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    Dry Flaky Skin on 1 yo Hen’s Head & Neck with pics

    I found my hen like this today, she seems to be a target of my rooster. I have 15 hens. She has no mites, she’s one year old. I feed poulin as well as anything they want and I mean it lol No one else appears to have this.
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    Bumblefoot Treatment

    Hi, I treated my beloved English Lavender Orpington Roosters Bumblefoot last week this way: I washed the foot and made sure all dirt and gunk was off, then cut out the abscess, disinfected it, used liquid skin on it!!!! Then wrapped it. 2 days later it was healed 😀❤️
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    Homeowners Insurance Policy Cancelled for keeping chickens?

    OK, last month, I switched insurance carriers from Eastern to Liberty Mutual. I gave them my Homeowners, car and boat insurance business. A few weeks ago, a man came out and did an inspection on the property. Today, in the mail came a letter from Liberty Mutual telling me that my Homeowners...
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    Huge bulging crop chicken on side!! help me please!

    I came home and found my chicken on her side..when i went to see her, her crop was as big as a candle pin ball ...what do I do!!!
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    My Three Yolk Egg

    I've never got one of these before!!
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    Buff Orpington Hatching Eggs

    Hi there! Does anyone have any Fertile eggs they would like to sell?? Nancy
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    Would a Pet Door work for the coop?

    I was thinking of installing a pet door so the wind would stay out. Do you think the chickens could learn to use one? I did see here a question about those refrigerator flaps...can't find the link anymore.. Nancy
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    Bourbon Red Tom - Free

    I have a beautiful Bourbon Red Tom who was born in May 2010. He is very friendly and sweet, is allowed to free range partial day. His commercial turkey friends went to freezer camp last month and now he has only the chickens to play with. I you would keep him as a pet and can come and pick...
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    Setting BCM's and Olive Eggers in 3 days..who wants to join??

    I have 10 Black Copper Marans and at least 5 Olive-Eggers that I am setting I think on Saturday, depending on when the Olives arrive... I am eggcited!
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    1 year old Hen has IBV..what can I do for her?

    I have a one year old Buff Orp. By looking in the chicken diseases page and finding a pic od HER, she definitley has IBV. I can't find a vet around here that will look at a chicken. (her face is quite swollen , sneezing, wheezing) I bought some Tetracycline Hydrochloride at the feed store and...
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    Sick Buff Orpington

    Hi everyone, I have a 1 year old Buff Orpington hen who has cold symptoms. yesterday I saw her sneeze and when she breathes, I can hear mucous crackling in her... what can I do!!! plerase help me..
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    When to send to "freezer camp"?

    I have 4 Turkeys that are going to be ready for Thanksgiving. 1 DBW 2 DBB and maybe a Bourbon Red. When is the right time to do this and I know that they can be frozen but are they as good as fresh? My DBW is close to 30 lbs and still has great legs!
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    De-crowing a Rooster

    Can a Rooster be de-crowed? I heard that if the bird is neutered that it will not crow...........is this true?? I have a gorgeous EE Rooster and I really love him and want to keep him but the neighbors do NOT love him. Help! Nancy
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    Chickens and the heat......

    Might seem like a silly question but will chickens cool off in a "kiddie" pool? I've put two new roof vents in my hen-house and there's a nice big window but it is still hot as hell in there! My older girls go outside and seem ok in the run but the younger girls seem afraid to go out with the...
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    Can the males live together??

    Hello, I need to order some "colorful" Turkeys for a farm where I sell my chicken eggs. My question is: Can three males all live together or will they fight? I was thinging of getting him a Bourbon Red, a Narragansett and a Royal Palm Nancy
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    One cold baby Turkey!

    So I picked up my two new Red Bourbon hatchlings on Friday. They were adorable and looked healthy and everything was good. Later that afternoon, I went to check on them and one of them had a feather (about an inch long) stuck in her throat! I pulled it out very gently, showed her again what was...
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    Psycotic Broody Hen!

    Um, someone help me, please.. I have a one year old VERY broody hen. She is puffed up the size of a large Beach ball. I also have a rabbit cage with 2 week old Turkeys and roo chicks. I have no adult Roos. My Broody-girl is patrolling the new chicks as well as a cage of older pullets. If my...
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    Americauna and/or EE's in Massachusetts

    Hello, I am looking for some young Americauna and/or Easter-Eggers. Ideally, they would be at least 20 weeks old and no more than two years.. Nancy
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    Looking to purchase Black Copper Marans

    Hi, I am very interested in adding some Black Copper Marans to my flock. I live in Massachusetts. Anyone out here??? I would prefer pullets but will purhcase chicks as well :-) Thanks! Nancy
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    Chicken on my shoulder!

    I go into the hen house nightly to male sure the girls are all settled in and have enough of everything and also to clean up what was put there from the morning. As I am doing this, one chicken will almost always jump on my back. As I stand up, she will walk right up and sit on my shoulder. Zit...
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