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    When do I let my hen give up on unhatched eggs?

    Hello! We have our broody hen some eggs from our hen who does lay fertilized eggs and she hatched three on Sunday night! Yay! It’s our first time going the broody hen route and I’m not sure when I should take the two eggs that haven’t hatched? I know they can hatch on different days.. it is now...
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    Drake and Female?

    Hi! We received these two jumbo Pekins and were told they are a female and male but their tale feathers look almost identical. The bigger one has one feather that curls more. Are they in fact one of each? We are getting eggs so I know we have a female… and assumed the bigger one is the drake...
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    Ducks Free Ranging with Chickens?

    Hello- We have 8 hens and 1 rooster who free ranged. We were given a pair of jumbo pekin ducks a few months ago. The last couple days we have had them all free ranging together which seems to be going fine. But I'm getting very mixed opinions on if it's a good idea or not. Does anyone have their...
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    Chicken Coop/Duck Coop yard ideas!?

    Hello! We are planning to build a bigger chicken coop this spring but are undecided on if we should let them share a run with our two Pekin ducks. Right now all of them free range and we have yet to have a problem but the ducks have only been free ranging for about a week. I’ve heard the drake...
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    Salmon Faverolle Breeders?

    Hello- I'm looking for some good, show quality Salmon Faverolles and was hoping to find a breeder somewhere close to NE or one that would ship? Thanks!
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    Roosters being weird?

    Hi! We have two younger roosters (5months) who were starting to be aggressive towards the others and fighting. We penned them separately while we built them a bachelor pad. Ever since we put them in their new space they are totally different birds. They are almost…melancholy? They have not...
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    What makes eggs spotted?

    Hi! What makes some eggs have these weird “dots”
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    Roo or Hen?

    Hi! This is an almost 3 month old Chocolate Orpington that we don’t know what he is yet. He is huge which makes me guess Roo. But the other two roosters his age (different breeds) have started crowing and he has not. Any ideas?
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    Is this molting?

    Hello! Both of my Americaunas have started molting, I believe. But I don’t remember ever seeing a hen molt so intense around their face. So I want to make sure this looks like typical molting. I switched them over to grower feed and have given them extra treats to try to help them through...
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    Hen Walking Around Poofed Up

    Hi All! Occasionally my 2yo buff Orpington (I think she is technically a “buff rock”..she came from TSC and always had different colored legs than the rest) has been walking around puffed up and will stop and make this weird screaming type noise. It’s not the normal hen noise and is not a crow...
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    Hen doesn’t want to stand or walk!

    Help! Today I went to let my hens out and one of them doesn’t want to walk or stand. She walked far enough to leave the run but then just plopped herself down. I can’t see any injuries but she does have some poop near her bum feathers. Video of Hen
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    How to keep cats away from birds?

    This is a bit of a weird question but the people here seem to always know the answers! We recently got pigeons and our farm cat has been VERY interested (climbed the fenced part of the pigeon coop even). The cat does not attack or even pay attention to our free ranging chickens and I had hoped...
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    Can a chicken only use one eye?

    Hello! I’ve posted a couple times about my hen who got injured and is recuperating. I’ve taken her to the vet twice now and she seems to be basically recovered except she WONT open her eyes. The vet did say one eye was damaged and does not work but the other one appears fine and is reacting...
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    Hen with bad eye after attack

    Hello- i have posted recently about my broody hen who got attacked by a dog. Things had seemed to be getting better but today her “good eye” (I use that loosely because she still hadn’t opened it but we could see the eye ball moving under it) seems swollen with a foul smelling white/clear...
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    Eye Injury from attack

    Hi! I posted a few days ago about one of my 1yo Buff Orpington hens who got attacked by a dog. Her eyes have been swollen shut since and I’ve been putting opthalmic ointment on them. Today I noticed they are starting to get a scab like substance between the eyelids. Is this a bad sign? What are...
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    Injured Hen- Dog attack

    Help please! Last night one of our small indoor dogs decided to fight our broody hen. He’s been around chickens for almost 4 years and I have no idea why this happened. The hen (buff Orpington almost 1yo) has no real visible puncture wounds. She was bleeding from her nose/beak area right after...
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    Hens Attacking Chick

    Hello! A couple days ago I snuck two, two day old chicks to my broody hen (first time being broody, the other 5 hens have not ever been broody). Things were going great, she was putting the chicks under her and everything seemed great! Then yesterday afternoon I noticed one of the chicks...
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    When to introduce chicks to a broody hen?

    Hello! I've got a broody hen and we are wanting to sneak her a couple chicks. My question is...is there a certain amount of time to wait after she becomes broody? She has only been for just under a week. I did successfully move her to a floor level nesting box so we don't have any chicks fall...
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    Hens and Burning Bushes

    Hello! So I just found my six hens all under my burning bushes enjoying the leaves and berries. I googled it which says burning bushes are poisonous. Uhg. Has anyones hens eaten from their burning bush and been fine? Or do I have to assume they’ll all die? Blah.
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    Is this too much feather loss?!

    Hello! I’ve got six hens who are about 12 weeks old. Lately I’ve noticed so many feathers in the coop. I’ve checked them over so many times and see no signs of pecking, mites, skin issues, etc. You can’t even tell they’ve lost feathers by looking at them. Is it normal to lose a lot of feathers...
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