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  1. RE1947

    Barred Rocks feathers turning white

    Today I noticed one of my Barred Rocks has an area on her chest where the feathers are much lighter than the rest of her. The area is about two inches wide and four inches long. Any ideas???
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    frothy foamy material in one of my Rocks eye.

    This evening I noticed a whitish foamy looking material in one of my Rocks eyes. She was acting totally normal in every way, eating, running around with the other Rocks, etc. Any ideas? I cleaned the material out with a sterile gauze pad and instilled a drop of opthalmic prednisone that I use...
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    Could this be a problem?

    I give my four "Rocks" a meal worm treat every day and they gobble them up. Today I noticed that three of them did their normal Banzai attack for the worms but one girl just pecked at a couple of worms and then walked away. She seems to be acting normal otherwise. Being that I'm new to raising...
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    keeping my girls cool this hot Southern CA summer

    Call me crazy but watching my four Barred Rocks panting when the temperature reached 100 + for several days in a row here in Orange County CA. I decided that since I was comfortable in my air conditioned house, why not figure out a way to keep them cool as well. I used some 4" perforated pvc...
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    are my hens too young to start eating corn on cob

    I have some eight to nine week old hens and I read that they like corn on the cob so I fed them an ear yesterday. To say they liked it would be an understatement. But, I wonder if they are to young to begin eating foods like this? Also, if it's ok, how often can you feed them these kinds of food.
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    leg band problem

    Because I have all barred rocks that look the same to me I decided to fit them with the colored leg bands (plastic twisty ones) so that when I give them their meal worm treats I could tell which one had her treats. With my wife's' assistance we put on the bands but within five minutes every hen...
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    why do my 4 barred rocks start making a lot of noise before they go into the coop for the night?

    I'm very new to raising chickens and I have four barred rocks that are about 6-7 weeks old. I have noticed that about 20-30 minutes before they go into the coop for the night that they get much noisier. Any one know why? Also, they have started to run at each other and sort of bump one another...
  8. RE1947

    new member

    Started raising chickens ( 4 barred rock hens) a few weeks ago. My daughter-in-law got me interested in the hobby. I'm retired after (32 years) in the fire service and also enjoy wood working, traveling, reading and gardening. I learned soooo much from the BYC website that I had to become a...
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