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    Disastrous Broody - Time to Intervene?

    Days before the anticipated hatch we had to relocate our broody to the garage due to a suspected snake stealing her eggs. She got so upset she wouldn't sit on the eggs and turned her water over on them. A few days later we gave up & returned her to the gen pop. We kept the eggs so we could use...
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    Gross Abscess on chest

    Check THIS out! We decided to treat our girls for mites today because we periodically struggle with them. When I picked up my lavender orpington I realized she had bumblefoot. When I turned her over, I found this nastiness! It was actually very simple to surgically remove and my husband stitched...
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    WHY is this so hard?!

    Just ranting... 6 years, countless birds. Hawks galore, inundated with raccoons. Dog attacks. Foxes, bobcats, coyotes. Chickens killing other chickens. Random deaths. You name it. Lice so bad they went up my arms when I treated for them. Neverending mites. Permethrin resistant bugs. Internal...
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    Hawk or Fox?

    Yesterday, sometime around 6 pm, a five-month-old pullet was taken. It was basically wide open in the backyard and we only found two gigantic piles of feathers. No blood, no feet, nothing other than loads of feathers. I can't imagine she had many feathers left. We're just trying to figure out...
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    Cattle tags for flies?

    My run floods pretty frequently (digging a trench today to help) and it is causing quite the large number of flies. A friend suggested getting some of the tags for cows and hanging them at the top of the run. Anyone ever tried this? I have tried Googling but haven't had any luck.
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    Trim a crooked beak?

    We purchased this hen when she was younger at a County Fair without realizing her beak was messed up. We have now affectionately dubbed her as Janky Beak but I'm wondering if I should try to trim her beak so she can eat better. She has a really hard time unless the feed is crumbled and really...
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    Ragged looking birds

    I don't think any of my chickens should be molting right now but all of them except one all have raggedy looking patches on their backs. Another has a bare spot on her wing and near her eye. The worst one of all looks like we just need to euthanize her. I'm not sure if she has Bumble feet or...
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    What kind of rooster do I have? - He's gorgeous!

    He was a random flea market purchase when he was very young (we thought he was a female) but he's so beautiful and gentle I want to get more of this breed. Problems is - I have zero clue and I've searched lots of different breeds but nothing really fits him. The closest I've seen is a blue laced...
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