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    Anemic chicken...help meeee.

    I'm pretty much at my wits end with this. Came back from my holiday 3 days ago to find a sick chicken. Thought it was mites at first, and I've treated her with sevin dust. But now I'm pretty sure an egg broke inside of her. This disturbs me because she hasn't laid an egg in more than three...
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    So now that I've dusted her... (mite help, please!)

    Just found out yesterday that one of my girls has been suffering from mites for at least 3 weeks. :c I dusted her with Sevin Dust last night, but I'm not exactly clear on how the stuff works. I've checked her for mites this morning, and I saw nothing. She's still powdery, as she's not ruffling...
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    What could this possibly be? *UPDATED: It's mites, still have a few Q's

    So one of my three chickens has come down with some sort of illness, I believe. I just arrived home two days ago from a 3 week vacation, and found that my Black Australorp was acting strangely. Right off the bat, I noticed she had lost a considerable amount of wait. Not visibly noticeable, but...
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    Chicken Snakes and rats?

    How do you keep chicken snakes away from the coop? I have two friends who I've managed to convince into getting chickens, (Muahaha!) but they live in Texas, and are worried snakes might get into the coop. I've told them to make sure there are no holes in the coop besides the door. But they...
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    Teeny Tiny Egg?

    To make a long story short, I found an egg that's about...maybe 1/4 the size of a normal large egg. It's so tiny! The other strange thing. It appeared in a nest beside 3 other normal eggs...and I only have 3 hens. That part isn't so interesting, though, seeing as apparently they all lay an...
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    A limping Chicken? :(

    My Barred Rock girl has a limp. I'm wondering if maybe she sprained her toe or something? Here are the details: I was holding her when she flapped wildly and I couldn't hold on to her, so I dropped her. She landed in a slightly awkward position, all her weight on the foot she currently isn't...
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    Molting: What happened to it?

    So, from what I heard, molting is a process where birds loose lots of feathers in winter time, right? Well, that didn't happen to my girls! I suppose they did molt, but only a few feathers, and they looked they same all winter, as in they didn't look like they were molting at all! Are there just...
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    Is this natural?...

    ...Or should I be worrying? My 4 girls haven't laid a single egg in a week. (Besides my BA, who's still religiously laying eggs. ) They're all healthy-looking, nothing on their bottoms, and perky. They're just not laying eggs. And they're losing feathers. But that's normal for chickens in the...
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    If you feed a chicken purple feed...

    ...will the egg color be purple? I'm 99.9% sure that it won't be, but my friend insists that this is true, due to her 2009 FACTS iphone application. I believe her, but not the fact. Could you guys maybe clear this up? Thanks!
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    Ooooohhhhhh Mmyyyy Gggooosssshhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I'M SOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!! My hen just laid her first egg!!!!!!!! It's so perfect and brown and small. I just LOVE it!!! Here's the story: I just got my bottom braces today. UUUUUuGGGhhh. How gross is that??? Anyway, that was pretty painful, and I've been dreading it forever...
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    Under-sized chickens???

    ok, I might be worrying over nothing, but my 10-week old chicks seem very small to me. I've looked at pictures online and the ones on here seem very large for 10 weeks, compared to mine. I'm on vacation right now, so the last time I saw them was a couple days ago, and I'll only be gone for...
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    Could you EE owners out there post some pics?

    I would love to see some pics of EE's that are not the typical brown. My girl started out with very light yellow and very light purple as a chick. (No joke!) I didn't know if this was rare or anything, but I had never seen that kind of EE before. Now, at 7 weeks old she is extremely colorful...
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    Nervous!!! *UPDATE*

    Ok, tonight I am moving my chicks to the coop outside. I'm SO nervous! I keep imagining coming out in the morning and finding them dead! I'm not really worried about heat, since it's nice and cozy in there, but terrified a raccoon will get to them. They are in an A-frame tractor that hopefully...
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    My way-too-small chicken tractor

    I built this chicken tractor way before the chickens came. It was meant for three, and I got 4. (couldn't help myself!) Anyway, it's an A-frame as you can see. I have lots of things I would change, but it's ok because I'm going to build a larger coop with a nice size run and hopefully a garden...
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    eww, what is this? (Black dots)

    So I noticed these weird black dots on the inside edges of my chicken coop. They are tiny and look like they might be eggs, but I don't know. They stick together in clumps. Unfortunately, I have an infestation of earwigs in the coop as well. I'm thinking these things might be their eggs, (I...
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    What's the difference? Seramas and Sebrights

    Ok, so I really like both of these birds, (I don't have any, just admire them!) but I don't really see a difference. Am I missing something really obvious? 'Cause they both have those pretty wing feathers where they stick down and stuff. Is one a pure bantam and the other isn't? Well, if you...
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    New chickies!!! YAY! *UPDATE! PICS!*

    YAY!! I got my chickies! They came in from MPC, in a nice cozy package. Right now they are almost 2 weeks old and getting huge and feathery! I didn't think they could grow so fast! And yeah, I would have posted when I got them, but I have been soooo busy and I just can't get away from those cute...
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    PASTY BUTT!!!!! HELP!!!!

    ok, my chick has a bunch of poo stuck to her rump! I'm sure it's pasty butt! Help! I'm not sure how to treat it?? HELP QUICKLY PLEASE! Do I soak it in warm water? I put a warm wet paper towel there first, but it didn't go away! Can I trim the poop off? HELP! P.S.- she is only two days old, if...
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    Mypetchicken

    I've heard before that some hatcheries say they include "special heating packs" so you can order less chicks if you live in a big city. But then the special heating packs turn out to be extra chickens! I just ordered 4 chicks from Mypetchicken, and I wanted to know if their heating packs are...
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    Protection from raccoons?

    I am completely new to having chickens! I just ordered 4 chicks, which will come in about a week and a half. I have already finished the chicken tractor they will live in (sorry, I don't have any pics yet! ) but there are lots of raccoons in my area. I'm worried one will try to get to my...
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