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    Roo smaller than hens

    Does it matter if the rooster is smaller than new hens being added to a flock? Rooster is easter egger, looking to add buff orpington hens.
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    Cross beak hen impacted crop?

    I did post this on the cross beak thread but wanted to make it more general. I have a crossbeak ameracauna (easter egger) hen named cinnamon. She eats wet down layer crumbles and lives in our house. She has been sick this week. She hasn't eaten anything substantial since Tuesday. She does this...
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    hens healthy but thin decrease in egg production

    My flock turned 1 June 30 so this is their first summer outside. I live in Massachusetts it hasn't been overly hot we've had some hot days but average high 75 to 80's. My run is in the shade during the hot part of the day and they get fed layer pellets have free choice oyster shell and get a...
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    Bumblefoot or something else?

    So I thought we had a happy healthy flock until our largest barred rock hen came up lame. She is only using her toes on one foot if at all and using her wing as a crutch. We checked her out and assumed the dark scab meant bumble foot. We washed and soaked her foot which was not very swollen and...
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    Roo Number 2

    I posted on an older discussion but didn't receive any responses so am hoping a new thread might be better. We lost our first rooster in January and really liked how the flock acted with a rooster and eventually want babies so we searched and sound a buff orpington cross (we named Wyatt Orp:-))...
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    rooster with possible impacted/sour crop. help.

    We noticed our 6 month old rooster acting more lethargic than hens and not eating as much. I'm sad to say it was going on for a bit before we realized it was a problem. These are our first chickens and we thought the rooster was just normally behaving differently. Well we noticed green diarrhea...
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    First timer

    My name is Brittani from Massachusetts. We've had our 13 chicks since July 2 of this year. 6 ameraucanas and 7 barred rocks. Lucked out with getting only 1 ameracauna rooster. We are thoroughly enjoying our flock. We do have 1 crooked beak ameraucana her name is cinnamon and is doing pretty well...
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