and 70. Does anyone have a link of a chart or official measurement that includes a decibel reading of a hen? I...
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    Noise level of hens ... In decibels

    Hi all. I have read numerous times the decibel level of a hen at her noisiest is between 60 and 70. Does anyone have a link of a chart or official measurement that includes a decibel reading of a hen? Thanks
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    Hen not feeling well

    Hi all. I posted last year about one of my hens not feeling well. She would often have her tail downward, did not always eat well, sometimes preferred to stay in the coop or run while others were out ranging. The first time this happened I assumed it was because the kids gave them tons of long...
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    Impacted crop question

    Yesterday I found one of my hens standing by herself not eager to leave the run or eat. She kept opening her mouth and sticking her tongue out. She was also walking with her tail slightly downward and backside puffed up a little (not tail feathers). Initially I had wondered if she had an...
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    Cracked Beak Partially Hanging, piece of beak came off … Now SICK?

    HI all. I have a hen whose top beak is cracked and partially hanging. I will try to post pics later. It is not bleeding a lot or effecting her eating. Will the beak repair it itself or is there something I can do? Is there something I can apply to avoid infection? Thanks Jen
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    Broody, mites and anemia

    Hi all. I wrote a while back re one of my golden comet hens going broody. I intended on building her a broody breaker box but she she only sat for a few hours a day and came out of the coop on he own. She snapped out of it on her own in about a week. Unfortunately a couple of weeks later she...
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    Questions re A Broody Golden Comet

    I posted concerns about one of my birds a few days ago re her (Red) acting strange. I was not sure if she was broody or getting sick. She behaved somewhat broody but not entirely from what I have been reading. Well ... today she is much more typical broody. Beside not leaving the nest, she is...
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    Broody, egg bound or infection

    HI All. I posted yesterday in the chicken behavior forum. Yesterday one of our chickens, Red, did not leave the coop/nesting box for four hours. She did eventually come out but acting odd for her. She has been puffing out and making all sorts of noises ... noises similar to when she lays. The...
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    Is my hen broody or something else?

    I have an 11 month old golden comet who will not leave the nesting box. She has been in there for about 4 hours squacking away. Sometimes just cooing but often squawking like she is going to lay an egg. There are no rooster around. Does this sound like she has gone broody or should I look for...
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    Can I use this past winters poo & shavings on veg garden?

    Hi all. I have been looking through some of the threads but am still not entirely clear on what I can use safely or not. This past winter was my first winter w/ chickens. I did the deep litter method. I have a small pile of manure (poo & pine shavings) I plan to start putting plants in raised...
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    Chicken making odd noises

    My 4 1/2 month old chickens began laying a couple of weeks ago. It started with one the first we or two ... then a second for a week or so and now 1 or 2 more are laying. One of them is making really odd noises. All day today she was was squawking as if she was in distress. Very loud. But when I...
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