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    Confusing spraddle leg symptoms

    Hi everybody, I have a tiny little 5 week old chick who has some strange symptoms. About five days ago, I put the whole chick flock on paper because I was concerned about a different baby having coccidiosis and wanted to check for bloody stools. They were on paper for just a few days. I did...
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    Could pekins be a good urban compromise?

    Hello all, I am trying to find the breed best suited to our circumstances and wondering if pekins might be that breed. We live in a neighborhood with a large run space for the hens (100 square yards), but we have neighbors that live close by, so the quieter, the better! We also grow a...
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    Help identifying red mite

    Hello all, Just found this bug in my house, completely worried, could it be red mite???
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    Keeping brooding hens and chicks in the house?

    Hello everyone, Now that the babies have safely hatched, I am having a hard time deciding where to keep them and their two mamas. My choices are: a) in their own space within the coop outdoors with the others b) in a warm (but not hot), well-lit part of the garage I would prefer to keep them...
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    Cold remedy for a sick hen

    Hello all, just sharing a good success that I had with some simple treatment for a sick hen. Thunderess (don't ask, the kids named her), one of my beautiful black Marans hens who is not quite a year yet, was looking truly awful yesterday when I went into the coop for my morning chores. The skin...
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    Choosing the best broody for the job

    Hello all, I'm a new flockster from way out in France (a transplant, you might say) hoping to get some help with a question that I have. By way of an introduction, last summer, we began the adventure of raising chickens with a mixed flock of bantam wyandottes, pekins, marans, and a lone sussex...
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