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    Something stuck in chicken’s butt?

    I have a three year old hen that has been acting weak and tired lately. Today I noticed something was stuck in her butt, and that it had gotten messy. She feels a bit light when I pick her up. when investigating her butt I saw something sticking out. When I pulled on it it came out a bit, but it...
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    What Gender is This Chick?

    Hello, I’m wondering what gender this chick is. She/he is about 3 and a half weeks old. When she/he hatched I wing sexed the chicks and my guess is female. Some of the other chicks from the same hatch have red in their crests already.
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    Mites?

    Hello, I have a 4 year old hen that started to seem tired and a bit sickly. Last night she didn’t roost and instead slept in the nesting box. Today I examined her to see if there was something wrong. She had a poopy butt and when I went to clean it I noticed little bugs running around on her...
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    Bumblefoot?

    I have a 2 year old hen who I think might have bumblefoot. Today when I picked her up I noticed one of her toes was big and had a black scab on it. She wasn’t limping though. (I’m not sure if this is relevant but she has 9 toes, and the large toe was on her 5 toe side.) She’s always been a bit...
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    Mites or just a poopy butt?

    I have one chicken with pretty dirty butt feathers, I had assumed it was just that until today she wouldn’t leave the coop and overall didn’t seem so great. After a little reading I’m thinking it could be mites? I haven’t noticed bugs on her, but I have seen a few around the coop. My other hens...
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    What Gender are These Silkies?

    Hello everyone, I have 5 silkie chicks, and I’m wonder what gender they are. They are around 1 month old. House: Pip Squeak: Dragon (These photos aren’t very good, they’re very jumpy.): Mini (He/she was scared of my phone): Wilson:
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    Blood on gosling's head.

    Hello, I posted in the geese forum but nobody responded, so I'm trying here. My gosling hatched under my broody hen, when I looked in to check on them the gosling's head was covered in blood. I moved her out into a broader and cleaned the wound a bit, what else can I do? (Here is a picture...
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    Help! Bloody gosling

    Hi, our gosling just hatched, blood is all over his head, he was under our broody hen and before this we found one dead. I'm not sure what to do, I've cleaned the wound a bit and but him into a brooder. (This picture was taken before I cleaned him a bit.)
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    Worried about my goose eggs.

    Hello, so I have 5 geese eggs and 3 chicken eggs under a broody hen. Only one chick has lived and she hatched two days early, it made me a bit worried that mum would get up and leave.(Only got off briefly a few times.) So now I'm on day 28, my goose egg should hatch today, I went in and saw 2...
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    Help! Chicken limping.

    I have a about 1 year old hen who started to limp today. I looked at the leg, there weren't any injuries. She tries really hard to not step on the leg, she is hopping around on one leg. Right now she is in her coop with one of her really calm sister. How can I help her?
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    What is this? Scaly leg mites?

    Hi, I have a hen who has a cut on her foot and I think it may be scaly leg mites or just a cut. If it is a cut how do I keep it from becoming buble foot? It's really cold here, could it become a infection? Other then the cut or missing scales she seems normal. Do not mind the poop.
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    What to do?

    Hi, what to do if our hen keeps escaping our yard? Today she went into our front yard and on to our neighbor's front yard and we found her beside our house, it is snowing here too and I thought that would keep her in. We are wondering how we can keep her in our fenced yard she has clipped wings...
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    What quality is my chicken?

    Hi, I am wondering what quality my chicken and if she's pure,I got her as an Easter Egger but I'm pretty sure she is a light Sussex. She has white skin lays brown eggs and has a standard comb.
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    food coloring chicken's vent

    Hi, I was wondering if putting food coloring in chickens vent, will it works?? we want to know because our one hen is on medication and cant eat her eggs,her eggs are blue.
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    Is my chicken a polish silkie cross?

    I have chicken that I think is a Polish silkie cross,she has black skin and blue earlobes ,like a silkie and afro like a polish.She also has some of the Feathering of a golden laced polish,she went broody and raised six chicks very well and lays pinkish eggs.
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    Is this a spur?

    Hi I don't know if I've posted this in the right thread,but I'm wondering if this is a spur and why it is only on one leg of my chicken.Her name is Cookie , and she is a year old and tonight I noticed she has what I think is a spur on her one leg,there's a bump on the other leg.I'm wondering why...
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    Need tips on merging 2 flocks.

    Hi,I have four hens that are a year old one went broody and hatched six chicks, the chicks are now 2 months old and their mom April was trying to sleep with her old flock but they chased her away.They're already in the same yard and they're okay with that.I need them to go into April's coop cuz...
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    Need help on merging 2 flocks.

    Hi,I have 10 chickens 4 I got as chicks and are now a year old,1of them went broody and hatched 6 chicks,the chicks are now 2 months old and it seems April,there mom wants to rejoin the original flock.She tried to sleep with them tonight but they chased her away,(pecking too)they have been in...
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    What is the gender of this chick?

    Hi I have a chicken who i think is a pullet but she has been fighting a bit,with a cockrel is she a he? She is 2 months old.her name is creamy gold. secend question does eggy look like a dorking?she is possibly 80 percent dorking.
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    My broody sleeps under other broodys.

    Hi ,I have 3 hens that are raseing 6 ducklings,but the one hen goes under the other ones,sometimes even leaving the ducklings uncovered.I'm wondering if this normal?
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