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    Rooster was fine yesterday, today, not so much...

    Hi...all help is appreciated. My wife went out today to let the chickens out of the coop and my favorite blue ameraucana roo was laying on the floor limp. His comb is purple and his face is a bright magenta (her words) and hes drooling. He can't hold his head up. He is just over a year old...
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    Turkey turned purple and gasping

    This morning, when I went out to take care of the animals, I noticed a smaller broad breasted white turkey kind of hunched up and periodically jerking her head. So I immediately separated her from the rest of the flock. She rapidly declined and was gasping with every breath. She laid down...
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    Chick foaming at the mouth...gasping...

    We just gave our 6 week old chicks fresh water and shortly after, my wife noticed one was tipping her head back and it looked like she was chewing. I grabbed her and checked her and she had foam in her throat and it started coming out her mouth. She kept her head back and continued her chewing...
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    My rooster is undressing my hens...

    We are new to having roosters with our girls and I just don't know what's normal or what to expect. A good number of our hens now have no feathers on their backs and they are bald. Mating seems more like raping, and not so much a hen submitting and allowing the rooster to mount. he grabs the...
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    first ever chicks and i need help

    We just had our broody hatch our first clutch of eggs and we noticed something very odd...please tell me what the is and what to do about it...
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    Rooster too aggressive tore my hens neck

    Roosters going in the stew pot. But in the meantime, I have to deal With this hens gaping wound. Any advice on how to dress it or patch it up...I was totally unprepared for dealing with this type of wound. Anybody ever stitch their hens?
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    Just wondering what my "Barred Rock" chick really is...any ideas?

    I got this little chick from the straight run Barred Rock brooder at my local TSC. They just grab them and put them in a box and, well, I didn't really pay much attention. We got two of them from this tub. We've had them a week now and I just noticed that their combs are entirely different...
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    Cockerels overbreeding...will they grow out of it?

    We have two young roos, both about 9 months old, over 23 various breeds of hens. They both get along Ok and tolerate people well enough. We have them to keep an eye out for hawks and other predators, and they do a decent job of it. The only problem I'm having is that they tend to over breed...
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    Rough shelled eggs and no shelled eggs

    I have one Buff Orpington that lays eggs with either a really rough, thin shell or no shell at all. She has done this since she started laying a few months ago. At first they just had big bumpy spots on them and its progressed to being more and more without a shell. I have 23 hens and she is...
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    Worming with Wazine /Safeguard

    I read several threads about worming and I know I saw somewhere to worm with Wazine first, then 10 days later, to worm with Safeguard(fenbendazole). So 10 days ago, I started with Wazine in the water for 24 hours and now I am searching for the proper dosage of the Safeguard. Also, I've read...
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    Meat Rabbits

    I am getting ready to start raising meat rabbits and the information that I can find is very vague and also very inconsistent. I am leaning towards Californians or New Zealand whites or a cross of the two. I live in Michigan so the weather can get pretty cold in the dead of winter. I'm having...
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    Rooster stumbling like hes drunk...

    I just went out to the coop to give a mealworm snack and I noticed my Rhode Island Red rooster had a hard time getting up and coming over to me. When he finally did get up, he was stumbling back and forth and side to side and sometimes falling. As I am fairly new to chickens, I have absolutely...
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    Fodder feeding my chickens

    I am starting my mealworm colony this week and want to start fodder for winter feeding as well. My question is, I can't find barley or wheat anywhere but I am able to get some field rye. Would this seed work for sprouting fodder and how would it compare to barley or wheat.
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    I just ordered my mealworms. How long til I can expect to be able to begin to harvest?

    I ordered 500 regular and 500 large mealworms. I figured with the different sizes, I won't have them all pupating at the same time. I'm just curious as to how long before I will have enough reproduction to be able to begin feeding my chickens...
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    Wheaten Ameraucana? or Easter Egger?

    We bought this bird from a local woman along with several other birds of varying breeds. From Australorps to Barred Rock to Leghorns. All kinds. Some are clear EEs but this one I'm not so sure...She's young. Hasn't started to lay yet and the color on her breast and wings is getting darker...
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    Chicken Diarrhea, and what to do

    The very first chickens we bought were heritage breed Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds. All adults. At the time, we were just getting into the backyard chicken community and though reading online and in books hadn't quite had a full grasp of what to look for when purchasing chickens. We got our...
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    What is normal for a 6 month old pullet as far as weight?

    I have several young pullets of different breeds and they eat fine and are very active, but I have noticed that when holding them, I can clearly feel their breast bone. I have read that this is a bad thing and I was wondering if it is normal at this age, that maybe they just haven't filled out...
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    newbie here... and with chickens

    Hello all. I've been reading great information on this site for about a month or so now. We got our first 7 chickens then and built our coop. Then we proceeded to go chicken crazy! We built it big enough for max 30 birds looking ahead for babies and ended up buying 19 more pullets! So now...
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