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  1. cheerfulchicken

    purple bruising near vent

    Hi BYC! Today, I bathed my hen in preparation for a county fair and I noticed that she had a purple bruise just outside her vent area. My flock includes 4 hens total and I don't own any roosters. Please let me know if you know what is wrong with her or if you have any advice. I've attached a...
  2. cheerfulchicken

    Head Bobbing, Nasally Noise, Mouth Open, Clear throwup!

    Hi BYC! My hen is making weird head-bobbing motions and her mouth is open a lot. She has clear throwup on her beard. She also makes small nasally noises like she has a stuffy nose. Attached are some pictures and a video. Is there anything I should do? I put VetRX on her and I put it in her...
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    Bloody Vent!!! Egg bound?

    Hi BYC! Please help!! My friend's buff orphington's vent is bleeding and she thinks her chicken has an egg stuck in her. Her depth of abdomen isn't hard. The chicken's comb is red, but floppy and her eyes are dilated looking. Please let me know what I can do to help her. Also please let me know...
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    Limping hen and mites

    We discovered tons of mites on our hen and she started to limp. She was also very lethargic. We took her to vet and the doctor said she was not egg bound. The vet said she was very weak and recommended increasing her calcium in her diet. She has been on antibiotics and pain medicine for the...
  5. cheerfulchicken

    Re-homing roosters - any suggestions?

    I've been trying to re-home three 4 month old cockerels (Belgian Bearded d'Anvers - show quality) in the San Francisco Bay Area. Not much luck since most cities don't allow roosters. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any 4-Hers out there that need show quality birds and can place the roosters...
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    Show Quality Belgian Bearded d'Anver cockerels available - San Francisco Bay Area

    Available for purchase ($10 each) show quality bantam Belgian Bearded d'Anver cockerels. We have three cockerels: Dun Quail, Blue Quail, and Self Blue (Lavender). They are almost 4 months old. They were hatched on April 25, 2014 and eggs came from a NPIP certified breeder. Unfortunately, we...
  7. cheerfulchicken

    Does temperature and/or humidity impact the sex of your chick?

    When we hatched eggs recently, we had some difficulties maintaining the humidity towards the end of the hatching process. We were told the unstable humidity could have caused us to have more males. In our case we ended up with 4 cockerels. Just wondering is this a myth or has anyone had similar...
  8. cheerfulchicken

    Hello from Northern California

    Hi BYC Readers, I finally got around to joining this site. My daughter has 6 chickens and we have used this site to help us answer many of our questions. She loves Belgian Bearded d'Anvers and this year she hatched 4. Turns out they're all roosters, what are the oddsWe sold one of our...
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