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    Advice needed from ppl with TINY flocks - about adding 2 new hens to 2 existing hens

    I know how you're supposed to add hens to regular flocks... 60 days quarantine... slow integration.... But I also know that's not reality for people with a TINY flock of 2-3 hens. I'm interested in how you handle it. I had 3 hens years ago. When they got old two eventually died and I was left...
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    Live Naked Chickens - Need Help (pics) - I'm desperate for advice....

    I am desperate for advice because I am at a total loss. I have a small flock of 3 hens. Two of them (BA and RIR) are balding - badly. It is NOT molting because this has been going on for months and is only on the neck and butt. The RIR has a naked neck and butt, but normal feathers everywhere...
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    What's the verdict? Do you eat eggs after chickens have been dusted with Sevin dust? or toss them?

    This isn't to start a debate about Sevin dust because I already dusted my coop, run, nest boxes and my 3 hens two days ago. My hens were bald in several places and I assumed it must be mites. My question is, can I eat the eggs? I haven't found a definitive answer. I have a bag of eggs on the...
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    Is this feather loss on neck molting or mites? PICS - would LOVE opinions!! THANKS!!!!!

    I have 3 hens in my little flock - one (GLW) molted recently and the other 2 have never molted. All are about 18 months old and we live in FL where we're having a mild winter :) Two of my hens, a BA and a RIR, have bald necks. We have no rooster and they seem otherwise healthy and happy. Of...
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    Bald butt below vent - not swollen - not likely EYP or bullying - small sore - pics. Thoughts???

    I've read about 12 pages of info on people with bald butt chickens, so apparently this is common. Most of the posters mentioned chickens who were swollen or distended in some way below the vent. My Australorp just turned one and now has a bald bum. There are no issues with pecking order - I only...
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    Would you ever add ONE silkie or ONE showgirl to a flock of 3 regular hens?

    I have three 7-month-old hens - a RIR, a BA and a GLW. It's always been my chicken fantasy to own a silkie or a showgirl, but I never run across one when I'm acquiring new chicks (this is my 2nd group of hens... my first group has since passed on...) So now I have a real-life chicken friend who...
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    Anyone know how to make Xmas ornaments from chicken feathers?

    The title says it all. I have chickens. I have feathers. I want to make some ornaments out of the feathers, but I don't know how. Any ideas?!?!? THANKS!
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    Pls help me figure out how to 'cure' my transgendered hen - or else I have to cull :(

    This is the oddest situation ever. I'll try to make it short. I had 3 hens - all 3 years old. Two died unexpectedly, leaving me with one hen. At this point I had 3 chicks in the brooder and I was very worried about my one remaining hen (a BR named Maggie) being lonely out in the coop. After two...
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    About to throw my 1st ever "chicken mixer" - Need help understanding peck types!

    I'm almost ready to mix in my chicks to my one-chicken flock, but I'm new to this pecking order business and want to know what's okay and what's not okay. Quick recap - Due to illness I lost 2 of my hens and I'm left with one remaining 3 1/2 year old hen. She's a little crazy from being alone...
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    Shoot me now. My lonely hen is now crowing like a rooster.

    I've been hearing a mystery rooster every morning now for the past few days. I've gone outside and searched my yard and peeked over the fences into my neighbor's yards. No rooster. But I hear it every morning - a loud crowing noise. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? Then my husband comes in today and tells...
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    How to modify coop/run to introduce chicks? Any ideas?

    I have a large beautiful coop with a ramp that goes to a big dirt run covered in hardwire cloth. I have only one chicken now (my EE died in June and my BO died last night leaving a very lonely BR behind ). But I have three little chicks in the brooder. I'd like to move them out to the coop so...
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    I now have a one-chicken 'flock' - when can I introduce my new chicks to her?

    I had a 3-chicken flock. My BO died earlier tonight and my EE died in June (both from EYP). Now my BR is going to wake-up tomorrow morning a lone chicken. She stuck to my BO like glue so I know it'll be weird for her to be a single lonely chicken. I have 3 chicks in the brooder. One is about...
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    Need advice on whether to euthanize a sick hen who's a beloved pet

    I have a much-loved hen who's a family pet who has been very sick for months. It all started in June when my EE got very ill suddenly. When I took her to the vet he euthanized her and told me she was very skinny so this "issue/illness" had been going on for awhile without me knowing. He told me...
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    I don't have a thermometer, so when can I take away heat lamp on brooder?

    I have two chicks that are just about 3 weeks old and one chick that's close to 4 weeks old. They're in a brooder box in my house with a heat lamp on them - it's off to the side and pretty high up so it's not super hot in the brooder box. I let the chicks go outside in a portable run every...
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    My list of Raising Chick Neuroses

    This is my 2nd time raising chicks and I thought it would be easier the 2nd time around. LOL.... how wrong I was. Apparently the first time around I researched the heck out of it and muddled through and my first three chicks made it into chickenhood just fine. Here I am 3 years later and I'm...
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    I have a 2-chicken flock and want to introduce a 3rd, but one of my hens isn't well. Can I introduce

    I have two 3-year-old hens - a BO and a BR (I used to have an EE too, but she died in June). The BR and the BO haven't layed in about 5-6 months so I know something isn't right. The BR looks plucky and happy - although she's still a bit skinnier than she should be, but the BO isn't well. You can...
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    Just got three newbies today! Super adorable pics! Enjoy :)

    Just brought these little beauties home from the feed store today. RIR Golden Laced Wynadotte Australorp All three Fuzzy butts Hope they turn into nice chickens!!! They're three breeds I've never tried before - I've only tried BO (my fav), BR and an...
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    Thoughts? Golden sex-links, Golden Wynadottes, Production Red chicks? Would love the inside scoop!

    I want to add 3 chicks to my tiny little flock. I have breeds I'd LOVE to own, but I'm facing reality and I won't be able to own them... I'd love another BO, an Australorp and an Americauna. But how on earth I'd get three chicks of those breeds is beyond me. So I called our local feed store and...
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    Peep my poop board ;) Would love your thoughts....

    I've got a brand new coop and I'm finishing off the interior. (I didn't make it.... a friend made the coop for me, but the hubs and I are doing finishing touches, painting, etc). The poop board isn't exactly what I requested, so I'm not sure if it needs to be modified at all. I do want to put...
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    What's the best way to fatten up a skinny hen?

    I have a 3-year-old BO that isn't doing well. I've given up trying to find out what's wrong with her, so now I'm just focusing on trying to help her put some weight on. She seems to be eating well, but when I pick her up her keel bone is so sharp :( If you want her background you can read it...
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