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    Garlic bug spraying of property. Safe

    My husband wants the yard sprayed for mosquitoe. It rained here almost every day in july. The bugs are like dragons. Giant hungry mosquito swarms and horseflies (green head). He wants to have a professional spray our yard. pro says it’s all organic …garlic. He states it’s safe ….. dog &...
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    Weepy closed eye.

    Hi, I just noticed that one of my chickens has some kind of inflammation around it’s a eye. The eye is watering. I flushed it out and gave it some medicated eyedrops. Anyone else have had this problem before? You name it , I have had it in my flock over the last two years. I clean my coop and my...
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    Seeking LF cochin pullets in Massachusetts

    Id love to add two cochin to my little flock. I found a breeder, but shipping is almost as much as the 2 pullets. any leads apprexisted .
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    Soft /no eggs after newly introduced new chicks.

    Back story :About 7 ..? weeks ago, I Purchased 2 beautiful 7 week old chicks. The looked great. About 7 ,? days after I had them ..I tried introducing them, my 3 hens hated them, so back into the huge separated, but attached pen they went. Few days later, the chicks excrement was completely...
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    worms !! Help please !

    Hi, I just discovered worms in my flock. They appear to be round worms. My dog had them once before. I have 3 hens that are almost 2, ..they weigh 4 pounds each. One isn’t feeling well at all. I thought it was sour crop...but maybe it’s the worms. i also have 2, 8 week old Brahma chicks. I have...
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    2 new light Brahmas. I’m hoping they are hens!

    7nweeks old, just picked up yesterday. I can barely see their comb. They didnt stay still for a shot, hoping to get a better view tomorrow.
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    New breed for me~ Brahma chicks

    Good morning, I just picked these two girls up yesterday. 7 weeks old. Any special care I need to about Brahmas ? Live in New England. I have 3 adults separated from them. (EE, barred Rock, and a mean Blue Copper marans. ) Thank you
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    Mallards

    Hi, we re recently had two ducks fly to our pool cover, and start swimming around eating algae and crud Off of it . Of course they were adorable and I gave them some extra chicken food and cracked corn so they have been hanging around for about a week~ We live on the edge of a grasses marsh...
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    my two new babies. Breeder told me they are Female, 10 weeks old. Blue wheaten Ameraucanas. I picked them up Saturday and am love already 💕

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    tail down, lethargic , drinking.

    Hi’ I’ve had my 6 chickens for 1& 1/2 years . A few of them just molted heavily. One of them, was my 1 1/2 year old Easter egg chicken. None of my chickens have been laying eggs for weeks now. It’s winter here in Ma. ..chilly at night , 20-35. ~ this hen, has been walking slowly , but prefers...
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    What the heck is this!?

    hi This month, will be a year that I’ve had chickens. I have 4...2 EE, 1 RIR, and one crazy orange -giant breed , lol . Every day for months, I get 3 eggs. Blue, green and tan. The RIR laid eggs last year for a little while and stopped around November. No eggs since then. So I know she is the...
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    Maran, ophington, Wyandotte pullets wanted in MA.

    hi, I have a tiny flock and want to add a 2-3 more chickens by Spring. I can wait if you think you will have a bird for me. Quincy, MA Thanks Karen
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    Balloon egg

    Good morning, I recently posted a question on another section regarding my chicken that was getting thin and had the runs, and not eating as much as usual. I thought perhaps she an impacted crop, which always has something in it . I gave her a stool softener, soaked her butt in epsom salt...
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    Very thin young chicken, green runny poop

    ugh....please help me. I have 5 chickens. I am very new at keeping chickens ....they are 30 weeks old. One chicken, Dixie, a gold colored chicken that I believe is a micxed breed,...was always a big fat happy girl. Her crop was always big and full...all the time. Soft and mushy, less volume in...
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    Photos

    I normally only take wildlife photos,never people, or portraits. I recently experimented by” ‘borrowing’ my friends children. Lol...and supplying my chickens. I think they came out cute. Just sharing.
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    One egg....then never again

    Hi, I have 5 hens, they are 28 weeks old. Usually I get 2-3 brownish eggs a day. About 6 weeks ago, in addition to the 2-3 brown eggs, I found 2 blue eggs,( on separate days from each other). I have 2 Easter egg chickens. But I have never gotten the colored eggs again. I’m assuming the Easter...
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    Finally!

    Yay! 4 of 5 of our 22 ? 23? week old chickens are laying eggs. Usually I get 3 eggs, today we got 4. It’s so exciting when you’re a first time chicken owner to come out and find eggs daily! (It’s how I feel when the UPS truck pulls up, and I’ve forgotten what I’ve ordered! Little surprise gifts...
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    Yogurt “treat”

    hi I had some extra plain whole milk yogurt...and I read it was good for chickens. So...today I gave them some. Just a few tablespoons between the 5 of my 16 week old girls. But in another page I belong to, someone said, this was a bad idea and will give them the runs. Good or bad ‘treat’ ? Just...
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    Coops finished, run is built...newbie starting out with 3 +2

    hi, I’m such a short time, it’s been a journey. We are first time chicken owners. We started out 7 weeks ago with a brooder box of 5 chicks, 3 days old. 2 were roosters, so I traded for 2 chicks that are a week or so younger than mine. I’m not happy with the type they are, unknown breed, I was...
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    What type of chicks are these two ladies?

    Hi again, Today, I picked up two new chicks. I was told they were 6 weeks old but look younger. Mine are almost 7 weeks old and 1/3 taller but mine are Easter Eggers and a RI RED. The guy I bought them from, said they were a mixed bunch of chicks...maybe leghorns, or welsummer....but he wasn’t...
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