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    Advise to keep my rooster

    Hello all We have a astrolope rooster My neighbor gave to me because he had too many roosters and I just found out the rooster hurt his little boy. Because I guess the little boy tried to pick him up, they should’ve been paying more attention Well. I wanted the rooster to protect the hens. we...
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    Help with a rooster

    Good morning all we adopted a rooster from our neighbor. He’s an Astrolope beautiful black rooster. They have too many roosters over there cause they hatched them out and this rooster didn’t like it too much so he’s been coming over to my yard for a while now and I seen we’ve had some predator...
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    I never thought cats would actually go after Chickens and the 10 years. I’ve lived here and I’ve had chickens that never happened.

    Hello All I’ve had Chickens for about 10 years now. I never had a problem with cats. They would walk through the gate and watch the chickens, but never bothered them at all. In the last week. I had two different cats trying to go after the chickens one was a stray and the rooster kind of scared...
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    We bartered and received 4 australopes

    We bartered and received 4 three year olds australopes. For now we just bought a small coop but it’s in another protective enclosure so we have two small coops in that protected enclosure. They do not want to go inside the coop. They are sleeping on the roof. They’re very wild because the lady...
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    How to keep my hens cool in the hot summer

    I have three hens now. I’m trying to keep them cool I bought a baby swimming pool put water in it. Put rocks that they could stand on and bricks where they can step up on. I even set them in there for a few minutes cause I know they cool off by their feet and legs. One of my young hens was...
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    How to keep a rooster out of my yard

    hello all well I got a problem. There’s a pretty black rooster that keeps coming in my yard and making my hens uncomfortable. He just flies right over the gate. He’s not an aggressive rooster. He’s pretty sweet. I just have one hen that was hurt really bad back in September by a raccoon. Killed...
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    Update on my very hurt hen

    She is eating well. She is moving around. I clean her wounds twice a day And put antibiotic cream on it. Feel so bad for her. She had ones at about 85% of her little body least it seems that way I just found another hole underneath her wing. I seen the wound but I didn’t see the hole until some...
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    How do you Actually, can tell if a chicken is in pain

    14 days ago I believe a Raccoon killed two of my girls and hurt one really bad I had the two girls 9 years. Broke my heart. My barred rock was younger 3 years old. She must of really fought back. Poor gir has many wounds. I put her in a small coop by her self Been giving her antibiotics and...
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    Two hens were killed one Survived, badly hurt

    Thank you, everybody for your advice. My two older chickens the nine-year-old. They did not survive my one barred rock. She was hurt worse than I thought she was, but I’m taking care of her, giving her antibiotics putting antibiotic cream on her wounds and her appetite has gotten much much...
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    Will she Actually get better even on her chest

    Good morning all. I was the one that two of my chickens were killed by a raccoon one was hurt badly it was last Friday morning. She seems to be eating much better. Her back seems to be getting better but it’s turning a little bit yellow below her wound. I was told by one vet that it’s kinder to...
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    Two of my girls dead and one hurt badly

    This Friday morning I went out to take care of my girls let them out of the coop feed them give them freshwater. Two of my girls were dead. They were nine years old. I’ve had them for nine years. One of my girls had her head gone. The other one was in the run she did not have her head gone, but...
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    Please help

    My Plymouth barred rock hen. Her little legs are so red. I was advised Buy a very good vet online to put miconazile on her legs. I tried it last night, but it seems got it got a little worse. I feel so bad for her it’s gotta hurt. She is about 2 years old. I was also told to try Nu-stock I tried...
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    Please look at these pictures of eggs and droppings

    Hello all two of my hens are 8 years old and one is 2 years old. I give them calcium pellets mix with protein food. And I give them dry meal worms. One of my girls she stopped laying That’s why I mix the food with protein cause I know she can’t have any calcium or too much I should say. I leave...
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    Any one seen anything like this?

    I went out this morning to clean my coop let the chickens out we now have three we will be getting more in another area though. Well I seen it look like of turmeric in it since it was so yellow or orange. And it was by my older chicken which she’s going on I guess a 8 1/2 years old right now...
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    How To euthanize a chicken humanely

    I was so upset yesterday I was talking to a veterinarian online. And she was telling me that a very humane way to euthanize a chicken and I’m not sure if this is correct or not is to go and get some Carburetor starter. Spray it on cotton balls and put them in a mason jar put your little...
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    Putting my sick chicken down just broke my heart

    I made an appointment for the vet we was driving there. My husband heard how sick she was she couldn’t hardly breathe he said he would finally put her down she is seven years old. Poor little thing was suffering. But he looked on the Internet how to put a chicken down humanely. I went with him...
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    It just broke my heart I have to put my chicken down

    It just broke my heart I have to put my chicken down. We was on the way to the vet she’s seven years old my husband heard her she couldn’t hardly breathe. So he said he would put her down and put her out of her misery. He looked on the Internet to see what’s the most humane way to put it her...
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    My head is making strange noises

    Hello all My poor Brahma has lost weight, she’s walking strange likes it’s hard for her to walk. I’ve been talking to her that online and she had instructed me to use garlic and I did that for a while use natural items for her arthritis which I am still doing that. She thinks that the poor thing...
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    Brahma not getting better

    Good morning all my poor Brahma has been going through it the last few weeks. I really don’t know what else to do. I felt underneath her stomach where her stomach supposed to be. There’s a bone there I’ve just never felt that bone like she’s skinny or lost weight maybe.She sitting most of the...
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    Brahma sick need help

    My poor Brahma she’s 6 1/2 years old Is not feeling well at all. First she was making a very low different clucking noise I noticed which I did post that video took me hours to figure it out but I did. I checked her feet I checked her crop. Then I cleaned her bottom off and I noticed she had a...
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