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    Sick chicken

    Hello my hen just all of a sudden started acting funny, we thought she was egg blind but that wasn’t the case after examining her we saw her crop was huge so assumed it was impacted crop, we seperated her and she has drank electrolytes and saturday we picked her up and she threw up a lot she is...
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    15 week old chickens

    I have 15 week old pullets that have been running with the adult hens all day for over 2 weeks now, not to much drama but the ordinary chasing and plucking that they do and the adult ones stay to themselves and the young ones to themselves but the babies have been in a transition coop, they have...
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    Help stressing out with these chicks lol

    Hello I was reading your thread when you had chicks with adult hens. I have 11 week old chicks, they have been in the utility room in a big dog crate...The last 2 weeks I bring them outside all day in a gate see and no touch area with the older hens, last two days I have opened up the gate and...
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    second night in the coop

    Our new chicks, 10 weeks, have been in a dog crate, last night was their first night we put them in the big coop, divided so the big hens can't hurt them, they cried last night but got over it, tonight we went to put them in and it was so hard, they didn't even want to come out the carrier, were...
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    10 week old

    My chicks are 10 weeks old and last night was the first time I put them in the bottom of the big hen's coop, I have it wired off, they weren't to happy all piled up on top of eachother by the door, is this normal? I felt so bad lol. We have a small coop with a small run that they stay in during...
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    8 week old's about to go outside!

    I have seven 8 week old chicks, they are in a dog crate and we ordered a temporary coop for them, until they are big enough to go in the big coop with the adults, I'm a nervous wreck thinking of them going out in their new coop LOL I bring them outside everyday in a pen to get some fresh air but...
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    food

    I have seven week old chicks and ran out of feed, which we have been feeding them start & Grow non medicated food, well my store only has the medicated food is it ok to give them?
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    temporary coop

    I have 7 week old chicks, seven of them, I have 4 adult hens that are 4 yrs old, of course the babies can't be put with the adult ones yet and they are outgrowing the dog crate in the utility room, I need some recommenditions on a coop to buy that is predator proof, don't want to spend alot. My...
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    update on hennie

    Hello I had on here about a week ago how my rhode island red, Hennie was getting picked on all of a sudden, all 6 hens were raised together, and all of a sudden they jumped on hennie, she had a bleeding crown and was petrified so I put her in a dog crate for about a week...well, I tried to bring...
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    Why are they picking on hennie??

    Hello I have 6 hens, all over 2 yrs old and raised together, never had any issues with them always had the same pecking order status and all got along good. Saturday I went out like I usually do to do my chicken chores, and wheezer, the top hen jumped on hennie, almost as if she were mating with...
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    White bumps

    my rooster started getting these white bumps this week can anyone help me out to what it is? All my hens are fine and don't have it its only him and he's fine otherwise! Thanks!
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    Slipped Achilles Tendon

    Hello I think I have finally found out what my rooster has, slipped Achilles Tendon, We thought maybe he was born with it and it gradually got worse. My question is if anyone knows the answer is He is 5 mths old, is it to late to try and put it back in place or work with him to make it better...
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    I now know for sure he is a rooster!

    This weekend I finally heard my rooster crow, we figured he was a rooster but wasn't sure. He still has his bad leg that he hops on one, We are hoping he's not to noisy and the neighbors don't complain but if they do then we will have to get rid of him, I don't want to eat him. I have gotten...
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    Rooster or hen

    We were suppose to have 8 hen's but you know how that goes, this is a picture of one of my rhode island red's she's 8 weeks old, can you tell by the picture if she is a rooster?
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    muddy run!

    We have been getting rain every day now for 2 weeks and my poor chicken run is so muddy! We are going to put something in it this weekend to pack it so the chickens won't be in mud, what do ya'll recommend, play sand, contract sand, pea gravel? I don't want to get anything that will harm them...
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    yay my chicken's went in their coop!

    We were so excited that are chicks went in the coop tonight! It took some coaxing but they went in on their own! Today was the first day they have stayed out all day so i picked their outside food up about an hour before dark and waited, they were all crying in the pen until i got in the window...
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    bullying

    I have noticed I have one chick that is pulling the feather's of the other birds, if they try to eat or get by her she pulls their feather out, I have read I should seperate her and then I have also read that no matter what one will be a bully, so if I take her out there will be another that...
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    6 week old chickens

    I have 8 chickens, they are either 6 or 7 weeks, they have been in our coop now for 4 days, they are doing great, some are even up on their roosts! We have a run should I let them out to walk around in the run or wait awhile longer?
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    New Chicken coop!

    This is our chicken coop we made, took three weekends, got it done and up today, with the chicks in it! What do ya'll think?
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    Hello I'm a newbie chicken peep!

    Hello, I am new to having chickens we just finished our coop today, MOTHERS DAY! LOL We put our 5 wk old chickens in it today, This was thier first time outside in the grass, we put them in the run at first, let them walk around then I had to put them in the coop, we made the ladder but they...
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