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    HELP! prolapse with egg inside? (pictures)

    Hi! We have a beautiful young cochin who layed her first egg, although it come out of her. We were thinking it's a prolapse, but we can<t get the egg out. Here are some pictures, we don't have access to a vet so if anyone can help tell us what it is and what to do it would be greatly...
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    What breed? Ameraucana mix

    Hi! We have a black ameraucana chicken, but we know that she is mixed with another breed. She lays brown eggs and has a bigger comb than pure ameraucanas should have, would anyone have any idea what she could be mixed with? Thank you!
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    9 week old chicks-pullet or roo?

    Hi! We have two chicks, one blue frizzle and one brown leghorn. We bought them around 6 weeks ago, they are now 9 weeks and are getting bigger (so cute!) now we’re having some doubts about the leghorn, but both sexes would be appreciated. What do you guys think? Thank you!
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    Male or female? What breed?

    Hi! I have a chick that is about 3-4 months old, I would like to know if he/she is male or female and the breed, I think it might be a lavender orpington but there is many lookalikes so what do you guys think? Also, the sussex in back are Roos or pullets? Thank you!
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    Chick with no balance?? Mareks or botulism...

    Hi, my chick of 3 months is not able to walk, she was fine a couple days ago but now she can’t want and when she wants to get somewhere she tries to walk but ends up losing her balance and falling. She also sits with one leg in front and one in back like splits. We think she might have mareks...
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    Integrating chicks??? Help

    Hi, i have two young chicks, one is a lavender orpington of 7 weeks, and the other is a blue ameraucana of 5 weeks. The lavender had another chick with her, a blue orpington but we had to sell it because it was a male. The ameraucana was always alone but we would like to put these two chicks...
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    Ameraucana 4 weeks- roo or pullet?

    Hi, i have an ameraucana of 4 weeks we wanted to know if its a roo or pullet because we cant have roos here. He stands with his tail feathers low but he/she is very docile. I’d like to know what you guys think, thanks! Here are some pictures:
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    help dont know whats wrong (pics)

    Hello, I have a Light Sussex and she seemed to have worms (because she had diarrhea) so we treated her for worms with Ivermectin 2 days ago. Today we washed her butt to take all the poop that was stuck on it off. But while washing we found this red dot under her vent, should we be worried about...
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    Broody hen for 4 months???

    Hello,I have a Buff Orpington about 1 year old, and she started brooding about 4 months ago, we thought that she would stop after 21 days but she didn't. Now we're taking her out of the nest about once a day for a couple hours. What can we do to make her stop? Thank you!!
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    Age and sex?

    Hello, Can someone help me with the age and sex of this chick please? We're pretty sure it's a male but maybe there's a chance it's a female. Also, about how old is it? Thank you!
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    Swollen and closed eye?

    Hi, my Buff Orpington is broody right now and she is sitting on 3 fertilized eggs. When I went to check on her I notcied her eyes is stuck closed and swollen. She also has some bugs on her, like the reddish ones you see on plants and some small yellow ones. We think her eye is infected if so...
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    Oils? Water? Poll!

    Hey, I live in Canada, where it gets very cold (-39 degrees celsius). My chickens water freezes in an instant (we do have electricity in the coop) but even with a heating base the water freezes. Are there any tricks on how to stop the water from freezing? I did find some online, like big tubs...
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    What to put on combs to keep them from freezing

    Hello! I've read many articles about frostbite in combs. How can I prevent it? I know many people say Vaseline, but won't it freeze? Here the winters can get very harsh and about -30 degrees Celsius. We keep it dry and we also have a window for ventilation. Is there anything better than...
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    What breed and gender are these?

    This is for my friend. She wants to know about these little cuties! I think they are blue orpingtons though I'm not sure.
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    Weird Things In Poo????

    Hello, I have a Light Sussex, she is 1 year and a few weeks old. She is lighter but that is because she had worms that we treated about 1 week ago with Ivermectin. I don't know if shes molting or something but she is losing her feathers too. She is eating and drinking well, a little more tired...
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    Green Diarrhea! Someone please help!

    Hello, I posted about diarrhea many time before (3) but I still can't seem to get it straight, it's been 3 months and she still has it, the other chicken we have that lives with her does not seem to have diarrhea though. Her diarrhea is green and watery, but there are some hard normal (but...
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    Poll on an article?

    Hello, maybe you've seen my last post, I got great answers on one of my questions. But no one answered me on the second one: How do you add a poll on an article? I wrote the article now, I want to add a poll to see who like it, how do I do that? Thank you
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    Lost draft? Or can't find it.

    I recently typed up a long article and I saved it as a draft. I came back to add some things and finish it up but I can't seem to find out where they put the drafts here... or if my draft just got deleted. I know I saved it because I remember seeing the "saved as a draft" icon. I would also need...
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    Hello from Canada!

    Hello all! I thought this might be fun to do so here I am! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Actually, I am not new... I have had chickens for a little more than a year. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? I have 3 (but I used to have 4 a month ago) 2 big...
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    Integrating Chicks with chickens?

    Hi, I've read plenty of post about integrating my small-ish 11 week old Buff Orpington (1) with my 1 year old Light Sussex (2). I've done everything all the posts said but the bigger ones still seem to love pecking and chasing after my poor Buffy. I don't know what to do because we are planning...
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