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    Savoy, il

    Hi, we recently moved to savoy, IL. Is here anyone from there? I wanted to know the local law/ordinance regarding backyard chicken here. Also, how to approach to start on the base of your experience. If anyone can shed some light on it, that'll be really great!😃 thanks in advance.
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    Broken egg, chicks chirping

    Hi, i just found this egg broken under the broody hen, the chick is chirping but the membrane is tore up (please see the the photos). Will the chick be ok? She's a new mama and i think sometimes confused with the chirping and pecked and made a hole in a egg that was not ready yet. I don't have...
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    Urgent! Pls help!

    I have come home after 3 weeks being away and collected all the eggs i found in nesting boxes. 3 chickens were sitting on some eggs. One friend helped with collecting the eggs in these 3 wks. He must have missed some as i found some old one ( i checked with torch and it's dark inside, attached...
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    Molting question

    Hi, I'm in north east louisiana. my chickens started molting around Thanksgiving time and still all of them are not fully recovered. They are rather young, being 1 year old this february. One of them has it hard i guess. She has lost feather from her tail and around tail area (in the picture). I...
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    Cracked egg

    It's been 17/18 days, one chicken was sitting on the egg. Today i saw she left the box and the egg has a crack. I don't see any movement (i know it's not enough time, just hoping😔) and i see there's still liquid inside. My guess is may be some other chicken cracked it. Is there any way to save...
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    Bumblefoot help!

    3 days ago i found 3/4 of my chickens have bumblefoot problem. One of them had it little big compared to others(little bigger than 1/4") in both feet. I read post from BYC and treated accordingly. There was a little pus while i took off the plug in one feet. i checked inside but nothing else was...
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    Disease or pecking prob?

    So two of my 2 months old naked neck chickens have bent toes (couldn't take a proper picture). We found one to have 2 bent toes in each leg 2 days ago. I wrapped it with stick and bandage thinking it may fall. Today we found another one with slight bent (in the picture). Also it has these dotted...
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    Wet chicken

    One of my 4 months old chicks was left behind last night and stayed out whole night🙁it got all muddy and now her feathers are stuck to each other. They r not glue stuck but I'm figuring it's not easy for her to separate/manage them. What should i do? I tried to wash off the dirt little bit but...
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    What breed??

    Hi, this is one of my 18 wks old chickens we hatched (this was our first hatch ever) from the bought fertilized eggs. It was a mixed egg sets and i have very little idea about breeds. Anyone has any idea what breed it can be or if it is a sex-link, what are her parents be? Thanks in advance.
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    Help! Suspecting coccidiosis

    I noticed couple of days earlier this color poop. This morning i saw one rooster's poop is all liquidy with mucous. I am very new and not an expert. Searching online, I'm suspecting coccidiosis. Should i start treating with amprolium (online knowledge) or wait to see if there is any other...
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    What is it? Pls help!

    Last couple of days I'm noticing these tiny bugs are flying all over my chickens. Seems to just flying around them, sitting on them, nothing more! How can i get rid of these? My chickens are free ranging. I am adding some pics if it helps. Pls help! Thanks in advance!
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    Egg size

    Hi all, I have found the egg in the photo in my chicken coop today. It is about 1 inch and when i broke it, it looked like the 2nd photo. I have one 22 months old australop chicken. I had two. Recently the other one was caught by racoon and this one escaped the attack. It's been 3 wks since the...
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    Possum eating egg and feed

    Hi, so last night i saw a possum eating chicken feed and this morning i found out 5 eggs been eaten. Totally cleaned the shell and threw out of the box. This is the first time i saw one. I have 4chickens and 2 roosters. the coop area is surrounded with chicken wire and they stay inside at night...
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    What should i do? Snake

    I saw a snake today morning on back porch stairs. Checking online, I'm thinking it's a black racer. I don'tknow where it came from or went. My chickens made sound and stared at it when it was within seeing limit, now they are normal, eating and playful.we r living in this house for one year and...
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    Hello!!!

    Hi all, I’m new to chicken keeping and new to BYC I’ve 10 chickens including 3 Dominicks, 3 road island red, 3 australorp(I think) and one I think is hybrid. I’m not very knowledgeable about all the kinds, so pls ignore any mistakes. I have them for 10 weeks now. My mom used to have some...
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    Help! Swollen wattle

    Hi, my 11 wks old Dominick has both wattle swollen from this morning. It had one wattle swollen at Tuesday and I saw some bees flying around so thought it got stung. But from the morning today, both of the wattles are swollen. It’s eating and drinking normally but I don’t know if it’s serious...
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