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    Sick Golden Comet - Lots of Concerning Stuff

    We have a 2.5 year old Golden Comet or Red Star that we got when she was about 4-5 months old. We know they aren't know for having long healthy lives. Saturday she wouldn't get out of the coop, we put her down and the other girls started attacking her, so we separated her. She is acting...
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    Wattle Injury - Vet trip or let it heal?

    Did some reading and seems this is isn't a big deal and usually heals on it's own. Saw some mentions of possibly having extra bits removed. This happened less than 24 hours ago....not sure how it happened and by the time we discovered it the bleeding had stopped on it's own, she's acting...
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    What Came Out Of My Chicken???

    My crew is in the midst of a heavy molting....none of the flock of 5 is really laying. My RIR is usually super active, I saw her just standing there in a daze and the other girls were checking out her backside. Kinda runny poop dribbling out a little, but this thing hanging out of her (just...
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    Fowl Pox or maybe just a spider bite?

    Saw these bumps on her wattle the two days ago...Fowl Pox is the closest thing I've come up with from searching around, but they don't look quite the same as what I've seen online. They seemed to be bumps, sort of "popped" and are seemingly going back to normal. Being in sets of two like this...
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    Red Organ on the ground - Did this come from a chicken?

    I let my girls out this morning and I was hanging out at the end of the run with them before they started free ranging, they usually hang out there and wait for their fresh water. I went to get water, came back and saw this on the ground. It was warm, bloody as you can see, and right where...
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    Concerned about one of my girls - sneezing, mouth breathing, "yelling"

    We're very new to our chicken flock, our hens are just about 6 months old, recently started laying. Our Buff Orpington was breathing through her mouth more than the others recently, but it's been hot so we didn't worry. Yesterday and today, she's been doing it a lot more, breathing sounds...
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    Our First Layer - did I do something wrong?

    Our flock of three laid it's first egg Saturday (and another this morning) - both from our Buff Orpington. The first time, she laid the egg in the nesting box and then headed out into the run to resume her usual behavior. Today, she laid the egg and just laid on top of it. I went into the...
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    3.5 Months Old, still looking like an all lady flock?

    They make some noise in the morning, but think it's just cause they are excited to free range
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    My New Coop Pics (and predator proofing question)

    Just finished assembly on my "TheSmartChickenCoop"...I really love the look (my wife wanted a red barn) and it fits perfectly in the space we had picked out for the coop. Shelley was a pleasure to deal with, assembly was a little trickier and time consuming than expected, but quite happy with...
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    Two questions on this chick

    we have three chicks, this one has my wife worried. Purchased from the local feed store as an Ameracuana, but my wife and I think it might be an Easter Egger. Also, any signs of male or female yet? This one is our biggest almost 3 weeks in, does make a different noise than the others every so...
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    Slow Growing Australorp

    So we have three different kinds of chicks and started to weigh them each day, perhaps it's just the breed difference since they all seem happy and healthy. In one week: Buff Orpington went from 74.5g to 99g Ameraucana went from 67.5g to 115g (she likes to eat) Black Australorp has gone from...
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    New Flock in Napa, CA

    My wife and I have been gardening in our yard for a few years and knew chickens were the next step, finally took the plunge this year. Got some two day old chicks from our local feed store, a Buff Orpington, a Black Australorp, and an Ameraucana. They are about a week and a half old now and...
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