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    Rooster too aggressive? Hurting pullets

    I have a 1 year old roo. All of my other established flock was taken out by predators. In Feb, I got more chicks and introduced the pullets to the roo about a month ago. He has grabbed ahold of 2 of them now and ripped their feathers out so hard- one had Cartledge showing. Today- he got another...
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    Comb wound

    Anyone know what's wrong w my roo's comb?
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    Hen attacked/lost all belly feathers- can she stay in the cold

    Something drug my hand off and plotter clean of her belly feathers and hind back feathers but she somehow managed to escape and showed back up the next morning. She doesn't have any major wounds but I'm concerned about her being in the cold without any feathers on her belly. Can she make it in...
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    Vaccinating for mareks

    i think some of my birds died of mareks. Now I need new chicks. I can't find anyone to purchase a small qty already vaccinated so my question: can I buy them and vaccinate myself. I will keep them in a brooder until they are bigger so I believe they won't be exposed.
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    Merek's/something else? WWYD

    About a month ago I posted about a sick hen. I have attached a pic of her eye here. Someone suggested it maybe merek's disease. I read everything I can on it and decided to cull her. Nothing has happened since. Until last night- 2 more hens looked confused and unable to perch. One was dead by...
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    1.5-year-old hen has cocci?

    I have a year and a half told hen that started acting Soloment with one eye closed last week. She's the weakest of the flock so I thought she just may be hurt being picked on. Now she stopped eating and is stumbling around. I thought owner hands were immune to Cocci? Should I treat the rest of...
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    Do you think it's pox?

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    Wart/blister Growth on chicks beak and eyes

    I have googled this on your site and have seen several threads but no resolution. I have about 4 week old chicks. I noticed about a week ago one had a weird looking beak but haven't taken time to inspect until tonight when I noticed here eye was swollen shut. Then I inspected my other checks...
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    Momma abandoned hatching egg

    The egg has a small whole- I can see baby's beak. He's chirping... I have him under a heat lamp/ how long before he comes out of the egg? I tried putting him back under momma and she moved...
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    Chipping egg- help!

    I tried to put chirping baby egg under momma and she moved- his egg is cracked and he's moving... I don't have a thermometer so I don't know if it's too hot or if he's better cooler
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    Hen abandon nest-egg is chirping- what to do??

    The coop is being flooded by rising water. Mom got down w 7 babies... But I didn't know if it's because she knew the water was rising... I brought her and babies in an got the other eggs... One egg is chirping but she won't sit on them... What should I do?!? Never done this before
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    Hen abandoned nest/ egg chirping- what should I do??

    The coop is being flooded by rising water. Mom got down w 7 babies... But I didn't know if it's because she knew the water was rising... I brought her and babies in an got the other eggs... One egg is chirping but she won't sit on them... What should I do?!? Never done this before
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    Help! Babies are in too nesting box

    Only 4 have so there are quite a few eggs still left to be hatched...I tried moving them well before they were due to a lower area in the coop and mama hen didn't like it and abandon them and moved back to the top nest so I move the eggs again to the top nest and left her there with them. Now...
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    Broody hen abandoned her best- chicks still viable?

    Hey there! One of my smooth Easter eggers went broody. I read up on trying to care for her and her eggs and I thought after reading- I should move her at night time to a separable area in the coop and make her. A broody box which I did on Monday night. During the storm last night- she started...
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    Keeping chickens out of neighbors yard

    My chickens have found my neighbors compost pile and have decided to take up residence at their house for most of the day and only come back to the coop to roost. Any suggestions on how to keep them on my side?
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    How many free range chicken per coop size?

    I've read each chicken needs 4 sq ft of coop but my husband swears we can have more because they only sleep in the coop. They free range all day long (we have 5 acres for them to roam). Our coop is 6 ft wide by 8 ft deep with 12 boxes. We have 16 chickens. We live in Texas so it doesn't get too...
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    now avian pox- ugh! What else?!?!

    After researching- it seems my girls have avian pox. Pic below in comments. This is my first flock and I've been thru the ringer with them- we've had cocci issues, sinus infections, predator issues, and now this, not too mention other "unknown causes" of death of other chicks. I just feel...
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    How to produce high quality eggs

    I'm a newbie and I got my first egg today! I cracked it open expecting to see a beautiful orange yolk and to my disappointment- it was pale yellow. My girls have an open run with plenty of grass to graze on and I let them free Range often... I feed them non soy non gmo crumbles. I give them...
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    Hen had a sneeze and runny nose?

    This morning when I let my girls out of the coop- I noticed one of them seems to have a runny nose and a bit of a sneeze/gurgle thing going on. She's 15 weeks old or so... Thoughts? Thanks!
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    Tolbunt not looking good :)

    We have 5 hens that are 18 weeks old and 1 guinea that's 14 weeks old. We got 2 frizzles and a tolbunt that is 12 weeks old and 7 younger chicks (6 weeks and younger). When we built out new coop and run, we merged them all together on Saturday. The run is doesn't have a roof so there are...
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