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    Hen Always Standing, Not Eating nor Drinking

    I have a 1 1/2 year old white Leghorn hen who has been an excellent layer. She is one of 12 hens who free range. On Friday everyone looked normal. On Saturday I let out the layers and went off to get stuff ready to butcher our meat birds. While I was doing that my daughter walked up to the...
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    Poisoning, Botulism or ???

    Tuesday evening I tucked my girls in for the night and I noticed one hen sitting on the floor by me and not wandering off while I gathered eggs. I thought it a little unusual, but not enough to make me take notice (my hens are pretty tame). The next morning when I let them out the same hen was...
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    Noisy breathing and too hot

    I have a 4 mo Easter Egger pullet who suddenly started sneezing this afternoon. It's 90 out and she goes around panting and with her wings out to cool (however her wings are out further than any of the other chickens). You can really hear her breathing (much worse than the others). She...
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    Standard Cornish vs. Cornish-X

    I am thinking about getting meat birds this year (somewhere between 10 - 25). A person we know whose raised chickens (including yearly batches of meat birds) suggested going with standard Cornish - not the hybrid She said that the standards don't have leg problems, don't have as much...
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    Composting Horse Manure with Chickens

    I read a very interesting article in a sustainable farming magazine about using pigs and chickens to compost horse manure. The basic concept was to: 1. Collect the horse waste (horses in tie stalls on mats) 2. Toss it into a large stall until it's pretty deep 3. Throw in a couple "work" hogs to...
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    MPC Rainbow Special. What are we?

    I have been trying to match up my chicks with the different breeds and I do not know enough to pick out the fine details to differentiate between similar breeds/colors. They are 5 weeks old. Any opinion as to what these are would be appreciated. I can take more pictures if need be. Thanks...
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    Alfred or Allie?

    This is my first time with chickens and I decided to go for the MPC Rainbow Special (nothing like jumping in over my head!). This particular chick started looking like an Alfred at about 3 weeks (photos at 5 weeks). What is your opinion? Also any guesses as to breed are welcome too. Thanks!
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