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    Winter care for barred rocks in Georgia

    Hello my fellow chicken lovers! My husband and are having a bit of a dilemma when it comes to how we care for our 3 feathered ladies during the winter. The winters in Georgia are very mild, the coldest temperatures are usually in the 20s and that's generally at night. Our coop is very small...
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    Help! Chicken is acting crazy!!!

    Hello fellow chicken lovers, My chicken is acting very strange today. She is being much louder than normal and bawking almost all day. She also keeps crawling in and out from under the fire pit we have in our yard. She is 20 weeks and has developed her comb and waddles. She is also head chicken...
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    Docile birds now more aggressive

    My 3 chickens used to be more docile, they would let you pet them. But now as they have gotten older they are a bit more aggressive and want to try to peck me when I try to pet them. They are 15 weeks old as of Saturday and they are barred rocks, which are known for being friendlier chickens...
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    Uploading videos

    Can you upload videos on BYC?
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    Going on vacation, worried about the heat

    Hello chicken lovers! Me and my husband are going to go on vacation for a few days, so I got a sitter to stop by once a day to check on them. I am a bit worried about the heat and humidity (Georgia summer). Since the sitter is only coming once a day, they won't be able to have their frozen jugs...
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    Chickens voice deepening?

    My biggest girls voice ranges from "meep meeps" to deep raspy squawk. This happens when she calls out to her sisters. How do you upload a video?
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    Respiratory infection in my biggest barred rock

    Hello all, This evening my husband had noticed that my biggest girl Candy, was sneezing and had mucus coming out of her little nose. We have separated her from the other birds, but won't have access to antibiotics until tomorrow. I was wondering since these infections can be very contagious, how...
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    What does this behavior mean?

    Hello, My 10 week old barred rocks have been flying around trying to get on my shoulders. This behavior somewhat new, they generally don't like to be picked up and they run away from me when I approach them really closely. I have been sitting in my patio chair and two of them will run towards...
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    Help! 8 week chick ate a cigg butt!

    My 8 week chicks found a cigg butt and I was trying to get it from them, but then they took off across the yard and by the time I got over to them, the butt was gone. I looked all over the ground and couldn't find it so I think she might have ate it. What do I do? Is she going to get a bowel...
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    Night light

    Hello again, I has a quick question about my chicks and their night light. They tend to cry more when they are in the dark so I fashioned an LED touch light and colored it red because I had read they tend to prefer red lighting so they dont peck at sores they may get. When is an appropriate time...
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    6 week barred rocks first time in coop

    I have 3 female barred rocks, they are 6 weeks old. Tonight is their first night In their coop and I'm a bit nervous. The temp is going to get down to 63F tonight and I am worried that they might get too cold. It looks like most of their feathers have come in. I don't have a heat lamp out there...
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