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    Baby chick emergency

    1 week old had pasty butt (i think thats what its called) i cleaned it off. I noticed the abdomen is hard maybe constipated? Its much smaller than its flock mates and just lays in the momma heating pad. Not eating or drinking and kind of stumbles around. All other birds are fine. Its very very...
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    Projectile yellow liquid exiting vent in hen... egg bound? Something else?

    Leghorn has been in the lay box for 2 and a half hours. Her stomach is covered in liquid thats leaking from her vent. Appears to be clear. Area around vent is contracting as if she is trying to lay an egg. I picked her up to have a look and then sat her back on the floor and she stumbled a bit...
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    Going out of town 3-4 week old chicks

    Going out town for the weekend in April. Our chicks will be 2-3 weeks old at the time. They will probably be unsupervised for 40 hours. I may be able to get a relative to chec on them at least once.
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    Yolk broke inside of fresh egg

    This morning I went out and got our fresh eggs and my husband fried them up. It was literally only and hour old egg. It was from a red sex link and the yolk was broke when he cracked the egg. Curious why this happened? this is the first time it has happened and have had no other egg problems.
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    Fermenting feed with fish meal

    I accidentally bought a 50lbs bag of feed with fish meal as an ingredient. Has. Anyone fermented a feed containing fish meal? Is it safe to do? All I've read is that it stinks but is that dangerous?
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    Chicken missing for 5 days

    Tuesday I came home around 2pm to find no chickens. They normally come running thinking I'm going to give them a treat. Well I saw a silkie in the lean to wedged up under a large pile of twigs. Then I found our australorp wedged in there too. I couldn't find any other chickens anywhere. I...
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    White cluster of eggs near vent

    Sorry don't have a picture. I noticed on one of my hens today that she has a small pea sized cluster of round white eggs near her vent. I tried searching the forums but all I kept coming up with was white eggs lol What are these small white eggs and how do I get rid of them? Thanks
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    Pretty little chicken... what are you?

    Far right.... yes that's a toilet. Far left She's slightly smaller than my other birds I don't know how old she is.
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    Does this non soy feed look good? Also fermenting question

    I have a local feed mill that has some non soy options available. I was wondering if this looks good you guys? I'm not a feed expert but I have heard that too much field peas can slow down food digestion too much and cause sour crop. Also I ferment my feed and I have heard that if the feed has...
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    Bought "laying" hens. 1 week no eggs.

    Bought a coop with 7 hens a week ago. They've been free ranging all day since Tuesday. We have still not gotten any eggs. We have 4 nest boxes. Should I have gotten eggs by now? Are they laying somewhere they're not supposed to or are they not "laying" hens at all? They are older birds... if I...
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    Get a rooster or not get a rooster

    I just got a coop with 7 hens last weekend. They are doing well and I've started free ranging them. We live on 10 acres and I've caught coyotes racoon and opossum on a trail cam. This was way back at the edge of our property and they've never come up closer as far as I can tell. We also have...
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    Finally a chicken owner

    We bought a house a yr ago in sw ohio. It took us a year to find a house that fit out budget but also would allow chickens and goats. Well after 2 years of wanting chickens we finally have some!! we were going to wait until spring and build the coop over winter but we found a good deal on a...
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