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    Chicken's comb and beak are yellow??

    Hello everyone! My silver laced wyandotte was just found dead in the middle of the run :( She had a very pale and almost yellowish look to her comb and wattles for a few weeks prior but I didn't think it was actually a disease or problem I just thought she was getting picked on or stressed...
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    Swamp Run?

    Hello everyone! It has been raining a lot where I live for a few months and my chicken coop has turned into a swamp. I sprinkle hay in their coop for a temporary fix but it only works for a few days and then it rains again. I can tell that my chickens are not enjoying it, and I don't enjoy...
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    How to wash a Polish chicken?

    I guess this kind of applies to all breeds, but I have a silver-crested Polish hen who has a very dirty crown. It's been raining a lot here and her crown has never fully gotten cleaned. She is also getting picked on because of it. Does anyone know the easiest way to clean her head? Or any...
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    Help! :(

    My chickens keep dying. I've lost two so far over the past two days. I suspect that a fox was able to get in, as I have seen one around the yard near the coop. I think our coop is pretty secure, but I've heard that foxes will always find a way inside a coop. Tonight we put chicken wire over the...
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    Will the predator come back??

    Last night, I suspect that my partridge cochin went to get a drink of water when it was dark and ended up being killed through the chicken wire, as we had left the water at the door (stupid mistake I know). I'm worried that now it will come back and try to actually get into the coop and kill...
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    Is a Barbet good with chickens?

    I am getting a Barbet dog soon but I have heard that they were used for hunting fowl, and are quite active and rather difficult to train. I know this breed of dog is rather rare, but if anyone has any experience with these dogs and chickens please tell me about them so I better know how to take...
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    Blood All Over the Nest Box?

    Hello Everyone! I went to collect my chicken's eggs today and saw that the bottom of the nest box had some blood on it. They have had blood on their eggs before, but just the occasional spot. This was enough to catch my attention as it was more than just a little bit of blood. Does anyone...
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    Frostbitten Chickens

    In previous years my chickens had done fine in the cold, but after a recent cold blast I went out the other day and they had some pretty noticable frostbite. All of them have it on their combs, and a few on their wattles. I put vaseline on their combs but is there anything else I can do to make...
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    Hen is molting and its freezing

    Hello! I have a black australorp hen who is molting, but its getting down to freezing temperatures at night. Normally I wouldn't be concerned because of her heavy feather coat but she's losing more feathers by the day. Should I be worried? Is there something else I should do? Also, its worth...
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    Chickens ate buckeyes!

    My chickens ate some buckeyes! What do I need to do I heard that they are highly toxic??? They each ate probably 2-4 bites of buckeye nut.
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    Mean Chickens?

    Hello! So recently I had to introduce 3 new chickens to my 4 older chickens, and they are so mean! It has been almost two months now and the older hens are still chasing the new ones around. And it is really just one hen who is causing the most damage, she chases them around and pulls out...
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    Rooster can't reach roosting bar...

    Hello! I have a black bantam frizzle cochin rooster in my coop. He sleeps in the nesting box because he can't reach the top roosting bar. I honestly have no idea why he wouldn't just sleep on the lower bar (we have a high and low bar in our hen house). Is he sleeping in the nesting box because...
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    Weird bald spot?

    Hello! I have a black Australorp hen who is about 2 1/2 years old. The other day I noticed that she had a spot on her head where I could see her skin. I suspected molting but she hasn't lost any other feathers and there are none of those weird quill things where the spot is. I don't think she is...
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    Introduction Tips?

    I have 6 hens and 1 rooster in my chicken coop right now, and I need to introduce 3 pullets (they turned 2 months old on Sunday) to the flock. We put them in a large cage in the coop and had them get to know each other for a few days. I let them out in the coop together and it was a disaster...
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    Dog Breed?

    Hi all! I am looking for a dog to protect my little flock and to hang out with. The problem is that allergies are an issue. Does anyone know of a hypoallergenic dog with a low prey drive/good with/at protecting chickens? Thanks!
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    Why is My Rooster Following Me?

    I just got a rooster and we let him run around today with some of the hens and he keeps following me around the yard. The coop is a good ways away from my porch and I saw him come and all the way from the coop to me. So what I'll do is I will pick him up and pet him for a bit (he is very docile...
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    Rooster Suddenly Aggressive?

    Hi all! Today we got a bantam frizzle rooster, a Cochin hen, and a polish hen. We have almost no experience with full grown roosters. At the place where we got him he was doing fine, he wasn't making much noise and he wasn't messing with the hens. We took him home and set up a large cage in the...
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    Mean Chicken!

    I have a Rhode Island Red, I got her last August, and she's so mean! She is the only chicken we've had that we are genuinely afraid of. I'm asking because she attacked my friend's face today, and bit my hand. I really don't want to have to send her away or kill her as she is a good egg layer. Is...
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    Chicken looking weird

    Hello all I just got back from a vacation yesterday and I had a neighbor watching them while I was gone. I checked on them today and one of them is looking a lot 'mangier' (if that is a word and how you spell it). She has tufts of down sticking out from under her feathers, and she seems...
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