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    Rooster Has Black Scabs on Feet

    My dark brahma rooster, Sassafras, has become a truly hen-pecked husband. A while ago his comb was minorly injured, probably from tuffling with Solomon, the junior rooster. Naturally the other chickens mercilessly pecked the injury, so that, by the time we let them out, he was bleeding...
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    Help, Please! Hen with Large, Bald, Purple Crop

    Something is wrong with our hen. I think it is sour crop, but in other posts on sour crop I have never seen anyone mention a bald crop as one of the symptoms. Symptoms: -very thin, most noticeably in the feet -inactive -wings droopy -crop feels mushy, seems swollen. I can lift the feathers...
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    Help! Introducing 13 chicks to 1 brahma cockerel--need advice

    We have one brahma cockerel who is almost 14 weeks old. He has been living alone for around two months since his flock was wiped out by a bear. We've got 13 almost-4-week-old chicks as replacements. They're hopping out of their brooder box and making a mess in the garage, so we're ready to move...
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    Help repairing bear-damaged coop--what to do with bloody ground?

    I am not sure if this is the right category, but here goes. We had a bear tear into our coop and kill 18 chickens. We shoveled out the bloody wood chips, but the dirt floor is stained in several areas with blood. Also, there is one patch where some thick white mold has grown. We have new chicks...
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    New to Backyard Chickens

    Hello! We're new to chickens and new to this site. A week ago we had 19 healthy, pretty seven-week-old chicks, but a bear got into the coop and killed 18. Somehow the brahma survived. We have 16 chicks on order now. Any advice as to how we might strengthen our coop to protect against future...
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