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    Rooster can't breathe while being held

    Ok guys so I have a weird situation and I'm totally stumped as to what is going on... Today I went to pick up my rooster (Mr. Roo) to hold him under my arm, normally this is not an issue at all.... Today as soon as I picked him up he started wheezing and gasping like he couldn't breathe...
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    Frontline conflicting information, feeling nervous

    Can anyone please help me out. I'm freaking out a little bit... I've seen Frontline spray recommended all over the place (BYC, local poultry groups, even my vet didn't question it when I mentioned it) for chickens to treat lice and mites. I've used it several times of the last few years with...
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    Do I have a secret drake?

    Wasn't sure whether to put this in the duck forum or in the 'What breed/gender is this' forum... please move it if it's in the wrong spot! We have 3 ducks... an Indian Runner X... A Pekin X and a Khaki Campbell. A friend buys eggs from them for eating. Said friend recently said she's had a...
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    Feathered legs, where'd it come from?

    I've got a 1.5 week old chick who I've just noticed has a few small feathers on the outer side of both legs... This chick is hatched from my mixed flock... the father is a Bantam Australorp... mother is unknown... The only chickens I have who have feathered legs are 2 Silkies... I do also...
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    Chick hatched but died soon after... why? (warning, photo)

    I have a hen who was sitting on 5 eggs... 3 hatched out yesterday (a day late) the 4th pipped at about mid-day and had just broken out of the egg at about 6pm, but was still all wet and mostly sitting in the shell. I left it to figure things out on its own as they usually are fine. Went to...
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    Should I leave my roosters together??

    Just got home from work and found one of my roosters (Mr. Roo) has jumped the fence into my second flock with my other Rooster (Blue-Roo). I fully expected to find half dead roosters because i thought they'd fight if they ever got in together.... Apparently not. They appear to be coexisting...
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    My Bantam Australorps

    Just wanted to share a few pics of my beautiful bantam australorps :) Planning to hatch some chicks from them next summer. I've got 2 blue hens, 2 black hens and a blue rooster. I used to have a splash hen but she died recently :( Hopefully when I hatch chicks from them I will get at least 1...
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    Just can't figure out this chick's gender!

    So I have this single chick who is now 5 weeks old and I just cannot figure out whether it's a boy or a girl!! I'm usually quite good at picking these things, but I haven't had chicks in over a year and I usually have more than one to compare them to each other. It's a mix breed... Bantam...
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    Hen turning into rooster...

    My oldest hen, Fluffy, has developed some unusual characteristics lately... She's around 5 years old, has been a fantastic mother to two lots of chicks and a great layer all her life. I have no idea what breed she is but she's a beautiful orange/golden colour. She's lived with a rooster for...
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    How long to leave hen in broody breaker...

    With the weather warming up here my 4 of my hens have decided to go broody including my 3 sussex hens who are extremely dedicated (but are not allowed to hatch chicks because they are chick killers. I set up a broody breaker, put one of my Sussex hens in there. Took about 5 days to break her out...
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    Chick with rose comb hatched from parents with single combs... how?

    A lot of my flock are random X breeds that I keep as pets, I've been trying to x my favourite rooster (Mr. Roo) with my favourite hen (Fluffy) for quite a while now! Finally had success, a lovely little healthy white chick hatched. It's now about a week old and I noticed today that it has a rose...
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    First attempt at hatching shipped eggs!

    I've hatched plenty of my own eggs and locally bought eggs under broody hens but never before have I hatched shipped eggs!! I ordered some yesterday and they arrived today. I'll be putting them under my broody light sussex hen Eggs arrived well packaged, no cracks or signs of damage. Only...
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    Mystery infection

    A work mate of mine has a young hen (probably around 10 months old) who for the last month has had issues with her nose being swollen and pussy (apparently at one point it was so swollen that she couldn't see properly). Vet couldn't come up with any distinct cause - the hen was on antibiotics...
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    Day 10 and one of my eggs is cracked... What do I do?

    Some time today while I was at work, some of my hens broke into my broody hen's nest and laid eggs in her nest. That is fine (I've now fixed the barrier so they can't break in again... However it seems that with hens climbing in and out all day, one of my eggs got cracked It's just got a few...
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    Broody hen not pooping?

    My broody hen has been sitting for 4 days now. I've got her in a sectioned off part of the coop with food and water right there for her. I've never seen her get off the nest, but I'm pretty sure she is eating and drinking.... What I haven't seen is poo... I can't see any poo in her little...
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    Hen with paralysed legs - What is the cause?

    My oldest Australorp hen (at a guess she's maybe 3 or 4 years old), has suddenly become quite unwell... Tuesday evening I found her up the back of the shed in the corner sitting down. I quickly realised that her legs have gone all weird and almost seem paralysed in a way. She can still get...
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    Adult hen dramatic colour change - any indication of breed?

    I posted this somewhere else regarding the colour change, but I thought I'd ask about her breed here. I've got a hen who I got last winter. She is just a cross breed. She was totally white as a chick, at around 20 weeks I noticed a tiny amount of pigment on her, but hardly anything. She's just...
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    Hen change colour with moult

    Sorry if this is in the wrong place... I really had no idea where to put it :/ I've got a hen who I got last winter. She is just a cross breed. She was totally white as a chick, at around 20 weeks I noticed a tiny amount of pigment on her, but hardly anything. She's just gone through a pretty...
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    Can I take mother hen away?

    I've got 2 separate lots of (now 4 week old) chicks. One group of 7 and one group of 6, both lots being raised by different hens. Most of the chicks are just about fully feathered now (Its heading into summer here in Australia now so the weather is usually nice and warm). The hen with the...
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    Do all roosters take longer to become fully feathered?

    Do all rooster's take longer to become fully feathered? Or is it just particular breeds? I had an australorp earlier this year who took forever to get his feathers and obviously, he was a rooster. At the moment i've got some Barnevelder chicks and some X breed chicks... I'm just wondering if...
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