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    Sick Hen - Should I Cull?

    I have a 2 and 1/2 year old Production Red hen. She was acting lethargic a few days ago, not eating like everyone else. I picked her up, felt her crop (for impaction or sour crop), and she vomited clear liquid (I presumed water - there was no smell). I held her upside down and massaged her crop...
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    Opinions on BCM hen/roo?

    This Black Copper Marans chick has been giving me trouble since hatch! I can't seem to figure out if I think it's a rooster or hen. I'm usually so good at this, but I'm second guessing myself. If it's a rooster, why is it SO BLACK?! Roosters are supposed to be colorful, right?! Has anyone seen...
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    Orpington or Mixed Breed?

    I bought hatching eggs from a breeder in Alabama who was amazing and helpful. I bought only Cochins but I had a chick hatch who was a mystery - she was definitely not a Cochin. The breeder is aware and has been so sweet and helpful. I believe her when she says this is an Orpington but I am...
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    Chick Not Using Leg (PIctures) - Humane Death Necessary?

    I assisted the hatch of a Welsummer chick who hadn't made progress other than a large hole and who had begun drying in the shell. I am 100% confident without intervention this chick would not have survived. I didn't know the reason for it's inability to turn itself and zip without help but upon...
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    Injured Chick - Help Please!

    My chicks are in their own room in the house but this morning one of my kids accidentally didn't shut the door all the way and our cat pushed it open. She didn't want to kill the chicks but they must have been tempting to swat at because she did claw one of them along the bottom, drawing blood...
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    Bizarre Broody Behavior

    I'm in need of advice. I have a RIR hen approximately a year old who is a great layer. Yesterday I was collecting eggs around 11am and noticed she was on the nest along with another hen so I let her stay there, thinking she was laying. I did some chores around the coop for about an hour and she...
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    Barred Rock Rooster?

    This barred rock was sold to me at 8-10 weeks as a sexed pullet. I know hatcheries make mistakes but when I bought her I was confident based on her dark washed legs, darker coloring and pale pink comb she was a hen. She or he is now 14-16 weeks old and huge, with a bright red comb and wattles...
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    No eggs - possibly wants to go broody?

    I have a lavender Orpington hen who has been laying consistently for me for a while now, but in the last five days I haven't gotten a single egg from her. She's about a year and a half old. Last night she sat in her nesting box at an odd time between 4pm and 6pm. She didn't cackle or sing, just...
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    So Confused - Lonely Chick (but with "siblings?")

    We have six chicks ranging in age from 2-3 weeks. They started out in the pre-k classroom and came home with us last weekend and did wonderful. Tonight we brought them home for the final time, and for a few hours they were all happy and lovely. Tonight we held them and cuddled them and put...
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    Lonely chick.. Advice?

    We ended up only hatching one of four eggs we started, and this precious girl is doing wonderful. She is, however, VERY lonely. So I had my husband swing by the feed store and grab two week old gold sex link chicks. At first this satisfied little Stormy, but whenever we leave her sight she peeps...
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    Chickens + Grass = Hot Mess?

    Hello ya'll! I live in Las Vegas (well, Henderson, but close enough), a very hot and dry climate. We haven't ever had trouble keeping our grass in the backyard green during the summers with plenty of watering and looking lush and healthy. Over the winters it yellows and we let it die a bit and...
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    Hen "crowing" and mounting

    I recently purchased two beautiful black Australorp pullets from an awesome person here in the city who was moving. I've had them for a week in quarantine, with three more weeks to go. Their previous owner mentioned the smaller of the two was laying already and the bigger hen was still expecting...
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    New To Chickens!

    Hello all! I'm new here! My husband and I live in the city with a nice big backyard. I've owned horses, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, cats, and now chickens! This site helped prepare me for buying two gorgeous Rhode Island Red girls. I think I've got basic care handled and I've really done my...
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