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    I hatched a surprise lavender/ blue chick from non-lavender birds!!

    I recently hatched a random lavender chick!! Or blue.. not sure.... It hatched from eggs from my hens though, so I am 100% sure what breeds I have. :) It's wing feathers seem to be quite a bit lighter than blue, but it is still very young so they may darken up. I believe mine is a roo as I...
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    My flock just ate through a bag of ant poison. What can I do?

    The bag was just in the bag of the gator being transported and they all jumped up and ate through the bag and ate it. Is there anything I can do?
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    Young SLW hen, about 10 months old, moulting already? Not laying? Advice anyone?

    I have a SLW hen, that I love dearly. She layed some eggs at around 6 months old. At about 8 months old she lost a lot of feathers around her neck and rump. It could have been due to breeding, but no one else was showing those signs. She stopped laying, that I know of, and her comb is not...
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    Chronicle of raising different breeds all at once as broilers

    I will make this as concise as possible. I have ordered about 34 chickens from Ideal and plan to keep 6 as layers, 1 roo, and the rest in freezer heaven. Will choose btwn the Br and Del roo, depends on who looks best. 25 Red broilers SR 1 Blk Australorp Pul 1 Ideal 236( or whatever lol)...
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    What I have learned about Mycoplasma/CRD

    I have taken much from this site so I though I would add some. My first 4 chickens came from a resale place that orders through ideal. When I went to purchase, I was told I could not go back because there had been issues with people transferring disease on there shoes and clothes from flocks...
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    Chickens with what looks like bruising under eyes?

    Ugh. This chicken thing isn't as fun as I had hoped. So...been noticing decreased egg production, could be heat, start of molt (never seen a molt) etc. Now, one chicken has what looks like mud on her comb and wattles that has a dark bluish hue as well as under her eyes and another has what...
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    Sick and dying chickens

    Hi there. I am a first time chicken owner. I purchased 3 Dominiques that were 8 weeks old and one Silver Laced Wyandotte that was 5 weeks old. 2 months ago I bought 4 more day old Doms. A week ago, at 8 weeks, I found one of the babies dead on 2 separate occasions. I went out of town a few...
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