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My family is currently taking care of a chicken that lives with a friend of ours with about 6 other chickens. We are chicken sitting while they are away. The other day we found a really cute polish who was very limp and lethargic. I wasn't home at the time and I assumed my brother...
Good morning today I woke up to see my 2 year old minirex faith not feeling well I notice she wasn't jumping around like she normally does right now she is currently not hungry or thirsty she ate lasts night and I only feed her at nights she is constantly laying down and breathing hard she...
hello. My 1 1/2 year old minirex rabbit just gave birth to 2 rabbits however 1 is only alive. The one that passed is bigger than the alive one. Many other people I have talked to said that the alive baby is a peanut and will not survive. However I am willing to try and do anything to help out...
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My 1 and a half year old mini Rex for is 30 days into her gestation period and I know she is supposed to be kindling anytime soon. She has built a nest however there is no fur pulling yet. And she hasn't kindled obviously. I'm starting to get impatient and worried that maybe it is a false...
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So we ordered some beautiful Hamburg chickens from Mcmurray as a straight run wanting some males to breed with later on. I believe we have 2 out of the 7. They are about 2 months old. The 'males' have larger combs than the rest and their coloring is quite off. The dilemma here is that...
My 6 month old BBR Old English Hen has been with us for 4 months. However, I have noticed that her breastbone is oddly distinguished and she has lost a lot of weight and meat on her small figure. She was with another BBR hen and the other one was completely fine. We separated the sick one and...
So I have a fair tomorrow and my breed the commercial laying hens which are 3 leghorns wre recently bathed 3 times. However my birds feathers are still dirty and look browner than the other ones. It is. Really bothersome because I worked very hard on them. Is there anything o can do to clean the...
So I have this 3 year old barred Plymouth Rock. She has had a long journey through fairs. I have noticed a couple months ago that she has different colored eyes. One is a normal orange brown but the other is more green. I assumed she was blind in the green one because she is always bidding her...
So just read a bunch of terrifying posts about New Castles in Az on FB. It's in Coconino county and I am in Pima which is in vail/Tucson. However, it kinda has me scared for the Fair we have coming up in about 2 weeks. Would they cancel the shows if it got close? And is there any prevention...
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This is my second post about this I figured I would open it up more instead of a conversation. I have joined FB groups to look for this but I have noticed it is mostly bantams that are prevalent in hamburgs and spangled varieties. I have 2 female golden penciled Hamburg...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I got chickens when I was nine and have had a lot of experience
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
I think we have about 45 chickens 13 quail, 2 pigeons, 2 rabbits, 2 dogs
(3) What breeds do you have?
We have hamburgs...
Hello! Its a real emergency as my White Leghorn Standard Female hens are going to fair in about 1 and .5 weeks I am hoping they will heal soon. They have bumblefoot I just noticed one is pretty big and the other one has bumble toe. I am concerned with them and I hope they will heal before...