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    Sour crop (?)

    I am pretty sure our chicken Red has sour crop her crop is swollen and feels like jelly. She hasn't been great for about a week but she hasn't eaten hardly a bite for the last 2 days and I have to give her water with a syringe what I have tried so far ACV -stopped it Massaging her crop. she...
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    Chicken hasn't laid eggs in 2 months

    Hi I got 2 chickens in late July my white Leghorn laid one egg after a couple days and none since. The other chicken a RIR is doing fine, she takes dust baths and we get an egg a day. The white hen is losing a few feathers every day but there are no bald spots, her nails were very long when we...
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    My 2 chickens won't be friends

    Hi I posted a little back we got 1 RIR and 1 leghorn pullet. They didn't come out of the house at first, they do now but the RIR walks around and eats greens and bugs etc., but the leghorn just sits under the house 95% of the time, they don't fight, they just aren't friends. Should I get...
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    Best feeder to purchase

    Hi I am looking to buy a feeder that doesn't tip over, we only have 2 chickens but may get 2 more any types you recommend ? I will probably buy on ebay (I should check out a home made one but now right now) Thanks!
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    Chicken Hermits?

    We got 2 chickens last week (there is only us 2 so that's all we need) They will NOT come out of the house! I have read it is normal but a whole week? I shooed them out a few times and then they just sat under their house. They were kept in a house with no run (it was in a paved lot) and we...
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    New Old Member

    Hi Everyone, I am in the northeast and have been a member here for awhile, haven't posted since we lost our "flock" (2) to a predator and sickness We just got 2 new ones. Happy to be here :frow
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    Lethargic hen, puffed up, closing eyes

    I hate coming here and just asking questions when I have a chicken issue, for that I apologize one of my 2 hens for the last 2 days has been puffed up and lethargic I brought her in and noticed her eyes closing for a few seconds here and there i know this isn't a good sign from a few...
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    My 6 year old hen has gone broody!?

    She has spent the last weeks puffed up and sleepy, only waking for food, thought she was on the way out, but husband found her the other day sitting on our other hen's newly laid eggs can she really be broody being so old in chicken years? the symptoms matched what I have found online for...
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    When to turn off the light at night ?

    Hi new here. Our 2 baby chicks are about 5 weeks old, should we be turning off the heat lamp at night so they can rest on their roosting pole? They seem very healthy and eat and drink like crazy they are getting their feathers as well it gets down to about 65 here at night at this point...
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