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    Rooster Coup d'etat - would you intervene?

    Instead of writing some rambling paragraphs, here are some of the main points about my problem: Who: Big ol' buff orp roo (Buster) vs slightly younger, very fast on his feet, much smaller game roo (Sir Pecksalot) ~19 hens What: sudden upset! Sir Pecksalot gave a great and terrible chase to...
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    Emergency!! Antifreeze!!

    #$@@//!! I just watched one of my hens jump the fence, walk right over to the bucket, and jump into 6 inches of antifreeze. She jumped right back out but I saw her mouth moving when it got on her face. I got to her as fast as I could but not fast enough to stop it. I washed her off immediately...
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    Amateur necropsy of swollen abdomen GRAPHIC PICTURES!!!!

    I am by no means experienced in the innards of poultry. Usually if I'm handling a chicken's body, it came from a bag in the freezer. This is a 1 year old barred rock hen. She showed signs of illness for the last two weeks. It started with: Idly hunching in the coop with feathers fluffed up Loss...
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    Non emergency hen under the weather

    I have this loner hen, a 1 year old barred rock. She's a weirdo to start with, but I think something is wrong. Here are the clues: Somewhat lethargic Not roosting like normal (but I did just move them from their original coop to a bigger space in the garage) clumsy (fell off the roost when I...
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    Interesting mystery chick

    I seem to be known as the chicken lady now, so among other things I have this chick here. I think it's about 6 weeks old? What do you think it is? The legs are heavily feathered, more than any chick I've ever had before.
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    What's the breed? Flea market chicks

    My boyfriend's cousin got his kids these three chicks at a flea market, but got tired of caring for them (ugh) and gave them to me. I'm not complaining, they're adorable and very friendly. Anyone want to hazard a guess at breeds? The white mottled one has feather legs (albeit not much) and a...
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    5 Pekins Chicagoland

    Someone please take these ducks!! They're nice enough, skittish in the yard but will eat out of my hand. I need to downsize before school starts again. Pet homes only, please. I believe I have 2 males and 3 females. I could be wrong but I don't think so ;) I'm located about 15 minutes south...
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    Raspy voices: help sex my pekins

    So since my ducks have no concept of "its dark, let's go in the coop", I took the opportunity to grab two that I was wrangling and have them recorded quacking. It was too big to upload anywhere else, so the video is on YouTube. I figured if I could get your opinions, I could listen to the rest...
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    One of these things is not like the other! Black Copper Marans chicks

    So I received my 5 black copper marans girls yesterday. One had a horrible broken leg and had to be put down, so now I'm down to four. And looking more closely at them, one of them appears to not even be the same. I'm attaching several photos. The three chicks that match the breed photos have...
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    Shipped chicks - seriously broken leg

    Well, you do take a gamble when ordering hatchery chicks and having them shipped. This little black copper marans has a very broken leg. It's pretty high up the leg, and I think that is bone material sticking out. There's blood around the area too. Although I probably already know the answer...
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    New to chickens :) sick chicks :(

    Hello, byc! I have been reading off this website for several weeks now in order to prepare for my first set of chicks. I have 3 little (~3 weeks old) Australorps, and unfortunately one of them appears extremely inflicted with some disease. Since I have no experience at all with chickens, I came...
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