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    2 chickens need a new home in lake elsinore

    Nevermind a home has been found!
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    Chicken has not molted in 2 years?

    so, I have a black sex link going on 3 years old in April and she has only molted 1 time. the first year I got her. the last 2 winters no molting but my other chickens molted. i'm concerned there is something wrong with her. she gets 18% protene feed layers crumble just like the other chickens...
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    Odd looking poop, eating excessive amounts of feed.

    So, I noticed that my chickens are eating a huge amount of feed for their normal amount. and drinking tons of water. about 3 times their normal amount. I went out this morning to feed them and i see strange looking poop. my camera is low quality so this is the best i can get. I hope someone can...
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    2 eggs a day from 1 chicken!

    So every day my black sex link chicken lays 2 full sized brown eggs. i know this because i only have 2 chickens and one lays blue/green eggs i just think it is odd that shes always popping out 2 eggs. the shells are really great shape and hard so its not like shes making soft eggs. I just want...
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    Mad Chicken growl!

    So I went out and was checking for eggs and chickie was in the nest box, I seen an egg on the other side (brown) not her egg and took it. she lays blue and green eggs. she started growling at me LOL figured you guys would want to hear this hahaha @Eggcessive @rosemarythyme @aart @Kiki @Wyorp...
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    8 month old chicken breed?

    So I got an 8 month old chicken that I got at a feed store and they told me she was an easter egger but i now know that was CRAP lol It is so hard to get pics of her. they always suck bad. here is pics over time how she progressed. now shes full grown and can't tell what kind she is. This is...
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    observances while integrating chickens into a flock.

    Hello, I'm Matt. I have 4 chickens 2 older and 2 younger ones, the older ones are 3 months older than the little girls. so i had the older ones out in the coop and the younger ones inside. when I tried taking the smaller girls outside with the bigger chickens the little girls was picked on and...
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    My chicken journey

    Hello, I'm Matt. So 3 years ago my friend(not a friend anymore) was showing me baby chicks, and i got hooked quick. so I built a coop, got 3 little ones (blondie, Chickie, and cuddly) Soon after getting them I have my first big SCARE. I had never had chickens and well, my coop was way too...
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    Chicken without a tongue?

    So one of my chicks has always been a strange little girl, always pecking everyone. Yesterday she seemed to be "choaking" on a treat I gave the chicks, crumbled up bread they have always done great with it as I crumble it into pieces the same size as their crumbles feed. well she finally got it...
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    chick with soft beak?

    I have a chick that did a flop the other day and knocked her self out falling on her head. today i was examining her to see if she was ok and discovered that her beak is really flexible. its like a soft fingernail. she is a little pig and eats more than the rest of the other chicks and their...
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    Miracle chick falls!

    I just had a scare with one of my chicks falling 3 feet. she's only a week old. she jumped down and landed on her head and wing, her neck went limp and she started shaking with the wing extended... I picked her up and she went limp in my hands and i felt a popping feeling. I felt her neck and it...
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    adding new chicks?

    Hey guys and gals! so i got 2 chicks that are 38 days old. some of the ones i got died. I'm going to the feed store soon and wonder if i can add more chicks with the older ones or will it be a problem? i wanted to get some the same age but can't so i was going to buy some 3 day old chicks and...
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    chicks scared of their coop?

    hello guys and gals, so I took my 2 chicks outside today so they can see their coop and they started shaking and you could tell they was stressed really bad. One of them seems to have maybe a bad heart. she literally fell on her side and her eyes closed and she went limp as soon as i sat her...
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    Chickies!

    Can anyone guess what their breeds are? these little chicks are 24 days old and starting to get feathers on top of their head! had to move them to a temporary brooder the other one got too small. this one is 3 times bigger. yes they love the corn perches. cant get them to stand on sticks or...
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    chicks eating their bedding?

    so I give my chicks a huge feeder with lots of medicated chick pellets, some times bread and today yogurt for the first time. I noticed lastnight one of my chicks is eating the wood chips i put in the bottom oh their brooder. is that normal? wont the wood chips make them sick? also i noticed my...
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    Hen scared of babies?

    Hello, so I put the baby chicks in a cage and put them with mommy hen, the chickies seem happy and give no mind to mommy hen, but mommie is sooo scared of the babies? she was hiding in the corner panting with her mouth open as much as she could, sitting in the position where chickens sit when...
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    2 day old chick won't move and stands still in 1 spot breathing hard.

    Hello, I'm a bit worried about one of my chicks. I got 3 of them yesterday and all 3 was vibrant and energetic. tonight I went in to give them more water and one is sitting in the corner of the brooder by its self, the other 2 running around fine. the one that wont move can still chirp and i...
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    VND Quarintine lifted in SO CAL!

    So I woke up to an email from CDFA! The quarintine is over! SOURCE: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/Animal_Health/Newcastle_Disease_Info.html CALIFORNIA FREE OF VIRULENT NEWCASTLE DISEASE Southern California Regional Quarantine Lifted SACRAMENTO, June 1, 2020 – The California Department of...
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    Dead chicken oh no!

    Yep you guessed it, one of my hens died today. about a week ago i had an injured chicken(different chicken) and brought her inside and found her having worms. so i dewormed her and the others. then a week later (today) I went outside and one of my other chickens was flapping and rolling on the...
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    Dewormer?

    So I went to tractor supply today to get wormer for my chickens, they didn't have any. but the lady there told me she uses durvet ivermectin paste 1.87% for horses for her chickens. she said give them a pea size piece 1 time a month. but once i got home it says don't use on any animals other...
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