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    Blukote having opposite effect

    My little bantam polish has a bare spot at the top of her head, I thought it was just filling in weird but the pin feathers are gone and its getting a little calloused or scabbed. So I put Blukote on it. I had never actually seen anyone pick at her till now. They are fascinated and obsessed with...
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    chick clicking but seemingly ok otherwise?

    I have 1 approx one week old chick out of 11. She is a pretty calm chick but is eating, drinking, scratching, preening and closed mouth breathing. However when I first pick her up there is a faint click. It diminishes after she settles down....should I worry, should I treat her? Should I wait...
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    Maybe silly biosecurity question.

    I bought 7 chicks from the feed store last week, chicken math dictated I get 4 more from same feed store (bantam polish need bigger posse to hang with for protection) is there any reason not to add them immediately to brooder?
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    Soft or no shell

    Ok,This will be longwinded and I am sorry but I want to get everything needed in...I have a just turning 2 year old Production Red from the feed store. She and her flock mate P.R. laid like crazy the first year (6 eggs a week minimum). Then over the winter she and her other flock mates (2 B.O.'s...
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    Strange Coop Behaviour

    I am not sure to be amused or worried. I have 2 Production Reds that are having quite the drama in my coop. They are acting like they are finding the most important egg laying spot of all time. They are discussing it between each other in a very animated discussion. I put new straw in the egg...
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    integration dilemma

    Sorry in advance for a slightly convoluted predicament and post.... I have 4 existing year old hens. I have 4 new almost 11 week old chicks (one rooster, 3 pullets) I have them entirely separated but visible in the coop and with separate runs for now (temp run for the chicks is small and...
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    Egg disruption

    So. My Production Red missed laying yesterday and laid this undersized egg today..any reason for me to worry?
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    Flock integration questions.

    I have 4 hens that are 1 year old. They coexist well but "docile" is not a word I would attribute to any of them. I have 4 newbies that are joining the flock this year (they are about 8 weeks old). We are using the pen inside the run method and are in the 2nd day of it. The girls seem to be now...
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    My coop my awesome husband built

    He is in the process of annexing the garden alongside the coop/run. The pop door opens out under the partial roof so that they are sheltered in the bad weather, they come out and scratch around even when it is snowing out.
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    pea comb questions.

    I have a question, I have no experience with the pea comb and am wondering about the whole "3 rows vs 1 row" when does this difference in roos and hens start to show up and is it really discernable by how old? I thought I maybe got a roo of the 2 Brahmas I picked up but they are now going on 5...
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    Hi all!

    I am new to your thread as I am in the first month of my new little feedstore Brahmas but 2nd year of chicken keeping. Thought I would share some cuteness with you.... I was so excited to have some feather footed birds to add to our little flock but if this is what she/he (most likely He I...
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    can someone tell me what color to call this?

    I am wondering if there is an actual name for this weird color I cannot put a word to. The pictures don't even show it well but I would say kind of....Peachy....pinkish brown.....pastel.....sigh I don't know.
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    Now to see if the tailess one turns out to be a rooster.

    If it is true that roosters get their tailfeathers later I may have a Brahma rooster, everyone send sweet and quiet rooster thoughts my way please.
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    leg injury

    So my dog got a little overzealous in rounding up a chicken from the top of our very very steep hill and scared her so she made a crash landing at the bottom of the hill. She is my biggest hen and came down hard on one leg and now is not putting any weight on it.It seems to all be intact from a...
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    worst first egg experience EVER!

    So I have known my smallest Buff Orpington hen was close to being the first one to lay an egg for the last week or so. She was all red face, squatting, checking out the nesting box. I was so anticipating my first ever egg, I came home to a poor miserable hen with a prolapsed vent and the egg...
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    Rooster behaviors...or tyrant head hen?

    This is NOT a question as to if I have a roo or a hen! I know that I am just waiting for the egg or the crow but I am asking about rooster behavior as opposed to just mean hen behavior. I think we may have a rooster in our new 7 week old flock but am not sure really.The chick in question has...
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    advice please

    This is our first coop for our first chickens. The dimensions of the coop are 4 feet deep and 8 feet wide. We are installing the roosts along the long back wall. It may be hard to tell from these pics but the lowest roost is 2 feet from the ground level with the poop board a about 10 inches...
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    newbie poop questions

    Ok all, my 3 B.O. ands my 3 production Reds are now 5 weeks old. Every day up until now there is a lot of single poos here and there all over in the spot they all sleep in the morning, and then of course all over the brooder from the daily activities, but all single spread out poos whether they...
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    The new coop is coming along, not quite as fast as the chickens though....

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    Is this something I should be suspicious of?

    Ok all, I am pretty well sure that at least one of my R.I.R.'s bought from the pullet bin is really a roo. The coop is almost ready where they will have more room but the 6 of them are in a kiddie pool right now and probably for another week or two and in the meantime he is an onery little...
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