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    Bald headed Easter egger?? Pictures

    Has anyone ever had an Easter eggers just go bald on their head? Last year she was beautiful this spring... She looks like a buzzard?? I've checked for mites...none... What could be causing this ?? No injuries to her head from pecking either.. Is she just gonna be an ugly girl? [/IMG]
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    Egg eating maddness!!!!

    I have two Easter eggers hens out of my five ladies eating eggs as soon as the suckers come out!! So frustrating! I'm at my wit's end with this! I've tried the golf ball as the fake egg for them to Peck and get bored with I also try to get the egs out ASAP but seems as soon has they pop them out...
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    Comb halfway ripped off hens head

    I was watering my father's chickens when I noticed one of his hens comb flipped over it seemed to be halfway torn its still bright read no part of it looks dead its scabbed very well but I put neosporin on it . she doesn't act sick or like anything is even wrong. Is this okay or should I just...
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    putting weight on?

    I recently threw two roosters out of my april hatchlings out of my coop to free range ..they were keeping my girls from eating food!! They would literally lie dwn beside te feeder and guard it! Now im trying to put a good amount of weight back on them before the cold weather sets in.. u can...
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    Silkies with mites help!

    I just discovered my silkies have mites or at least I found them on one chicken o assume my flock has them? What should I do???
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    Chicken attack! Help!

    I found my poor easter egger hen with a horrible wound on the back of her head! Something must have gotten her at night through the window I'm thinking .. I think it was a coon . she was still alive when I found her acting like nothing ever happened in believe she was in shock..I had my husband...
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    Sq ft chicken questions

    I have a 12 ft long 4.5 ft wide chicken tractor coop is up top so they have the whole run below..I have six hens ..is this too small? I've been noticing that they are chasing each other and seen a few feathers here and there wondering I'd they are fighting?? Help!? Ty
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    when do I stop feeding medicated starter feed?

    My easter eggers are on their eighth or ninth week outside in their chicken tractor, im still feeding them the medicated starter/grwing feed..should I just be feeding them crumble or crumble for laying? I dont want to feed them pellets yet even though they love eating grasshoppers! ! ??? Help...
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    first time momma pictures!!

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    my before and after chicken tractor!! pics

    before
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    my home made brooder

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    let mamma raise them or take them?

    I have a silkie thats brooding on a clutch of eggs I'm thinking either april 6th or 9th they will be hatching, should I let her raise them keeping them in the chicken coop/chicken run with the two other hens and rooster or take them into the house in my brooder. Im worried about how they would...
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    pine shavings?

    I made this big brooder with boxes and dumped pine shavings in the more I messed with it the more I didn't like it I noticed fine saw dust like particles covering my hand like powder even though it has majority big flakes..Not sure this is good for first week chicks or any at all for that...
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    baby aracauana chickies sulmet or no?help!!!!

    I got six babies from feed store the man handed me sulmet told me to keep it in their water to keep them from getting sick also have medicated chick starter feed but was reading and found where sulmet is not a prevenitive only treatment for coccidious , which im clueless about I dont know ghe...
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    sulmet question

    How long should I keep sulmet drinking water solution in my chickies water?
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    lil help :-)

    I just got these lil boogers today the man said they were aracaunas but thinkin just easter eggers but anywho ive never had babies before and wondering how old they looked to be around and wen they would be able to go out in my chicken tractor , its able to be shut up (the coop part) where they...
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    weird question about eggs

    I have three white silkies and one black silkie rooster my hens have been laying eggs and I have been collecting for a week or so now...is it possible to put them in an incuator and try to hatch them or are they bad I have not refridgerated them?
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    1 egg from 1 hen out of 13 questions

    My father has 13 barred rock hens one is laying after they all molted about the same time , but only one hen is laying. I have 6 "pet" chickens in the neighboring coop and I tend to spoil his as well. Dad thinks im nuts..but I found that he doesnt always keep the feeder full and so I do...thats...
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    breed questions ameraucana

    I was thinking on getting 6 ameraucana hens (starting off chicks) and maybe three silver laced Wyandotte hens but was wndering if both breeds temperaments were sweet also it gets pretty hot and humid in summers here in coastal nc and sometimes pretty cold in winter, wondering if anyone has had...
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    broody and almost bald help

    I have a tiny frizzle hen that continues to be broody..we have no eggs and im not looking for her to hatch any, should I break her of it? How? Ive tried putting her outside the coop and shutting the door and letting them in at night only to find her in the same bucket being broody! I saw you can...
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