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    Can a rooster cause ovarian cysts in hens?

    I know it seems crazy but one by one it seems my flock (down to 10 hens) is getting ovarian cysts and ascites. It seems to have started around the time my rooster became mating age. I had a necropsy done on the last one that passed and all they found were cysts in the ovaries and ascites. I lost...
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    Olive Egger - Isbar x BCM

    I couldn't find any threads on this cross. It didn't sound like a whole lot of people use this cross for olive eggers but I'm not sure why not. Isbar's are the only straight combed green egg layer and seem to make good olive colored eggs when crossed with a dark brown layer. Anyone else have...
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    introducing new chickens

    I know a lot of people recommend adding the new chickens to the old chickens at night by putting them in their coop. I'm not sure I want to go that route because I won't be able to monitor their behavior when they get up in the morning so I'm trying to figure out what the next best option is...
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    Eggplant Leaves?

    I've read that you shouldn't feed your chickens eggplant leaves. Is it really that bad for them? I've been letting my 5 week old chicks roam around my greenhouse. I've still got some peppers, eggplant, onion and swiss chard growing in there and they just love the eggplant leaves. Is it not safe...
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    Turned toe

    I just noticed one of my black copper marans chicks has a slightly turned toe on her left foot. I just noticed it today and looked back at some older photos I took of her and looks like it's always been that way. Not sure if there is much I can do to straighten it. Will it cause problems when...
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    Fake Pumpkin Pie

    For people with a lot of allergies and food sensitivities this is a good recipe for you. It's refined sugar free, dairy free and gluten free. If you make the fake cream (link to that recipe in blog post) along with the gluten free crust and pie it uses 8 eggs. The recipes uses spaghetti squash...
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    Black Copper Marans and Easter Egger Chicks

    I've read true araucanas are rare and most of those sold as araucanas are actually easter eggers. I brought some new chicks home today and two are supposed to be black copper marans that they say originated from Bev Davis and Wade Jeane lines. The other two are said to be "Americana (Araucana)"...
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    rhode island red or New Hampshire red

    or red sex link or something else? Chickens came with the house I bought and they didn't tell me what breeds they had. I think the other 3 are buff orpingtons and I thought these were rhode island reds but not sure.
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    Newbie chicken mom in WA

    I just recently bought a house with 6 chickens that I think are 3 buff orpingtons and 3 rhode island reds and have had to learn a lot in a short amount of time. In my first couple of months I've already had one of them go broody and she's been broody for nearly 3 weeks. I'm considering getting...
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    Chicken lost voice?

    I'm a new chicken owner (2 months) though the chickens are about a year old. One of my buff orpington's has been behaving strangely the last couple of days and am not sure if she may be sick? Yesterday she was making funny noises I've never heard before and my bf says he saw her drooling. Today...
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    Chicken lost voice?

    I just noticed one of my 6 chickens appears to be immobile and when she tries to squawk nothing comes out but air. She was fine yesterday and she was like this when I got home from work. It's almost their bed time so I guess I'll wait and see if she goes in the coop with the others. If she...
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