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    Very sick hen.

    So, I have a barred rock hen who is very sick right now. She is around 2 years old, and has had ongoing pasty butt situation for at least six months, and no matter how we have cared for her (cleaning it thoroughly, acv in the water) it always comes back. So yesterday I noticed this same hen was...
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    Out of town for a week, chickens laid many eggs while we were gone; are the eggs still good?

    Title says most of it. We were gone for a week, chickens laid 28 eggs. Outdoor temps ranged from the lower thirties to lower seventies, I think. Are all the eggs probably fine to eat, as long as there are no cracks or punctures? I am assuming so but wanted to double check. Thanks!
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    Do these chicks look too old to slip under my broody hen?

    Hi! I picked up three chicks today to add to my very small backyard flock. I have a broody hen (looks like a bantam version of a light brahma) who has been broody for a couple weeks. The chicks are a rhode island white, a spangled russian orloff, and a feed store mystery who might be a cuckoo...
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    Made a mistake with feeding my pullets. How serious is this?

    Hi all, I have three hens who are 23 weeks old. I got them when they were three days old, last October. One is a Barred Plymouth Rock, one is an Ameraucana, and the third is a mystery (sold to me as a silky, but turned out looking exactly like a bantam version of a Light Brahma.) They appear...
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    6.5-week-old chicks and nighttime low temperatures

    Hello, I have 3 six-and-a-half-week-old chicks (light brahma, barred plymouth rock, amauricana) who are starting to be crowded in their brooder, and we're working on building them a coop right now. I followed the recommended temp charts for them as they grew, but now that they are over 6 weeks...
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    This can't be a Silkie, can it?

    Hi, Four weeks ago I bought a few chicks from a locally owned feed store. I got an Amauricana, a Barred Plymouth Rock, and what I was told is a Silkie. The bigger the Silkie gets, the less it looks like a silkie. It had feathery legs and a tall posture and the disheveled appearance of a silkie...
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