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    KNEE SWELLING

    14 weeker,the smallest hopeful hen we have....just noticed this swelling. Only chicken to have it, she's having no issues walking, running, or flying, eating and drinking normal.... What do you think? I'd assume vitamin B would show through all of them.
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    Chicken poop id

    So I've seen all the charts but I can't figure it. I have 15 14 weekers....most are having the same thing. Older birds are fine. My initial guess is just the heat and too much water. The younger ones are drinking a ton. I also switches feed twice recently.
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    prolapsed vent? and/or more?

    Treating for a prolapsed vent. Has the bulge sticking out and she wouldnt roost anymore. Seperated her, warm baths every day, and electrolytes. The bulge seems to be staying in but she has straight liquid poop, yellowish and nasty. pooped all over me a couple times while moving her. Anyway...
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    HANDFUL OF FOOD-CINDERELLA STYLE

    Good morning! This is a random question but I bought crumbles instead of pellets this go round accidently....so I'm wondering does anyone just throw handfuls of food out? If so, how many? I know its weird but I have a feeder that I made out of a 5 gallon bucket. At the bottom, I have a eye bolt...
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    combining foods?

    HEllo! I have a handful of 6 week olds that will soon join my 1-2 year old flock. I'm wondering how to feed them once they join the flock. I was always told not to let them have layer feed until much later
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    HOLE SIZE

    I have some new chicks (5 weeks now) that will in a few weeks, join the rest of the group. I had a raised coop with an area underneath and a run. I've decided I want to make a 2nd coop underneath the 1st coop, with a door of some sort for the youngings to come out and take a look around and if...
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    SEXING BY DOWN COLOR

    Has anyone had any luck sexing by down color/head color? I have some Americauna/Leghorn mixes, some olive eggers, Americaunas, and other barnyard mixes. I see heads distinctly white and others black. I have 16 chicks and can only keep 5....I'm trying to figure out which 5 and when to sell the...
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    MALE OR FEMALE

    Is anyone good at hens vs roo? If I posted pics would anyone be interested? I have some 3 day olds and I have some 4 week olds. Leghorns, Golden Comets,Americaunas, Olive Eggers, and some barnyard mixes
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    BITING OWN HAIR OFF?

    Hello everyone! I have a 2 day old chick that I just noticed has bitten its own leg hair off, thigh down. He doesnt seemed to be getting picked on from what I see but every once in a while when he pecks at it, someone else will peck at his leg too....he's walking fine and just saw him eating...
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    DIY ROOST IN BROODER

    Just looking for ideas for easy roosts I can build to put in the brooder. The brooder isn't huge so it'll be smalland its a plastic bin so I can't attach anything to the walls
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    WHAT SHOULD I BUILD

    Hey everyone, I took down a fence and built a couple things out of the fence boards but I still have a bunch of 4x4's, 4-6x6's, and about 10 1x3's. I hate wasting wood and I don't have room for it to sit around. What have you guys built for the chickens out of any of those or anything at all...
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    eggs/mom

    So I have 6- 3 week old chicks and I have 35 in the incubator. I just had a hen turn broody. Would I be able to sit the mom on the eggs or even the chicks at this point?
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    INTEGRATING

    Hello everyone, So I have chicks at a few stages and was wondering a couple things. First off, I will have 3 week old chicks when my next hatch happens. Can you put them in the same brooder? 2nd, how and when does everyone integrate the chicks into your current hens?I have a mix of 10 one and...
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    INTEGRATING

    Hello everyone, So I have chicks at a few stages and was wondering a couple things. First off, I will have 3 week old chicks when my next hatch happens. Can you put them in the same brooder? 2nd, how and when does everyone integrate the chicks into your current hens?I have a mix of 10 one...
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    NEED HELP WITHOUT JUDGEMENT haha

    ok, so I have a unique situation. Thursday I popped in 24 eggs into my styrofoam auto turner. Afterward, a friend of mine asked me to incubate some eggs for him...I obliged but now I realize I didnt think this through. Once I get to day 18 of the 1st batch I'll be on day 15 of the 2nd batch...
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    CHICKEN NOT COMING HOME

    Hello! I have 10 girls between 1 and 2 years old. I have one buff that two nights ago and tonight didnt come home from free ranging. Both nights she went up on my front porch in a corner...about an acre away from the coop. She's never not gone home so it's a little weird. Other than that...
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    HELP FINDING HATCHING EGGS-SMALL QTY'S

    Hello! I want to hatch some eggs for the kids this year for them to be a part of it but we can only handle about 5 or so more chickens right now. Most places online have 12 minimums or something along those lines. To add to the challenge, I want to get 5 different breeds just so they have...
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    ROO?

    I got a white rock a couple months ago from a swap near me and was about 5 months old. Its taller than the rest of my girls (though this is the only white rock I have) and has gone after me twice if I pick up another hen. The other morning, I heard a weird sound out of her down in the coop...
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    bleach?

    Has anyone ever had this happen? The weird thing is this is from one of my sex links...who started laying about 2 months ago and has darn near laid every day. Since the day it laid this egg, neither sexlink is laying.
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    advice!

    Hello everyone! Just looking for some advice. I just moved my coop/run so I took the opportunity to revamp my compost area inside the run. I'll post a pic later this evening. I just finished the area today. Basically there are two "bays" side by side and I was thinking of starting in one, then...
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