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    Hen with badly bleeding head! Help! *UPDATED*

    Hello, My six month old white polish hen's head is badly bleeding. I assume some roosters pecked out feathers from her head and it it starting bleeding and other chickens pecked it to make the wound significantly worse. Right now she's got no feathers in the center of her head, the other...
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    Chicken locked w/o food or water for long time! Help!

    Hello, I came into my shed and found an Isa Brown hen inside. I don't know how long she was in there. She is very thin, lost lots of feathers, her comb is purple, and she has little energy. I brought her out and gave her water and food. She is an Isa Brown, about 2 years old, I think. I'm...
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    Getting chickens to go inside at night?

    Hello, Some of my chickens are having trouble going inside at night. Every year we get several new chicks to add to our chickens. First, we have the chicks in a coop of their own, then, when they are old enough, we move them to the main coop. This year we got 30 chicks. They are about 4 1/2...
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    Hen is injured and limping! Help!

    Hello, I came out to the chicken coop and saw my 2 year old polish cross hen was limping and had lots a lot of feathers. She likes to fly over the fence and the puppy probably got out sometime when we weren't watching and injured her. I didn't see any blood or anything. She seemed to be able...
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    Chicken Has Worms... Help!! *UPDATED AGAIN*

    Hello, My mixed breed bantam rooster has worms. He acts lethargic, never crows, has trouble balancing, etc. We assumed it was mites, so we put him in a seperate area to recover and put Sevin Dust on him. It got rid of the mites but he kept acting strange. Just a few minutes ago, he pooed and...
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    How old do roosters start crowing?

    Hello, I was wondering, how old do roosters normally start crowing? My little rooster just crowed, he's 9 weeks old, still peeps and barely has all his feathers... it took me by surprise because I thought he was a pullet and wasn't expecting the roos to crow for a while yet. Wow, they sure do...
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    What is this on my hen's leg? HELP!!!

    Right above my hen's foot her leg appears to be all swelled up. She's 5 years old and has had it for at least 2 or 3 years. I always thought it was a deformaty or something, it just occured to me that it might be something more. Here are some pictures: She is a red rock cross. She seems...
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    Strange, shrunken eye! HELP PLEASE! Ocular Marek's? *Picture Added*

    Hello, Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I'm a bit concerned about my Isa Brown hen. I just went out and checked on my chickens and found a full grown about 2 yr old Isa Brown in with the 9 wk old chicks. She must have gotten in from a rip in the fencing of the chick yard. The Isa Brown was...
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    Protected Crested Breeds from Birds?

    Hello, Around our house, we have a big raven problem. They are all around. We got a package from a hatchery and over half are crested. They have huge crests that cover their eyes and don't seem to notice people or preditors unless they are very close or making lots of noise. Right now they're...
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    9 wk old Brahma Cross --- He or she?

    Hello, I would like to know if my 9 week old Dark Brahma cross, Delphinium, (I think - not excactly sure of it's lineage) is a pullet or rooster. Here is a picture (hope it shows up): He/she is probably at least half Dark Brahma, though Delphi probably has some Cochin or Silver laced or...
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    Bantam Egg Cartons?

    Hello, We sell our eggs and this year we got a lot of banties, polish and smaller chickens that will lay smaller eggs. Is there such thing as bantam egg cartons or smaller egg cartons that will fit bantam and polish sized eggs? And, if so, where can you get them? I know quail egg cartons exsist...
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    Help With More Nutrition for Underweight Chicken

    Hello, Because of mites, my banty rooster has been weak and underweight, he doesn't fly or crow or perch anymore. We recently got rid of most of the mites, but he is still weak and underweight. How can we get more protein and nutrition in his diet to help him become healthy again? He is in an...
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    broody hen dilemma... keeps switching boxes

    Hello, I love to let my broody hens hatch chicks, but I can only let the ones that are very smart or can't fly hatch them. This is because all our nest boxes are in a line against the wall and look the same. When the broodies come back from their break, they can't remember what box they were in...
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    Please help with mites!

    My banty rooster has been not crowing, perching or eating properly, and has been having trouble balancing and walking. I believe the reason may be mites. The poor bird is covered with red fowl mites. He has egg clumps everywhere, weighing down his feathers so they drag and get more gunk stuck...
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    Keeping Ravens Away?

    Hello, We have had some raven problems with our chicks. We have aviary netting over their yard, but sometimes it gets a hole. We haven't had too many raven problems this year or last year, because we always chase them away. But I am worried that someday when I am occupied and can't chase them...
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    Strange Rooster Behaviour - doesn't crow, perch, etc.

    Hello, One of my roosters is a little over a year old. When he was younger he was quite energetic and crowed frequently, but since last autumn he stopped crowing and has begun to act a bit 'depressed': he doesn't run around with the rest of the chickens, walks slowly, sleeps on the ground in...
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    Hello!

    Hi, I am Jayde88 and I just joined Backyard Chickens Forum! I love chickens and I think I will find these forums very helpful and interesting! Thank you! ~ Jayde88 ~
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