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    Show your game camera pics.

    Please post your game camera pics near your chickens. I have a Bushnell Trophy Cam set up outside my run. For the past year, I've had a game camera set up to see if anything is trying to get inside. I have the whole outside of the fence lined with hard-wire to prevent gnawing through the wood...
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    Tissue coming out of vent

    My RIR was fine yesterday, today, I'm seeing this coming out of the vent. She's acting fine. What's going on?
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    Sudden death diagnosed

    Yesterday, my 1 year old Welsummer was acting normal in the morning, laid an egg around 1:00. I went to check them out around 3:00 and she was sitting and panting - 2 hours later she was dead. I brought her to the Georgia Poultry Lab this morning. (https://www.gapoultrylab.org/) (free...
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    Listless with pale comb and panting

    I have 8 hens including a 12 month Welsummer - this morning she was fine, even laid an egg today. I went up to the run mid afternoon to check on everyone and she was sitting in a dust bath panting. I did my usual treat routine and all she did was stand up. Her comb has become pinkish vs the...
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    Norcross, Georgia - Gwinnett County

    Norcross, GA has changed their chicken ordinance to more or less mirror that of Gwinnett county. The basics are....1/2 acre min lot size - 6 chickens max, no roosters. No free ranging, coop must allow 3 sqft min per chicken and enclosed run must have 10 sqft minimum. There are also some...
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    Help with our Barred Rock - Pullet?

    This is our favorite and most outgoing 4 week old. I'm sure hoping this is a pullet.
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    Is this a RIR?

    I just had my first shipment of chicks. This is the only one I'm not sure about. All the others match up with pics I've seen - is this a RIR?
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    How hot is to hot?

    I'm getting my first shipment of baby chicks next week. My plans are for the brooder to be in the unoccupied garage for the first week so we can keep a close eye on them. I live in Atlanta, @ 9:30 pm, it's 87deg out there - hit a peak of 95 today. Should I reconsider my plans or is this ok?
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