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  1. Appleby2003

    Excessive Hen Mounting Issue

    Goooood Morning all. Another day in the life of a frustrated backyard chicken owner. I've had these buggers for 8 years now and I'll tell you, they must hold a monthly meeting to brainstorm ideas on how they can stress and confound their caretaker. The idea of owning chickens 8 years...
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    Unsuccessful Worming??

    Even though we've owned chickens for about six years we recently had what we thought was our first worming of that with the flock. Since around last November the birds have had very runny droppings and very dirty bottoms. For a while we didn't know what was up. Eventually we figured out that it...
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    Thin Eggs no Matter What I Try

    I have a particular hen that has been laying thin eggs for about the last 4 months now. It is starting to become a rough situation. Breaken eggs in the nesting box daily as warm weather approaches.......gross. She's only 2 years old this April so age shouldn't be an issue. There are 6...
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    Skin Redness and Feather Loss on Head

    This poor girls head has looked like this for about a calendar year. She endured one PA winter and I would like to give her a full 'head of hair' for this coming winter. Any advice on what's going on? Mites?? It hasn't gotten any smaller of larger in the year. Just that patch...
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    Does she have respiratory Issue or is she just Broody?????

    This chicken thing is tricky!!! I've owned them now for 8 months and it's really been one confusing thing after another. Todays possible issue........So we go down to the coop tonight to collect the days eggs and we find 'Nugget' sitting in the one nesting box. At first I'm thinking...
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    Hawk Attack......Should we just put her down???

    I went outside about 20 minutes ago and heard the chickens and crows in the backyard making all sorts of ruckus. Knowing it was probably a hawk in the trees I walked around back and saw a Cooper Hawk on one of the hens. I TOOK OFF running through the yard and the hawk flew off but not...
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