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    Mama kicked her baby out, plus an egg that got crushed but is peeping...

    So normally we let our hens do the hatching and raising, this mama doesn't seem so great though. Eggs started pipping this morning. We've checked on them periodically throughout the day without much action. Well this evening I went out to check and saw a chick out of the nest face down, I...
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    Trouble with babies and other hens

    So we had only one chick just hatch today. Mama seems to be doing a good job but another one of our hens grabbed the chick by it's foot and ran around with it planning to probably eat it? It's the same way she acts when she gets a frog so that's my assumption. I was hoping to be able to just...
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    Aggressive rooster and small children, really need some answers asap

    We just purchased a rooster a few weeks ago, we only have a flock of 5 hens. When we first brought him home and for the first week or so he was wonderful. He seemed very sweet and gentle. Starting about a week ago he started attacking my smallest girl, he tried to attack my oldest girl who's...
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    Is this fungus or something else?

    Rooster is about a year old, this developed a while ago but seemed that it might get better on its own but has not. It is definitely not frost bite as we are in south florida, thinking it is probably some type of fungus but not sure. I also have a hen who has diahrea , at one point she laid a...
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    Is she sick or just getting old?

    So we received two hens from a neighbor a little over a month ago. One of them layed an egg every 3 days for a few weeks and then stopped laying for about 2weeks, she has recently started laying again. Still about every 3 days or so. The other hen on the other hand has not layed a single egg...
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    Is there a way to tell how old my hens are?

    I was given two hens by a neighbor . They didn't know how old they were as the hens were given to them as well. I would really like to have an idea of their age. I'm knew to this chicken adventure so as much detail as possible would be appreciated! Thanks!
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    Mouth breathing and not laying eggs?

    We received some hens from a neighbor last Wednesday(so almost 1 week ago) one of them is I believe a silver laced Wyandotte I'm not positive but that seems to be the closest match I can find. She has not laid any eggs since she has been here. The Americana we received has laid a few. The...
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    Feeding live fish?

    Planning on feeding my hens some leftover bait. They are live pin fish. Should I cut the barbs off them? They are rather sharp and I wouldn't want it to cause injury.
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