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We have a very sad chicken at our house. Gouda is a 1-year-old bantam hen (Double Silver-laced Barnevelder) who has been straining to either poop or lay an egg for the past 2 days, with no improvement.
Here's the story: Thursday evening we discovered her in the coop, making these...
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This is my second round hatching chicks under a mama hen (first time didn't go so well, mama hen decided to scalp the first chick!). Hatching eggs under a DIFFERENT mama hen this time, day 21 and... well, all is quiet. No pips (that I can see, though don't want to stress out mama...
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As a fun 4-H project, our club decided to buy a "grab bag" of chicks so that we could all try to identify them. I've been able to identify most of them, but some have been a little more of a challenge. Can you solve the mystery?
Chicken #1: Actually, this is a rooster, and he is...
One of our chickens, a 1-year-old bantam, got its head stepped on today. She's a very friendly hen, and unfortunately she got a little too close to my brother's foot. He put a considerable amount of weight on her head before he realized what was happening. Now only one eye is open, her right eye...