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    5 week old Chick unable to walk

    Hey there! I have a 5 week old baby chick that I thought had Splayed legs so we put a rubber brace on her and separated her for a little over a week. We thought she was getting better but yesterday seems worse. She won't bend her right leg now. We have her on Vit E and Selenium for about a week...
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    Hen has maggots on a wound

    So a while ago my hen had a Cone shaped thing on her back and we treated it and it fell off and she seemed fine. There was a spot where the cone fell off and it looked scabbed over. Then a few days later the area looked bigger and it looked irritated. I got her away from the other chickens and...
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    Chicken has a cone like bump on her back.

    Hello, I see a thread about the same thing I am wondering about but there's no answer to what it is but this morning my husband saw a bump on our hen. It's located on her back between her tail and her back and it's cone shaped and hard. He said it's big and crusty. Anyone know what it could be...
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    Isa brown rooster or hen?

    I have two isa brown chickens that I think are hens because they haven't said cockle doodle do but my husband thinks they are rooster because he's seen them mount hens. Please let me know what you think.
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    Looking for a chicken farm in Micigan

    Hello, Looking for a chick farm in Michigan that carries any of the White Cochin, Blue Cochin, Blue Ameracana, German Spitzauben and/or white sultan.
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    non-plastic Hanging water

    Hello All, I am having a hard time find a hanging waterier that's not plastic. Anyone find one some where?
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    Adult flocks pecking on younger flock need help

    Hello all I need some advise! We have tried everything with no luck now my husband wants to lock up older flock in coop away from younger flock. I'm not hot on this idea because they can't be outside. But we don't know what else to do they peck at the young ones. We tried the seperater in coop...
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    Last resort for introducing young chickens to older flock

    Hello I need help! I have 2 young hens and 1 young rooster I am trying to introduce to our older 3 hens. The 1st attempted ended badly where the older hen pecked and wounded the younger rooster. I put them in the run all together after having then in separate runs for 2 weeks. Then after he...
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    Hens pecking at 5 month old rooster

    We are trying to get our three 5 month old chickens to socialized with our adult hens. One adult hen seems to keep pecking at the baby rooster causing a wound. I put some peck no more on it and separated him from the adult hens for now. I put a separator between the adult hens and the babies in...
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    5 month old Rooster walk weird

    I am a new chicken own, this will be our second flock. We just started to notice a month ago that our rooster walks weird. He doesn't seem to be in pain, nothing wrong with the bottom of his feet. He eats and drinks normal. It's almost like he bow legged. Anyone else have this problem?
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    Rooster needs a home

    Hello All, I have two Roosters and I need to give one of them a new home. We live in Ortonville, Michigan and if interested he's free but must be willing to come get him. He's a little over a year old, no serious aggression issues. If he get's crappy with you I find a lite kick gets him to...
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    Rooster or Hen

    Hello All! Top picture is the chick in question and the two below are showing the difference from him/her siblings. These are Partridge Cochin's and someone came by and said we have rooster but there are no spurs yet. They are 2 months old. Does anyone know how old chicks need to be to get spurs?
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    Bareback and red Hen

    I have one rooster and three hens, one of the hens has a bare back and it's a little red. I had a chicken saddle on it but took it off recently because feathers seemed to be growing back and it's hot out. Now the bare skin is red from he picking at it. Is there anything I can put on it to...
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    Feather lose on back near tail

    I have three hens and one rooster. One of the hens has lost some feather on her back closer to her tail feathers. The hens haven't so don't think it's a disease. She's about 8 months old. What could this be?
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    Heating a coop

    We live in Michigan and it's our first time having chickens. We are getting mixed answers about heating a coop. We have a 60 watt bulb and it seems to be 40 degrees in the coop. I have also have read that if it cold then hens won't lay eggs. So I need to know how warm should it be in the in the...
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    pale comb, what does this mean?

    I have read that pale combs can mean a disease, how do you know for sure?
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    Heating in a small coop

    I read that in a coop you need dime lighting and that at night it at least needs to be 55 degrees, I live in Michigan so nights can be chilly in the summer and spring. It's a coop that fits 4 chickens. Any suggestions?
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    First time raising chickens! Have tons of questions!

    Hello!!! Our chickens are just now 5 months old. Three Hens and one rooster. Rooster wasn't planned so now tons of questions about that and the coop area.
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