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Yesterday I saw her sitting in the coop, thought she was going to lay an egg so I let her be. This morning I noticed she was in the same position but outside the coop, I tried making her move but she didn't want to, I lifted her up and landed her on her feet but she simply does not want to...
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I've been having feather eating problem for the past 2 months, I have tried everything but 2 of my hens just don't want to stop the bad habit. I got some pinless peepers (never used those before), so I saw few vids. and I put it on a hen, she was squeeking like she was in pain. Is that...
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I was cleaning the coop yesterday and noticed a stringy appearance in droppings, looks like a worm. Today I let my hens out (10 months old) to free range and I saw one pooping and I was temped to check it out, and there they were. I'm not sure is this the same type of parasite in...
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So here's my dilemma, free range or not? I have 10 chickens, 9 months old. I have never let them free range, not even when they were babies, they did have grass and everything in their run before they ravaged it all to the ground tho, the run is 8m with 3.5m. My concern...
Here's the thing, we've been having heavy rain, for a while here in Eastern EU, thank God we won't be having it for another week or so. Just today half of the area where we have animals flooded... some of the water got into the chicken run and created puddles, my girls are good miners apparently...
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Pardon my bad knowledge of ft.measurements, I'm from Eastern Europe and I can't seem to find measurements for chicken coop, size per chicken, in cm. I have 8 chickens of regular size, my coop is 130cm in length and 110cm in width, the height is 110cm, the coop is well secured...
Hey everyone! First I wanna say how amazing this site is and I wanna thank you for keeping it up, I've learned so much from people on it *I'm a newbie.
So I've made my first chicken coop ever, back in April when my chicks were still in the egg under their mama, it's not looking splendind from...
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I got 4 months old birds and I'm in huge dilemma of figuring out their gender. 😑
I'm sure that the white one in the photo is a pullet, and the one with red crown a rooster, but what about the others which have feathers on their head? They are the tricky ones lol. I really wanted...
I have old chickens, and I'm sure they have coryza/mycoplasma or even both, due to the bubbles and 1 has a swollen cheek. I've got new chicks in early May, I've been keeping them away, changing my clothes, washing myself every day before feeding them, new baskets for feeding them, shoes...
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My chicks are almost 7 weeks old, they've been on a chick starter since day one, min 19% protein feed. I'm almost out of the feed and I'm curious whether I should change the feed or get the same one they've been on since day 1? If so, could anyone tell me what feed should I be...
3 days ago my hen hatched 10 chicks, the second day I noticed that one of them had something like poop hanging out of his butt, I thought it was just a poop and that it should get off after awhile. Today I noticed it's still there, so i had to take a closer look. It looks like poop but stuck...
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My hen has been broody for about a week or so, I couldn't find any fertile eggs untill today. My neighbour has around 5 hens and she's unable to collect enough eggs in one day cause I want to put around 11 under my hen. So, my question is, how long can eggs last before I put them...
I read somewhere that giving stinging nettles to chickens is actually a good thing. I have some in my yard, but I'm wondering whether I should dry or cook before feeding? I would prefer drying it and then adding to the feed by mashing it all together, but would it lose the nutrients if dried? 🤔...
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I have a problem with my hen, her crop has not been emptying for few days, I reacted earlier and thought I solved the problem but apparently I did not... Her crop was all mushy and full yday, I emptied it for her, flushed it out, taking out of that slimy brown thing out but still...
Hey everyone, hope you are all doing well! This morning I went to feed my chickens, while closing them I noticed one hen just walking around and not eating at all. What I did notice was, her crop was pretty much big, yday I let them free range so she stuffed herself 😒. She seems to be active...
Hey everyone! I'd really appreciate some help! As the subject says, my rooster has been making weird noises while breathing, it's similar to snoring with difficulty, the problem has been going on for a month or two, as soon as the winter kicked in, today I tried giving him 'amoxicillin' orally...
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So I have been experiencing some problems with my RRI, she's been broody for over than 2 months... The problem is she doesn't want to sit on eggs during the day, she's just moving around with other hens and making those weird sounds, I noticed that she only...
Hey everyone! I've posted a q before about my hen... whether if she's broody or not. So I've moved her in a secured area with my young leghorns, she didn't want to sit on the nest there... So yday I've let out older hens and also her, she used the opportunity to sneak into the coop and sit on...
Just wanted to share with you guys what I found in the nesting box this morning! My Leghorn chickens have been laying medium size eggs, and this one is really giant compared to the others lol! I was pretty much left in a shock.