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    Brooder Pneumonia - What can I do?

    Thanks to some bad feed someone gave us that must have been sitting somewhere for a long time, I have about 20 young chicks with what I believe to be brooder pneumonia (I'd say 95% sure - I've done lots of looking around and the respiratory symptoms, the way it started when we changed the feed...
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    Chantecler x jersey giant 7 week olds - gender???

    I have two black jersey giant white chantecler crosses at about 7 weeks. One white and one gray. I think the white one looks female but not sure about the gray one. What do you guys think? No saddle feathers, round looking neck feathers, big legs, big comb
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    Raising splayed leg chick for meat?

    Hi all, I have a jersey giant chick that came out of the egg with splayed legs. Hobbled it right away but to no avail (it’s been over a week now). It gets around fine with the hobble, eats, drinks, and is growing nicely and doesn’t appear to be in pain. I was hoping to keep it as a pet but am...
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    Black jersey giant x white chantecler mix

    Here is a one day old white chantecler (mom) and black jersey giant (dad) mix. I’m surprised at how light and small the bird is! Anyone done this mix? I’m curious to see what it might look like!
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    Jersey giant & egg binding

    We just lost a 8 month old jersey giant hen 🙁 she was egg bound and didn’t make it. As I was trying to help her, I noticed that her vent was abnormally small. Smaller than what our bantam silkie has! It was actually hard to even find under her feathers. I’ve never seen anything like it and it is...
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    Respiratory illness spreading through my flock

    One of my hens (Bovan Brown) started showing signs of a respiratory illness that has seemed to improve and worsen over the past two weeks and has also spread to three others in her pen. These are all production brown breeds (2 Bovan about 9 months old and 2 mystery mixes just over a year old)...
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    Pullet or cockerel? 9 Week old (breed unknown- mixed)

    Hi all, I have a 9-week old chick and would like to see if anyone can figure out the gender. A chicken-knowledgable friend took a look at it a couple weeks ago and pointed out pointy neck feathers as being like a male (he gave the odds of 70% male/30% female), but since then the feathers have...
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    Separate rooster coop

    Hi all, I'm building a new chicken coop to fit our 2 hens and one rooster, plus a new female chick that will be added but we just were given five more hens from a relative who couldn't take care of them. We will have room for a couple more hens, but it will be cramped for all of them. We've...
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    Hi!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I got them about a year ago. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 5 hens and one rooster (3) What breeds do you have? Isa Brown (4) How did you find out about BackYardChickens.com? Google searches (5) What are some of...
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    Prolapsed vent- Seems infected

    I have a hen (Isa Brown) who has a prolapsed vent. Didn't catch it until this morning, but it must have happened awhile ago but she has very nice vent feathers that must have hid it until it got infected and the other chickens have pecked at it. I think she has pus leaking that is drying on her...
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