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    Rooster gone after two years; hens declining in egg laying suddenly. Why??

    We currently have a flock of 9 hens, and we've had a beautiful auracana roo for two years. Just recently, (due to neighborhood discontent with his vocalization, among other antics), he found another home on a farm hours away. With the warmer weather and increased daylight, we were getting 4-6...
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    Is this a roo?

    We got six new pullets last June, including this Americauna. S/he is rather shy, but bigger now than the others, and has longer, yellower legs. I'm still not good at determining if this is a roo. Can anyone tell? Thanks!
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    Two hens have bald patch just above tail feathers - for months!

    Two of my 10 hens (A Black and a Gold Sexlink) have a bald patch just above their tail feathers. At first I thought it was molting, but it has been this way for months with both of them. Can anyone tell me what the trouble might be and how to remedy it? Never seen this in my years of raising...
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    Is there any good reason for keeping a rooster if you don't plan on hatching chicks?

    Of the 5 new pullets we got last spring, one "became" a barred rock roo. The good thing is, he is not an obsessive crower; the bad thing is - we don't have any need or desire for fertilized eggs. I've heard some rumors that hens lay more with a roo... are "safer" with a roo... etc. It was...
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    Philosophical question about fertilized eggs...

    I have two vegetarian (not vegan) daughters who have long enjoyed eating our hens' eggs. However, we recently discovered we have a 20 week old cockeral. Though he is still low in the pecking order, he is starting to mount some of the younger hens regularly, which likely means we should be...
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    Rooster? or Dominant hen behavior?

    I have a Barred Plymouth Rock - about 20 weeks old - who has been trying to mount several of the other hens frequently for the last 3 weeks or so. But s/he has never crowed and doesn't look a lot different from the other hens except for being a bit larger/ taller. S/he also has a sort of...
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    Cloudy egg white, clinging to the yoke

    We have 11 hens which are just now beginning to lay again after our long, dark & rainy winter. One of the hens lays brown eggs with consistently cloudy white around the yoke. I'm aware that fresh eggs often have a bit of cloudiness in the white, but this one seems extreme. Does anyone know...
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    Two Broody hens & fewer eggs from the whole flock. Why?

    I have 12 hens - with about 8 good layers among them. We were getting about 4-6 eggs daily, but two of the hens went broody. (I remove them from the main coop and chicken yard during the day, but they continue to "nest" and brood when I let them return to the coop with the others at...
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    Hen - about 4 years old - can't stand. Please help.

    One of our older hens, Lucy, has not been able to stand for the last ciouple of weeks. She can sometimes drag herself along with her wings, but doesn't have normal leg mobility. (Legs are tucked under - not "split.") I have been nursing her along, bringing her food, and secluded her in a...
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