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  1. TheResidentialFarm

    Wattle wound

    I'm stuck at work, but my husband sent me a picture showing one of our hens with blood on her neck and wattle. He thinks she cut her wattle on something (no idea what since they were in the coop/run until he let them out while home for lunch). Naturally, this happened to one of the hens that...
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    Laying during molt

    Hello! This is my first winter with chickens. Out of my 13 birds that are currently molting or just finished molting, 12 haven't laid an egg in months/weeks, but are growing in beautiful new sets of fluffy feathers. One still looks very rough and is clearly not done molting, but she has recently...
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    Corn spill

    Some farmers use our driveway (which turns into a field road past our property) to access their fields. Today my husband went home for lunch and saw that the farmers has spilled a large amount (estimated several hundred pounds) of feed corn on the edge of our property where the chickens free...
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    Mostly blind hen with other issues

    Hi All, In March, I brought home 9 one-year old birds (8 hens and a rooster). When we picked the hens up, one had a bare back, but we were told that was just wear from the rooster. That hen has never been quite right. She is the only one in our flock (now 26 hens) to lay her eggs on the floor...
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    Worried my broody is dying

    Help! I've had an 8 month old large breed hen sitting on 7 eggs for 9 days. Except today there were 6 eggs when she was up and about, and a hint of dried yolk on some of the shells. She has food and water and her own run and room in the coop, but her run shares a chainlink gate with the large...
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    My odd breeding

    Hello! I'm looking on some feedback on what I might expect from a nest of eggs I currently have under a broody. When I acquired some year old hens this spring, I had their associated EE Rooster forced upon me as well. He's a very nice boy, splendid looking, healthy, reasonably good with the...
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    Laying early, then not?

    Hi all, I have a group of Black Java pullets. I bought them this spring when they were about 3 months old (the breeder said they had hatched in January, and that ideally they'd start to lay during "fair" which is mid July). They've been maturing at different rates. Some already have red wattles...
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    I sense a runner in the garden

    in case you would like to enjoy a song with an opening line applicable to my topic :p I know this seems trivial, but I'm mentally stuck and would love to talk this out with someone experienced with ducks and chickens-- I have 6 5-week old Indian Runner ducklings. My intention was to keep one...
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