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    Drooping head crossed legs

    This gal has quite a long story, so I will try to be quick. She was being picked on during the winter (and the summer before) and they wouldn't let her up on the roost and she was getting frostbite. So, I put her in a kennel in our heated garage. I noticed one day she had mites, gave her a bath...
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    Thin egg whites

    Hi all, my family loves over easy eggs, but a lot of the times they end up breaking when they go to flip them. The yolk really looks nice and is a deep yellow/orange. The whites have always looked thin to me. I feed them Dumor 16% Egg Maxx Pelleted Chicken Feed, mealworms, Dumor 5 grin scratch...
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    Raised Red Bumps

    Hi all, Any guesses on what's going on with my rooster's legs?
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    Introducing rooster to hens

    Hi all, we had 2 roosters get in a fight and one basically lost an eye. We have kept them separate since. However, we are leaving to go on vacation. Problem being we live in MN and the weather is going to get cold again. The coop that the injured roster is does not have heat. His injured eye (I...
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    Roosting on top of coop

    I have two chicken coops inside a 10 by 10 dog kennel in which I keep our three roosters. I have an automatic door on the coop they sleep in so we don't hear them too early in the morning crowing. However they started roosting at night on top of the chicken coop. Does anyone have any ideas of...
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    Should I put all roosters together or let them each have their own little flock?

    Since this past summer I had 11 hens and 2 roosters (not intentionally). However, our dogs broke into the run and coop and killed six of our hens. I purchased 4 more chicks that were suppose to be ladies, and it is clear, I have ANOTHER rooster. I would like to try to keep all 3. I am trying to...
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    Light recommendation

    Hi all! We live in MN and are having a cold stretch AND we are heading out of town. It is getting -11 to -18 at night and still negative during the day especially with windchill. I have someone come and check on them 1-2 times a day to be safe. I had a white 250 watt heated bulb (don't worry...
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    Would a feral/farm cat eat a chicken?

    Last night we had an unfortunate event. After dark I went to call our dogs in and found them in the chicken run and coop. Apparently, there was a part of the fence that was once blocked by bales of straw (which deteriorated over the summer) not secured well to the ground. One chicken had been...
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    Will putting rooster in a timeout help?

    Hi all! By accident I received 2 roosters with my last batch of chicks. I have one really dominant one named Sven. My other rooster, Ole, is the biggest scaredy cat I've ever met. I put Sven in with the older ladies so they would keep him in line. I also have carried him around a lot to show my...
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    MN winter and run covering

    Hi all! Last fall my dad and I built a new coop and 20 ft x 20 ft run. In the run I placed 4 metal fencing posts with tennis balls over the top to hold up the bird netting. During our last MN winter the snow was so heavy the bird netting tore. I fixed it spring time with some zip strips, but for...
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    When to introduce a rooster to flock

    Hi all, so I ended up with a rooster this time around. He is a little over 3 months and about the same size as my adult hens. I have been raising him separately with 3 other females, but I let all free range evening time. He has had some tussles with the older gals, losing some, winning some...
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    Ducolax (doccusate sodium) and mineral oil

    Can anyone suggest how often and how much Ducolax and mineral oil can be used to treat impacted crop?
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    Flock has basically stopped laying

    I'm a little befuddled that my flock of 9 hens have basically stopped laying. My easter egger and some of the olive eggers are still laying. About 3 weeks ago I was getting 5-6 eggs a day, now I am down to one, maybe 2. I cleaned their entire coop out and treated with Elector, as well as my...
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    Egg bound or tumor?

    Hi guys, I noticed my chicken's comb looked a little purplish and she had a poopy butt. So I brought her inside to give her a little bath and some TLC. I noticed a significant sized lump in her abdomen or I should say maybe more towards her vent. She is about four years old and stopped laying...
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    Should I withhold food or water for pendulous crop?

    Hi all! My BCM has had crop issues in the past. Sour crop and impacted. Both I was able to clear up. However, I think now she has pendulous crop? I attached pictures from this morning. I thought maybe it was sour crop, so I put her in the garage cage and withheld water for 12 hours and food for...
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    Egg bound egg passed, now blood in diarrhea

    Hi guys, I have already posted a thread related to this, but there is a new issue now. My chicken had bright yellow diarrhea and I was wondering what the cause. Well I found out this morning she passed this egg like looking with bloody diarrhea. By the time I got back home she had eaten most of...
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    Yellow diarrhea

    Hi guys , Any idea what might be causing the yellow, really watery, diarrhea? It's not foamy. She's not moving a whole lot, but is eating a little (meal worm , scrambled eggs and apple sauce) and drinking. I noticed she was mainly hanging out under heat lamp. So I brought her inside, gave her a...
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    Reintroducing chicken who has been sick

    Hi all! Luna, my BCM, had sour crop, which I think I have cured. She has been away from the rest of the flock for 1.5-2 weeks. We are traveling out of town leaving this evening for 4 days, so I am trying to figure out what to do with her. Her crop felt empty this morning, so I fed her one last...
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    Continued Sour Crop

    Hi all! Looking for further recommendations. Noticing the full crop in the morning earlier this week, I separated my chicken (6 month old black maran) from the others to start to treat sour crop. She literally had liquid just come from her mouth. I was able to get a good amount out, being...
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    Part of shell hanging out of vent, went back in.

    Hi all! I noticed one of my RIRs had a pretty poopy back side. When I looked closer, she had something hanging out of her vent. I brought out some warm water and gave her a bath. I lightly pulled and got some off (some poop came out with it), but it looked like ther was more to go. I didn't...
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