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    Why is my hen's head turning sideways?

    I have a very nice buff Orpington hen whose feathers have never been full since I got her, they start growing back, then fall out again. She still lays some eggs, not often, but she's a nice girl. I put Pic-No-More and blu-cote on her and treated her for lice, but recently her head has been...
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    Give that rooster a prize!

    So yesterday, as I was dealing with Christmas decorations, I heard a ruckus in the yard. I looked out the kitchen window, and saw several of my chickens running toward the house, panicked. I scanned the field for a predator, but couldn't see any. Then my "Lucky Roo" went flying across the...
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    crossbreed chicks

    I recently (10 days ago) hatched 6 chicks from 6 different hens, all bred by a dominique rooster. All of them are black with various degrees of light-colored down and white spots on their heads. As the feathers are beginning to develop, they all appear to have some dominique coloring. Should I...
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    rescue duck

    I found a mallard (I think) duck behind a local restaurant with no tail feathers at all, apparently she had been attacked by something. We captured her and brought her home to rehabilitate. I moved my other ducks temporarily back into the chicken coop at night so that she could have the...
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    Could my 5 month old hen be broody already?

    My hens just barely started laying, and now she doesn't want to leave the nest, even though there is only a plastic egg in there.
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