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    5 Gallon Bucket feeder help

    I made 2- 5 gallon bucket feeders yesterday and my girls pulled almost all the feed out within a couple hours. I used 7/8 inch drill bit so that the holes were large enough for pellets to come out. As you can see I put a drop pan to catch extras but instead they used it to go through and be...
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    Relocating flock

    I had to reHome my flock 2 months ago until we found land that would allow us to have my flock again. We’ve found out land and will be putting our coop and run up before our house which is posing a logistical issue. I’ll need to bring water in but also I’ll need to be sure coop and run are...
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    Larger scale water and food systems

    I’d like to make my flock as low daily maintenance as possible as work will keep me away from my girls for a couple days at a time. I’ll have someone picking up eggs and I already have an automatic chicken door to close the coop daily. I have 25 birds currently. I was thinking of using a...
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    Worming in Chickens

    I’ve wormed my chickens twice with Invermectin Liquid on the back of each’s neck after finding multiple roundworms droppings with my flock with last doses over a week ago. I was feeling confident I’d had these little buggers gone but this morning I found droppings under the roosting boards with...
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    Pullets or cockerels?

    These two are 19 weeks old but look very different. One appears to be bearded (Elvi) and one not so waddle are more prominent in (Miss Praline). Thoughts?
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    14 week old barnyard mix help.

    This little one is a 13 week large fowl barnyard Mix. Both parents are 15+ lbs so I’m anticipating it to be just as large so take that into consideration. Small comb, small wattle development, large feet/legs like both parents. I’m not finding any bleeding colors coming in on shoulders like...
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    Respiratory Illness in broody’s and babies

    I have 13 babies (8 weeks) and 3 broody Mom’s that are exhibiting URI symptoms of sneezing, watery nostrils, a few are getting rattle in chest. I originally attributed it to the huge swing in weather temp change (20 degrees difference) with exceptionally damp conditions that came on just over...
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    17 week old sexing

    Checking in again on this young one. The cockerels of this hatch have all gone to their new homes and are getting the job done already. This one has always made me wonder if it’s still a late bloomer or maybe and early pullet. Neck never gets red, only head and ears. Minimal wattle growth...
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    Month old baby waking funny

    this little guy just started walking like this a couple days ago. I’m thinking one of the bigger Girls may have stepped on it. It puts it’s one leg out further to the front and doesn’t seem to have great balance with that is it’s lead leg. At times it seems to sit on his elbow instead of its...
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    13 week old Barnyard Mix

    I have 2 BYM chicks that are 13 weeks old and the others in that group have colored up and some trying to mate already. I’m hoping since they are not showing cockerel tendencies or any major coloring/plumping that they are pullets. Bird 1 (NN) Bird 2 (fully feathered)
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    What kind of bug?

    I found these little things tonight only by the automatic coop door. I checked different places in the coop (roosts, cracks, etc) but want able to find any others. Is it a bug from outside just making a home in the bedding or I dealing with something else? Sorry for the horrible pictures...
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    8 week old chicks. Pullets or Cockerels.

    These are my 8 week old youngsters. I’m confident in some but others keep throwing me. Thanks!!! 1. Pullet 2. Cockerel 3. Cockerel 4 & 5 are throwing me sometimes I’m 100% cockerel and others pullet 4 5
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    How to change from Medicated feed to non-medicated.

    I’m purchasing chicks and they have already been on medicated feed. I choose to not feed medicated feed due to a mixed flock and currently feed flock raiser. How do I transition them to non-medicated feed safely without loosing them. I lost 4 babies a week a go by not properly transitioning...
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    Coop flooded now sneezing/wheezing chickens

    We had a flash flood on Saturday night and the chicken coop has gotten water in areas. I cleaned the whole coop out yesterday (had to clean the basement out first). The wet bedding smelled very strong of ammonia so I’m guessing that is what caused the lung issues. All day yesterday the flock...
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    2 day old chick with internal leaking yolk sac

    A friend hatched a couple babies on Sunday and gave me a call today to ask what to do. She is new to hatching and wasn’t comfortable keeping and tending to the chick so I met her and the chick is now with me. I put corn starch on the belly where the yolk is leaking and it has stopped...
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    Cross Beak

    Topic: Cross beak This little one is a 9 day old flourishing chick. Today I noticed it’s beak was off set (1 & 2). After looking closer, the top beak appears to be longer than the bottom. I looked back at photos (3 & 4) from just a few days ago and this chicks beak was normal. It...
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    3 day old with bruised crop

    This little bitty has what looks like a bruise on the outside of its crop. I haven’t seen it’s crop full yet but it doesn’t seem to be stressed either. Thoughts?
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    How common is Coloboma in chickens?

    One of my original girls as always had a strange eye and as I’ve hatched over the last 3 years I’ve noticed it is coming more and more often. Here are a few examples from my flock
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    9 week BYM Sexing Help

    Here are 6 Barnyard Mix babies from my flock and I’m looking for opinions on sex. I know the White NN and the Black fluffy cheeked (two from right) one are both boys. I’d love your thoughts!!
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    12 week old Polish Cochin mixes-Gender

    These two are 12 weeks old and no crowing yet. There is one smooth and one frizzled. No major comb or wattles on either. Thoughts? Thanks!
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