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    Dark Stool concern?

    We just moved our 7 week old chicks outdoors into a covered run with small coop. Everything was fine indoors in the brooder in the cottage. Healthy and happy chicks with normal earthy looking stools. Now that they are outside we have dark almost black stools. Im wondering if the soil could be...
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    Supposed to be three Welsummer pullets, Maybe, maybe not?

    We purchased three Welsummer pullets. They are 5-6 weeks old now. From the very beginning one had the markings suggesting maybe a rooster. Still looks different, but not developing a comb. Maybe not a rooster, maybe not a Welsummer? What do you think? I tried posting a video, but couldn't. So I...
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    Safe to turn them out? South Thurston County, Washington State

    We have three 5-6 week old Welsummer Chicks. They have been indoors transitioning the heat downward until finally off. Weather has been cooler than usual here, but seems as though we're warming now to low temperatures that will be in the 40's. We had the chicks out today in our separate covered...
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    Flock Management questions

    When we purchased our farm there were existing chickens, all about 10 years old at the time. We've let them live out their lives and lost our last of the old hens yesterday at the age of about 15 years of age. During the time we've had the hens we adopted one hen that was left when a neighbor...
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    Old hen toe issue.

    We inherited a flock of elderly chickens a couple of years ago. Came with our farm. They were said to be ten or eleven at that time so they are twelve or thirteen now. One of our hens recently had a toe curl all the way under. Not at all sure what happened, what a cause might be or what might...
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    Lost a hen that was just fine two days ago...

    One of the hens we inherited when we bought our home died in the night. The whole flock was said to be about ten years old when we moved in and took over care of them. This hen was doing great just two days ago with no signs of trouble at all. Yesterday she was found laying in the corner of the...
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    New home, complete with chickens (and a cat!)

    Hello from Washington State! I'm Rick, and my wife and I just purchased a wonderful old farmhouse. We had planned on having chickens for the eggs and restarting with my honeybees again at some point. We had not really discussed having a cat... We already have a dog so as we move in there are...
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