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    What's wrong with my roo?!?!?!

    My speckled roo is about 10 weeks old and his comb is looking terrible! It's hard to tell in the picture, but he had what looked like a black scab on top of his beak, too. After chasing him around a little bit to get him contained, it looks like the "scab" came off. Anyone have any idea what's...
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    WORMS! What kind!?!? HELP!!!!

    I usually take note of my chickens' poop in the coops and around the yard just to make sure there's nothing crazy going on! This morning I noticed this and I am basically freaking out! I've raised chickens for 4 1/2 years and have never seen this before... Can anyone help me??
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    Egg Issue... Need some advice!!!

    I went to pick eggs earlier today and this was in one of the nesting boxes! I'm assuming it's a sign that one of my hens is either lacking something OR getting too much of something in her diet... Can anyone help me out?! The "egg" is hard at the bottom, but gets softer and then the tip is...
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    Integrating new chicks... Advice needed!!

    I have 12 hens and 1 rooster that are free range. 4 of the hens are 3 years old and the others and the rooster are a year old. I recently ordered several Rhode Island Red and Speckled Sussex eggs from Meyer's. Half of them were damaged when they arrived. I hatched 12 of the "good" eggs and those...
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    Pasty butt and something else... Help please!

    I need some advice please! I have a 2.5 week old baby chick who has pasty butt pretty bad. I've been cleaning it and I've separated it from the rest of the littles. It's vent looks like it's much higher up and closer to tail feathers than the rest, too. What products can I add to food and/or...
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    New chicks... Weak... HELP!

    I need some serious help and advice! Two of my chicks hatched earlier today without trouble. But when I took them out of the incubator to put them in the brooder their feathers were all dried up. I took them out and separated them from the more active chicks but they seem extremely weak... I'm...
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    Help! Newly hatched chick...

    One of my incubated eggs hatched last night and this morning the chick was on its back, but was perfectly alert. It seems as though it will not extend its legs on its own. I separated it from the rest of the chicks because I didn't want them jumping on her... Anyone have any idea what the...
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    Mites? Lice? Rooster problem? HELP!!

    A few of my hens are slowly losing some of their feathers. I had noticed that one of our roosters had gotten pretty aggressive with the hens so we rehomed him. In the last week I noticed one specific hen had a patch of feathers missing on its lower back. We still have a rooster and I'm not sure...
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    Wazine

    What is the ratio of Wazine to water for 14 chickens? I think my waterer holds 3 gallons! Thanks!
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    Help! Hen pecking breast feathers...

    I have a hen that has been missing several breast feathers. I initially thought she was molting as the others were, too. However, it has been months and her breast area is still bare. Just this week I noticed that it seems to have gotten worse. Her skin in the bald area is scaly. She's acting...
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    HELP!! New hatch question!!!!!

    one of my babies hatched around 11 pm last night in the incubator. This morning I noticed that there is a clump of something cone tend to a stringlike fiber oming out of what appears to be its little butt. As I was moving some out into the brooder I gently tried to just remove what was hanging...
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    Incubation Day 19

    Ok. So I have 18 eggs in my incubator. I already took them out of the turner and they're on lockdown! About 8 of them are chirping and pecking away at the shells! I have a few questions... 1. How long does it general take one chick to completely hatch? 2. How long after they hatch do I remove...
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    Egg eaters!

    Help! I have 8 hens that are about a year and a couple of months old. I have NEVER had a problem with any of them eating eggs! When I went to pick the eggs yesterday and today, there was one egg that was cracked and laying on the floor of the roost. They obviously ate the inside and left the...
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