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    Odd Color Droppings and "Soft" Eggs (Pictures...sorry)

    So I recently introduced 4 new hens (about 7 months old) who just started laying with my 5 other hens (about 9 months old). All in all, things are going well. That said, I have been noticing some odd color droppings and have had 4 soft shell eggs in the last 3 days. Due to where these were...
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    Combining Flocks

    Hey all! So, with the loss of one of my pullets and one of my hens becoming a house chicken (ostracized from the flock after getting sick and so far unable to reintroduce her) I ended up with 4 more pullets. I don't know their exact age, but one of them started laying last week so I am...
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    When To Suspect Crop Impaction?

    Let me start with this: I have had a long odyssey with this hen, so at this point I am especially sensitive as we have grown very fond of her. She is a 6 month old Silver Wyandotte, here is a brief summary of the odyssey: 1. had a minor (undiagnosed) yeast infection 2. was ostracized from my...
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    Reintroducing a sick (now cured) hen after two weeks

    For the full story, you can see my post here. The shorter version is that I have a 6 month old pullet who was found on the edge of death. I was told to put her down by two vets (one who thought it was mareks) but after a night on fluids she was right as rain. Turned out she had a minor yeast...
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    Chicken Tractor Best Practices - Predator Issues

    I have been thinking of putting together a chicken tractor (exact design TBD) for some time now. As one of my favorite pullets seems to have been ostracized from the flock, it seems like a good time to build a secondary coop/run to keep her with some of the friendlier pullets. (see explanatory...
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    Unable to Walk After Mending Cut Comb and Now "Rattle" While Breathing After Water?

    One of my White Plymouth Rocks cut her comb yesterday afternoon so I brought her into the house and cleaned the wound. I then put some wonderdust (https://www.smartpakequine.com/pt/pt/wonder-dust-223) on it to stop the bleeding. She was acting fine but to keep the others from bothering the wound...
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    "Elongated" Egg?

    My pullets have (mostly) all started laying within the last three weeks. So far, they have all laid pretty "normal" eggs. Small, but normal shape, good shell thickness, smooth, and great looking yolks. We did even get a double yolk once. Yesterday afternoon, I did find the below egg. Not super...
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    Unable to Stand? UPDATE. Tried to reintroduce her and now she is back inside

    Symptoms: Unable to stand. Floppy wings. Regularly has right eye closed. Effected Chicken: 7 month old Silver Wyandotte. Flock Background: 6 pullets of varying breeds, all about 6/7 months old. Just started getting about 3 eggs/day last week so some have started laying. Environment: Dry...
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    The Eggcelent Ladies Pub is open for business

    Okay...perhaps "Open during construction" is more accurate, but the ladies are moved in. I will try to keep the words to a minimum, and just send along some pictures. I just bought a house in the Santa Cruz mountains, and the day after close I bought 7 delightful chicks (Barred Rock...
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    BB Gun vs. Pellet Gun

    Okay, I did a lot of searching around here and know this is a not-too uncommon topic but I could not find my answer. Let me get a few things out of the way: • The chickens are inside of a 4-walled, floored, roofed, and locked hen house that is in turn inside of a well-built run. I have dug down...
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