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    Barred Rock rooster extremely ill after MITE and LICE infestation

    Just noticed that my BR Rooster "Rocky" that is about 22 weeks old and his penmate "Hershey" a chocolate Orpington had an infestation of mice and lice. Recently we noticed lots of Rocky's feathers in the pen, The 2 don't fight or pick at each other, they always stay by each others side at almost...
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    Have 12 week old chickens, but have lost 5 in the last 2 weeks suddenly

    not sure what is happening at all. Hatched 15 baby chicks, and at 12 weeks I only now have 4 left. 1 died of an injury at only a couple of weeks old, but the rest have died suddenly at different times since then. Have been putting vitamin powder in their water on and off, along with apple...
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    Help! My Silkie can't stand up and throws her head back when laying down

    I need some help. I let my Silkie and her 4 coop friends out to free range on Friday and she was fine. Saturday when my son went to let them out he said that the Silkie was walking like she was drunk and couldn't stand up without tipping over and catching herself with her wing. I went out...
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    1st Time Hatching - float test results question

    Hi ya'll, just have a question regarding the float test. This is my first hatch. I went and picked up 16 eggs from a local farm, turned out 15 were fertile and all have been progressing. I candled at day 7 and 14, and then last night at day 18 before putting them in lockdown. I have one...
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    multi-aged chickens - how to integrate

    New here to having BYC, and immediately fell in love with them. So after buying 10 baby chicks at 2 weeks old, we bought 5 more a few weeks later. Not sure when it's ok to introduce them into the larger pen. My 10 chicks dwindled to 7 due to illnesses (*so sad*) and the remaining flock are...
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    Have 2 adult hens in a pen and one had to be culled-worried about the effects on my other hen

    As a new backyard chicken owner, we bought 2 chickens at the local flea market (I know, I know...well, I know NOW...just not then that I shouldn't have done that). I have no idea of the ages, but one is a Rhode Island Red, and the one we had to cull was a Cornish Broiler hen. We bought them at...
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    Cleveland, TX - new chicken owner!

    Hello from Cleveland (just north of Houston). My family just became new chicken owners and are loving it. We are in the process of building a pretty large coop to accommodate more chickens, but right now we have 2 adult hens (I think we "oopsed" and got a meat bird) and also have a Rhode Island...
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    new to raising chickens and have some questions!

    Hello everyone, My family (which includes myself, my husband and my 15 yr old son) decided that we wanted to raise chickens for fresh eggs. We went out and bought a coop at TSC and then went and bought 2 adult hens from a local flea market. Silly as we were, we did not think to look up the...
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