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    Indian Meal Moth Infestation

    Hi all! Lost my entire laying flock to a fox a couple weeks ago. Thankfully I have some pullets to take their place. I just finished doing a deep clean of the coop and have the pullets locked in the coop for the next few days to assimilate to their new home. During this time, I am trying to...
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    Broody hen adopted a 2 1/2 month pullet. Should I stop this?

    Hi all! Have a strange one for ya. Was curious if anyone had any advice or similar experience. Today we deep cleaned the coop because we were finally melding together the hens with the new girls, 2 1/2 month old pullets. They’ve been spending the last few weeks together in the chicken yard. As...
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    Hen not acting herself. Lethargic, yellow foamy poop, bloody egg white.

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Black Australorp, just shy of 2 years old. Not sure what her actual weight is. Her weight seems about normal. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. She is not acting herself. Keeping away from...
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    Mink attack? small puncture wounds, bruised crop and just sneezed brown liquid.

    Hi All, Yesterday afternoon, my flock got attacked. I lost 5 hens of my 7. 4 I found scattered in the chicken yard. Either up against a fence or pulled under logs or a bush. The only noticeable wounds I could find were small fang like bites to the neck, and a considerable amount of feathers...
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    Odd behavior.... trance-y chickens?

    Hello BYC crew, Ive noticed some strange behavior in some of my 9 mo old pullets. Specifically with 2 Easter Eggers, but I've also noticed some others doing it too. The EE's usually start it off, and I notice some of the other girls start doing it too. As I went to close them in their run, my...
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    What happened?

    Yesterday started out like any other day. Early afternoon, I went out to check in on my girls with a handful of mealworms. Everyone seemed to be happy and was foraging in the forested area of their chicken yard. My older girls, who are much more friendly than my newer flock came running to get...
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    Ventilation Questions

    Hi BYC! I'm in the process of building a new coop for my ladies and I have some questions about how to proceed on a few different things. This is the coop we are building: http://myoutdoorplans.com/animals/large-chicken-coop-plans/ We are more than half way done... planning on completing the...
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    Bug Bite? or Something Else?

    Hi BYC! My girl Blanche has a weird lump on her face. Is it a bee sting or a mosquito bite? Or something else? Is there anything I can do for her? 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Easter Egger, 1 year old next week...
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    My girl was on the cover of Philly Mag!

    Hi BYC, I had to be a mom brag, and post my girls here because... they were published in a magazine! As a former model, I know it's a big deal to get a cover, and my girl Blanche (easter egger) was wonderful for the camera. Rose (Lav orpington) was calm, but as you can see, a little freaked out...
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    medicated vs non medicated feed?

    Hi BYC! I was wondering what your thoughts are on feeding new chicks medicated feed vs. non-medicated feed. I currently have a flock of 5 that is just about to turn 1 year old at the end of the month. I am also getting an additional 8 day old chicks next week. With my first flock, I fed...
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    Help!! A never ending case of the poopy butt. NEED advice ASAP!

    Hi Everyone- I'm not sure if this the best place to be posting this, because it might be more pest related, but I am planning on leaving for vacation tomorrow morning for the rest of the week and need advice ASAP since I have about 12 hours and counting before I take off. I feel like this could...
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    10 mo Lav Orp pullet stopped laying 3 months ago...

    Hey everyone! I have a real strange situation going on with one of my pullets, Rose. She's a Lavender Orpington just about to turn 10 months old. She was my first to start laying ...sometime January, and is my only brown egg layer in my flock. She was laying very consistently till about mid...
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    Is my hen Broody? or is it something else?

    I have 5 hens/pullets ( 2 easter eggers, 2 blue favaucanas, 1 lavender orpington) and one rooster (lavender orpington). They are all 5 1/2 months old. Just this week, I finally got my first egg! I don't know whose it is, but by process of elimination it has to be my lav orp (Rose) or one of my...
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    General Run Maintenance Questions

    Hey Everyone, I"m a newbie chicken owner with 6, 13-week old chickens. Am I supposed to have liter on the ground of my run? I have wood shavings that I use for the coop that we change out regularly, but I haven't been doing anything for the floor of my run and now that all the grass is gone...
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    12 week old Easter Egger gender?

    This is Blanche, an easter egger just over 12 weeks old, but the photos are between 10-12 weeks old . I'm pretty sure she's a pullet, but she's definitely been the most aggressive of my flock of 6, which gets me worried. Any thoughts?
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    Hello from PA

    Hi! My name is Veronica and I live in southeastern PA. I am newbie to chicken raising so this site has been pretty helpful to me in the last few months. I received my first batch of baby chicks at the beginning of August: 3 lavender orpingtons, 2 easter eggers, and 2 blue favaucanas...
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    12 week old Lavender Orpington gender?

    I'm new to raising chickens, and am having trouble figuring out if one of my ladies, Louise, is actually a roo. I've started calling her Lou in case we need to make a gender switch. S/he has a more developed, and more red comb than my other lav orpington, but other than that doesn't seem to...
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