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    Choosing to Free Range

    I have 9 hens and 2 roosters. They have been enclosed in a large run for a year and have wore the ground down to dirt. I would love to start letting them free range, but I’m still unsure. We have an acre of land that is fenced in, and we have a dog that has been raised and exposed to them since...
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    Hens not laying

    Hi!!! I’m from NC and have a very strange problem...and I think I might be the only one to ever experience this! I have 2 hens that are a year and a half old and have NEVER LAID AN EGG!!! I have 2 golden buffs who lay great. I also have 2 Silkies who lay well...when they aren’t broody or...
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    Treating Bumblefoot

    While doing my monthly check up on my girls I noticed something off on the bottom of 2 of their feet. It appeared to be a wart? Perfect circle, hard and loose on the sides but still attached in the middle. I just assumed it to be a calluses but upon research, I assume it to be Bumblefoot. There...
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    Moving Broody Hen and Eggs

    I have a year old Silkie hen that has been sitting on 5 eggs for 11 days. Is it normal for them to reject an egg? She had pushed just one egg out to the other side of the coop. I would assume her instincts tell her there was something wrong with it?? Also, When is it safe to move Momma and eggs...
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    Help identifying 4 week old chick!

    I rescued these babies about 2 weeks ago from a girl who got them "for Easter" and had no idea how to take care of them. Several died so she asked me if I would take them. OF COARSE!!!! They are 4 weeks old and she got them from Tractor Supply. Box was marked "Chicks Straight Run". I know...
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    Sick Hen

    This will be the third time in 3 weeks that my hen has acted this way. She is a Polish 9 mos old. Once a week she will get really sick, puffed up, straight tail, not moving around, sleepy, etc. I am not SURE how to check to see if she is egg bound but I don't feel anything hard in her vent or...
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    Hen acting strange after laying egg

    I posted last week about the same chicken that is having problems again today. Last week she was "sick" (straight tail, sleepy, standing around) for a day and was back to her normal self within 3 days. Today when I got home from work she was again straight tailed and looked sleepy but was still...
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    HELP EMERGENCY EGG BOUND

    Polish Hen. This morning she was holding her tail out straight and not moving much. Appeared to be pushing (vent was contracting in and out). She finally went to the nest box. When i checked on her 30 minutes or so later she was on her side and very listless. Got her out and soaked her in epsom...
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    Treating Lice

    My girls (and boy) are around 32 weeks old. We have been fighting lice for a while now. They have access to a dust area. They prefer to dig out a place in the dry dirt in the ground (i have a wash tub full of sand, DE and wood ash but they won't use it). I just sprinkle DE and Wood Ash over...
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    Broken Egg

    Polish Hen is around 32 weeks old. On Saturday (6 days ago) she laid an egg that appeared to have a "membrane" stuck to part of the egg which was normal..the shell was a little thin. Didn't think anything of it as she's still young and figuring things out. This morning found an egg with the...
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    Different Wattles on Identical Hens

    These girls are almost 8 months old. They are completely Identical except for their Wattles!!! One has vibrant red large Wattles and the others you can barely see. I think the smaller is more common? What would cause the one to have such large dominant Wattles. I have looked at pics online and...
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    Chickens roosting in rafter of coop

    My coop is about 4' high. All of my girls (except my silkies) roost in the rafters which are 2x4s- 2" side up. They seem to have no problem balancing or getting up there as I have different branches (intended for them to roost on) at different levels providing a "ladder". I have read that the...
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    30 Week Old Dominique Still Not Laying

    I am a new Chicken Mama and LOVE my girls (and boy)!! I have 8 Hens and 1 Rooster. 4 different breeds: 2 Golden Buff, 2 Dominique, 2 Polish and 3 Silkies (one is my Roo). So far I am getting an egg a day from both Golden Buff and 1 Dominique. I am getting eggs from Polish and Silkies. I KNOW the...
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    Bully Hen

    Let me start by saying. I AM A NEWBIE. I have 9 chickens, 2 Dominique, 2 Golden Buff, 2 Buff Laced Polish and 3 Silkies (1 is a Roo). All of them have been together since they hatched and I have had 0 problems out of any of them. They are all almost 6 months old. The day after I got my first...
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