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    Broken beak- pics!

    So I just noticed one of my flock looking like a duck. She was in the nesting box and I saw it. HOLY MOLY! Is there anything I can do? She doesn't seem to be in pain, but don't know if she can eat/drink properly.
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    Chickens sleeping in run

    So looks like my chickens have been sleeping in the run. Lots of feathers around but no hurt birds. Saw some mice running in the coop when I shined a flashlight in. What else could be running chickens out of the coop? Seems odd. Never had this before. 7 chickens 4mo old. 1 roo in the set...
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    Barred Rock Cockrel?

    Got 2 clearance chicks. So thinking ones a Cockrel. Hess so much lighter and pronounced comb already. Already have my Roo. Don't need another. My other barred rock chick is the black chick in the background. Opinions?
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    Full size Delaware roo and dwarf hens

    So long story short a friend asked us if we wanted 5 speckled hens. I said sure because my Delaware roo only has 2 hens and they need a break. I have 8 pullets about 5 weeks old. So gentle roo and mixed flock on 3 acres. He brings me 5 dwarf olandsk hens and a dwarf roo. . So I say we can give...
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    Sussex Hens

    A friend asked if we could rehome 5 hens. Shows up with 5 hens and a rooster. Def well kept and loved 'Speckled hens'. But I already have the love of my life rooster. He is a great Delaware and is so great around my 4yo. Like a labradoodle of roosters. So this little rooster shows up. I have...
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    Crusty feathers on 1 day old belly

    So baby chick hatched today. Looks like minor prolapse vent, but first time mom hen kept trying to peck and draw blood from butt. So isolated baby and got it rested. Looks like some unabsorbed yolk on belly and legs. Feathers hard as a rock. I was trying to put the chick back in with the broody...
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    Wonder what's in a 11 day Incubating egg?

    My hen kicked it out of her box and it cracked. Since she has abandoned them 2 times for fresh laid eggs, I wasn't sure if they will hatch. But I opened it up and the membrane stayed in tact.making for a good pic. Heres hoping her sister hen will do a good job hatching her eggs in 2 weeks.
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    What the hen madness! 2 broody, 3 helpers

    I have a broody cuckoo maran hen named fajita that is serious about her mom abilities. So I get her fertilized eggs to sit on and my other cuckoo maran instantaneously went Broody so I split the eggs up between the two. 22 eggs still in play. And I have other hens that are not broody but help...
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    Trim Butt or deworm?

    I have a flock of 9 hens. Most born last April, and 2 3yo Orp hens. About a month ago, I saw some poop accumulating on my 2 SLW hens. Thought it may be from compost pile/ veggie scraps. And the younger birds are all getting pin feathers on their butts. No biggie. Then it is still there, so I...
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