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    Hen has no balance, hard to walk, going in circles.

    Hello, my 1.5 year old plymouth rock was fine until yesterday. She is molting, but otherwise has seemed healthy. She has trouble walking, seeming to loose her balance and having no control. She ends up going in circles because she can't control where she wants to go. Her eyes seem bright and...
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    Looks like white mold on the comb?

    I have an Americana that for several weeks has had a white growth on her comb. It looks kind of fury, like a white mold? None of my other 12 chickens have it, and she seems to be acting healthy. I get eggs from her almost every day and she acts normal. I can't seem to find any information on...
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    Can I mix together different ages of chicks?

    Hello everyone, I recently got 6 new chicks, 4 of them are about 2 weeks old, and the other 2 are 3-4 weeks old. I just got a call from the feed store that they got in some Speckled Sussex, which I would really like to have. But I am wondering if it is okay to mix the ages? Someone told me...
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    clipping beaks for feather pecking?

    Hello, I posted a question earlier today about my chickens pecking feather out, but no replies yet. I am wondering if clipping her beak would solve the problem. I read about chickens with clipped beaks, but I don't know much about it or why they would clip the beaks. Is it harmful or painful...
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    Pecking feathers out.

    Hello, I have a big problem with one of my chickens is pecking all the check, neck and head feathers out of the other chickens. I have 6 chickens, the dominate one that is doing the pecking is a Rhode Island Red. I also have 2 barred rocks (one of them is getting pecked on), and 3 Americaunas...
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    Pecking feathers out.

    I am have 6- 6 month old hens that have just started laying 2 weeks ago. Everybody has been getting along fine, but yesterday I noticed my most dominate girl pecking at one of the lower girl's cheek feathers. Today, I came home to all of her feathers gone on her cheeks and lower beek area...
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