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    BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK- cockerel or pullet

    Hey, these are two barred Plymouth Rock which are 6 weeks turning 7 weeks. It’s a bit early still. However when viewing them from the top one was a lot darker and one was lighter (could be one is maturing later?). The lighter one has a smaller comb and waddle. The darker one has a larger waddle...
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    Rooster attacked me

    Rooster advice please. I’m on the fence with this boy and have been for over a year. He attacked his father last year , once he turned 1year old, so we caged him to his own coop in view of everyone. His dad (father rooster) passed away in February. Today I decided to try and see if he can do...
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    Unbalanced 8 year old hen

    Hi! My oldest hen is starting to act a bit off. She laid one egg last month and has been eating and drinking and pooping normal. However she is off balance a bit when she walks and uses her wings to stabilize or catch her self. Any one ever dealt with something similar ? She is grazing right...
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    Galvanized Steel Storage Shed as a coop option?

    I am in the market for a new coop and was wondering if anyone has used the galvanized steel storage shed as a coop. I am on the East coast, NY state. I’ve seen some use open sheds for horses to get away from the wind and rain. I just wanted to ask if anyone has used it and if it worked out? I...
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    Bumble feet - what antibiotics can I use/purchase?

    3 of my hens have really bad bumble feet. I’ve lost one already. We have been opening the abscess, pulling the corn, cleaning it with epson bath soak, hydrogen peroxide, antibiotic ointment and vet wrap. Two weeks in and it’s still showing up badly on two hens. The other one is not to bad. The...
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    Does bumble foot create corn like material??

    I don’t know how to explain it , so I’ll do my best at describing what was seen and what I don’t unfortunately have a photo of :( My hen had an abscess on the bottom of her foot almost to the toe area. It was removed and cleaned up and bandaged. My DH wrapped it up after cleaning and has been...
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    Egg in my feeder 😂

    The last week , I’ve been pretty confused here. I’m thinking my husband accidentally grabbed my eggs and left them on top of the feed , tending to the door. His response has been the last two times (I don’t think so). So yesterday I collected two white eggs in the feed which is low and thought...
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    Merry Christmas!!

    Happy holidays !!
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    Mites on grain/bucket

    There’s a first for everything and this is my first time seeing mites on the feed and all over the feed bucket. They look white and are inside the bucket and outside. My feed bucket is plastic with a seal on closed lid, which we’ve had for years from tractor supply. Anyways- I don’t want these...
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    How do I treat impacted crop?

    What is the best treatment for impacted crop? I’ve never dealt with it, but my pullet was definitely trying to tell me something was wrong by her behavior. she has a tennis ball hard mass. I can hardly squish it. It is incredibly firm. She keeps gagging. How do I dissolve it? I tried to message...
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    gagging/dry heaving chicken?

    It is cool today outside and I’ve noticed my chickens either more lazy or more hungry. They all ate a lot today and I did see some adjusting their crops by doing their yawns. However one of the pullets are on my porch standing rather straight and closing her eyes. Every so often she does that...
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    What are these BUGs all over my DEAD silkie!! 🤢

    I left my silkie in a box to wait for the other members to come home to burry her and say good bye. I’m horrified! Hundreds of pepper black bugs are crawling all over her and the container !! I went to pick her up and move her body and my gloves had a ton of tiny little blackish specks moving...
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    Monkey see! Monkey do! 🐓🐥they copy each other !!

    I’m realizing chickens are a lot smarter than I thought! They learn off of one another!! I have a ptsd pullet who I had to help heal. She was very attached to me and would watch me go up to flights of stairs after opening the coop. all was great, until she started coming up every day! Poop...
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    6yr old silkie can’t walk on one leg! Advice please

    Her foot/leg in the air is what is causing her problems. I have one vet in my area that if I can get a hold of has one vet that sees poultry. But no one has gotten back to me and they do not do emergency visit. In the meantime I want to make her comfortable, do I wrap her leg? Splint it? Her...
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    Chicken diapers?

    Any advice on where and what kind of chicken diaper to purchase ? Umm , my pullet is very clingy and keeps pooping everywhere in my screen porch and tries to sneak in when the dogs come. I Honestly can’t take the poop anymore.. and I can’t block the area she comes up because a predator can get...
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    Surprise! Crowing at 5 weeks !- will it get worst 🤣

    Just like the title reads 😂 the 3 chicks we hatched just hit 5 weeks yesterday. And let’s not forget , yesterday is our weekend 😅 but we heard a crow and I was hoping it wasn’t. This morning at 6-7am, it was confirmed. His father didn’t start crowing until 14+ weeks. Will this little boy being...
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    Gender guesses 🤪9/10 days old

    gender guesses? One was born august 13 and the other two the 14th. They are mixed , with a polish and rainbow broiler. Two are non-bearded and one is bearded. two are faster feathering and longer tails and the one who is bearded is slower feathering. The bearded one stays to the back a lot...
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    Bloody pecked chick- photos

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    Thoughts ? On why she looks this awful? Feather problem 😔

    Hi everyone , I have been trying to understand what on earth is going on with this Easter egger hen. She started looking awful in the spring, like she got caught somewhere. But she still looks awful and the feathers look raw at the ends of her neck and tail. The flock was small when this all...
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    Day 22 -no pip/no wiggle -left all alone

    This egg is special ! As it is possibly from our favorite hen that passed or our other incredible hen. 4 eggs were set july 24 in my brinsea mini eco. I hand turned. day 20 (Friday the 13th) one hatched! Day 21 (2 hatched ) into the very early hrs. Day 22, I just check the egg. No pip, no...
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