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    Eggs Safe To Eat?

    Hello, last week we lost 10 chickens overnight with no signs of an animal attack. Our only thought was maybe they're waterers were too dirty or contaminated. (Our well water did get high in nitrates and a new filter put on recently also.) We changed their water, cleaned out the system, and no...
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    Combining 2 Week Olds with 6 Week Olds?

    Hello, a hatchery sent us baby chicks on December 16th and unfortunately we lost many from the batch upon delivery. They are now sending over more on January 16th. I'm hoping by 2-3 weeks of age I can combine them together but wondering if anyone has any experience with this before. Due to our...
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    Broken Leg or Hip?

    We have a chicken who we believe was born with this problem. One leg will go completely backwards and she hobbles around. Any ideas what to do? (Sorry for the vertical video. I didn't take it!)
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    Broken / Deformed Leg? (Video)

    Hello, This newborn chick seems to have been born with a broken or deformed leg. You can rotate it fully forward, or backwards. Does anyone have any ideas on how to help fix her? (Unfortunately a Vet is not an option.) Thanks for any advice (and sorry for the horrible vertical video!)
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    Broken Leg or Toes? (Video)

    Does anyone have ideas on how to treat this injured hen. We don't have access to a Vet. She is 2 months old. (Video goes horizontal after a few seconds.) Thanks for any help and advice.
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    What Type of Predator? And Prevention...

    Hello, I know these photos are not great, but can anyone tell what type of predator this is? We believe it may be a skunk due to a slight smell in the coops. They are mostly neck injuries, and we saw something that looked either like a racoon or skunk prints. It was too blurry due to rain...
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    How to treat an injured and infected leg?

    Hello, we just noticed one of our barred rocks was limping around and discovered a crevice in her leg that now has dirt/debris/an infection(?) stuck in it. Has anyone encountered something like the photos below and does anyone know how to treat it? Thank you.
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    Chicken Limping: Hurt Leg or Foot?

    Hi All, We have two chickens, one barred rock and one RIR, that are limping around as such. We have a wide open field but it just seems odd to me that two of our 200 just started doing it at the same time. It looks to me like it is more like her foot is injured rather than her leg. Any thoughts...
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    Sick and Squeaky Chicken

    I have one chicken that seems to be sick. Her legs are scaly so I am treating her for scaly leg mites, but she is also squeaky. That is the only sound she makes. This morning I noticed that when other chickens bolt for the food, this one walks around, is interested in it, but lets the others...
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    Foot Injured from Bracelet, swollen

    We have a barred rock whose ID bracelet somehow ended up wrapped around her foot and dug into the bottom of it. There are no signs of cuts or blood but the bottom is swollen and she cannot walk on it. Since removing the band we are now on Day 3 or 4 and she's still hobbling around with a swollen...
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    Hip or Leg Problem?

    We have a barred rock that we noticed sitting a lot. Upon further inspection she is having trouble walking. We notice a toe will step on another toe when walking sometimes and it looks like she is hesitant to walk. I think it might be a hip issue as her feet and legs look fine. Has anyone...
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    Organic Wash / Rinse for Cleaning Lots of Eggs

    Hello, we are a small farm raising 200 chickens looking to become certified organic. As you can image, despite our best preventative efforts, our eggs still get dirty being around 200 chickens. I was told there is an OMRI listed product to help clean eggs but I cannot find it. I'm also under the...
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    Roosting Bars Angled Up?

    I had a relative graciously help build the roosting bars in our coop. The plan was to have the ladder setup as pictured below, but the bars themselves would be flat-side-up. Due to the weight that the bars would need to hold (plus the fact that I left him alone) he placed the bars angled...
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    Throat and Eye Concern

    Hello, I noticed one of my 1 year old hens acting funny yesterday. When I put out some water several hens ran up and drank, and this one perched herself on the bowl and started to breathe funny. Attached is a video. The corner of her eye also looked watery. Almost as if there were several tiny...
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    Blood on Feathers and Roosting Bar

    Hello, I just noticed one of our white leghorns had a fair amount of blood on her feathers yet no major signs of injury on her body. I inspected the property for another injured or dead bird and found nothing. I did notice a lot of blood on the bottom level roosting bar. Does anyone have any...
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    Vocal chicken

    Hello, I'm new to raising chickens and wondering if this is normal behavior. She was being way more vocal then the others.
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    Rooster to Hen Ratio

    Hello, we are a small farm in NY that just upgraded to 330 chickens for eggs to sell at our local Farmers Markets. We've never owned a rooster, and never anticipated getting one. But upon receiving our new 300 female chicks a few happened to be roosters. We will be selling two white leghorn...
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    Fermented Feed Not Bubbling?

    Hello, I have been reading about fermented feed and recently tried one of the simplest ways to do it. We added 6lbs of feed to a bucket, filled it with water (leaving room for it to expand) and was told to let it sit for 3-4 days. We've been stirring it twice a day. The feed has not bubbled...
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    Organic Bulk Feed Pricing - Suggestions Needed

    Does anyone know of any organic bulk feed suppliers who will ship to NY? I currently get Blue Seal Organic layer pellets at $28 for a 50# bag. As we are expanding our flock greatly, and bringing in heritage breeds which lay less, so we need to bring the cost down. Any suggestions are...
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    Missing Neck Feathers

    Hello, I have one chicken in a flock of 33 that has missing neck feathers. I read in a few other threads that the culprit could be pecking (boredom/aggression), lice/mites, or molting. With this photo can anyone tell which it is? She's a golden comet, and they free-range all day. We feed...
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