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  1. Molnut

    Limping roster

    My Welsummer rooster, Mr. K (as it is the Kellogg's rooster after all), has been keeping his right leg up when standing for a few days. Yesterday, he would not roost so I took him in for a closer look. His right leg is warmer than his left and the joint at the tibia is warm and seems a little...
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    Lethargic pullet with fever

    I have a 19 weeks old pullet that is displaying signs of illness. The other pullets of the same breed seem fine. The pullet in question seems smaller, her comb and wattles seem a little darker and withdrawn, her shanks feel warm and she had a little bit of mucus coming from her left nostril. On...
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    My girls are dying!!!

    In about 8 days, I have had two hens dying unexpectedly. They both were 3 and 1/2 years old and showed no symptoms of anything. Both were acting sleepy in the morning and were dead within about three hours. They both looked beautiful. No sign of parasites, tumor, buildup of fluid in the...
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    Ending a life peacefully

    One of my hens has been sick for a long time and I had been hoping Nature would follow its course. Her belly has been distended for a while and she is now waddling around. But she is still motivated by food and has been eating and drinking. This morning I finally had a chance to look at her up...
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    Double wall coop

    Hello fellow coop builders, I am building a coop with 6x7 pallets and sheeti g the outside with recycled pieces of plywood. Because of all the slats and their potential to harbor mites I am thinking of building an inside wall as well to cover all these slats. One issue I can think of is that...
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    Wild cockrel

    I hatched my first home grown chicks this year. I had 4 broodies. Batch 1 has 3 pullets and 1 wild, smart and willful cockrel. He is an Easter Egger. Batches 2 and 3 have 4 pullets and 6 cockrel. They grew up together and will be relocated to a bachelor coop until I figure out who can be...
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    Getting roosters together

    I have 1 15 weeks old (likely an Ameaucana), 2-3 13 weeks mixed breed and 2-3 12 weeks mixed breed. All are roosters. It is time to remove them from their flock mates. The Amaraucana rooster has been on his own for 4 days as he was getting too aggressive with one low ranking female. I have an...
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    Broody fostering hatchery chicks

    Got 4 broodies within 3 weeks. The first one was a bust for several reasons. 3 weeks later she was broody again. I decided to let her have another chance. After almost weeks of sitting on fake eggs, I out under her 6 hatchery chicks. I did it at night and progressively as recommended. This is...
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    Chick imprinting

    Have any of you try to add 2 weeks old baby chicks to an existing clutch? I have two mamas raising 5 chicks and it gets tense as they are both eager to mother. They do get along most of the time it seems, but it's not really peaceful in there. I was considering adding some 2 weeks old store...
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    Tandem mothering

    Hello chicks enthusiasts! I have a dilema/questions and need some guidance. I have two hens who went broody and sat on their eggs for the required 21 days. All went well for Hen 1 and she hatched 5 little bundles of cuteness. Hen 2 wasn't as lucky. None of her eggs hatched. I believe she was...
  11. Molnut

    Swollen cheek, raging infection Take 2

    Sorry, I forgot about the pic. Here it is. If you enlarge the pic, you can really see the swelling.
  12. Molnut

    Swollen cheek, raging infection

    Here is a picture of my little Spitzy. She hasn't been feeling well for a while, but seemed to be eating and participating in the flock. Except for an early bedtime, there was nothing dramatically wrong. A week ago, I noticed her left check being very swollen. Her right nostril seemed plugged up...
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    Please help, my girls are loosing their feathers

    I am very perplexed and need help. I have 48 hens and 3 roosters in a 160 sf coop. They are on rotated pasture all day and go in only at night and to lay. They also have constant daily access to two large dust bath containers. My problem is : They are progessively loosing their back and tail...
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    Soaking feed

    Are any of you soaking, fermenting or sprouting feed? If yes, what kind? I'm trying with Scratch and Peck, a balanced, bagged, feed and having problems with the fines making a gooey mess. Thanks
  15. Molnut

    Yellow earlobe and oranging waddle on my Ancona hen

    Hello all, I have about 20 Ancona hens. Most are doing well, but a few are developing a yellow pigmentation on their earlobes and their legs. Their comb, usually bright red is taking a shade of orange. They're doesn't seem to be a change in behavior so far (ie feeding, activity, socialization)...
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    How to candle blue eggs?

    I have a broody Cream Legbar who has been sitting for a while. She started with 4 eggs, but since she was in a nest box for a while, she has now 7. It's my first time, for her too. At first I thought she was still laying, then I saw it was other hens laying in the box while she was sitting...
  17. Molnut

    Winter laying

    I am a small egg producer. My hens are pastured. I have a new batch of hens who started laying in September. They are Anconas, New Hampshire Reds, Welsummers and Cuckoos. They were selected for their egg colour and not necessarily for their winter laying abilities. My question: would giving...
  18. Molnut

    Introducing a new rooster - take 2

    Well, it turns out that Cloe, my he-she Maran in the young flock is turning out to be a He. And the dance of the roosters starts again! My previous intro of a young Ancona roo (got 3 males... surprise!) to my older flock did not work out. The young roo is healing a hurt foot in a separate pen...
  19. Molnut

    Combining flocks WITH roosters

    I need help or, at least, the name of a good shrink. I have been driving myself nuts over this, until I figured I could ask the very wise BYC community for advice. Here it is: I have 3 flocks which I am putting together in a big coop. Flock 1 has Golden Cuckoo Marans and Cream Legbards females...
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    introducing a young rooster to an existing flock with two established roosters

    I got 3 unexpected roosters in my latest order. Two were left with the new flock and one went to my other established flock. This latest flock includes 47 hens and two roosters. The hens are mostly 1 1/2 year old and so is one rooster. The other rooster is older. Neither are aggressive...
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