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    Help. Crop full & high

    Hey. I've never come across this issue before.. I have a year old sex-link who looks lethargic, when I went to examine her I noticed her crop looks very high. I can't actually tell if it's her crop or if her throat is swollen.. she's currently laying down in the yard away from the other birds...
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    Help with sexing.

    I know its very early. I have 5 EEs at 4 weeks. Wondering if anyone has any guesses. Based on patterns I'm thinking 2 cockerels and 3 pullets.
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    What went wrong?

    Hey everyone. I set 9 eggs under my broody hen. So far 7 have hatched. 5 seem healthy & okay. I found one dead this morning, it seems like at some point during night it left the nest and chilled & died. The 7th chick made it out of the shell but failed to thrive, when I examined the chick it had...
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    Egg fertilization

    How many eggs are fertile after they mate? Also any other breeding advice would be awesome.
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    Advice for cockerel introduction

    Hi, I recently Recieved a beautiful cockerel. He is 2 months old, he is currently enclosed in our garden with his own coop (alone). We've had him for 2 days. I have 4 hens (1 year old) 36 pullets (11 weeks) All the girls are together during the day but I don't have them sleeping in the same...
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    Ameraucana Rooster?

    Hey guys. I met a lovely husband and wife today who were looking to get rid of some roosters as they ended up getting too many. I picked him (?) Up today and boy is he handsome. I'm wondering if anyone can give me specifics on what they think he might be and if he is actually in fact a he
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    What to feed 11 week old chicks?

    Hi everyone. We've been feeding our chicks chick starter and are looking to switch them. I went to the farm today and asked for grower crumbs. When I got home my husband noticed they gave us meat builder pellets. We're wondering if this is acceptable or should I go exchange for something else???
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    How to tell if a hen is finished laying?

    Hi everyone. I currently have 2 red sexlink hens. They are both one year old. Both have not laid eggs in over a month. My question is if we should celebrate their retirement or if they're just taking a temporary leave of absence (*edited for spelling errors*
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    Honoring my meat kings.

    Exactly one year ago today I had a very sick chick with no experience on how to deal with it. I found this website an many of you tried to help me. Since then we've fallen in love with keeping chickens and decided earlier this year to try to add meat kings to our homestead. I'd heard really...
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    Baby duckling rescued from cat.. help!

    Hey. This evening my cat came home with a duckling. It's fortunately still alive. I caught it when is bum got stuck trying to get through our chicken wire... it's currently in a box in our brooder room... please tell me what I should do. I want to return it to its family if you all think that's...
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    Chicks beaks breaking?

    Hey everyone. Not sure if this is an emergency or normal... We have 36 two week old bovans brown chicks. I noticed today that on alot of them approx 1/4 of the chicks beaks are broken.. it's not broken much just the tip on the top beak. Is this something some sellers do somehow? Also a few of...
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    Live baby chick stream

    Hey everyone, Just thought I'd share our live stream with you all. We just Recieved these bovan brown chicks today. Hope you enjoy watching these babe's as much as we do.
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    Quail or pheasant?

    Hi everyone, We're looking to add to our flock and thus your advice. We already have chickens and are trying to decide between quail or pheasants. Living in Canada and tempuratures can go to -30 degrees celsius so a cold hardy bird is necessary. Can anyone share their experience with...
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    Coccidiosis OR intestinal lining? Please help!

    Hi! I posted a picture along with this but my camera quality isn't so great so I'll try to be descriptive. I have 2 6 week old pullets. Their behavior and habits are completely normal. I have however noticed some dropping that have some red/orange tinge. The entire stool is normal except for...
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    Silverrudd blue?

    Hi! I got this beautiful pullet yesterday. I am curious as to what her breed is. The farmer didn't know. She's got mostly black feet and black feathers.. her face is slightly reddish. She will lay green eggs.
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    New chickens ignoring eachother.

    Hey everyone. I had a flock of two but one died. I bought a Blue Isbar today, and have introduced her to my Barred Rock. They haven't fought too bad. A little stare down and a very small squabble.. for the last two hours they've basically ignored eachother. The Isbar is slightly smaller than my...
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    Introducing a new pullet

    Hi fam. I recently got two chicks but lost one last night. I can't have my chick solo as I know it's not good. I have plans tomorrow to bring in a new chick. The new addition will be 6 weeks as that is all that's available, my current chick is 5 weeks. I am wondering the best was to introduce...
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    Solo chick

    Hey everyone. I need a little assistance. I recently got two chick's, one of which passed away last night. My surviving chick is about 4 weeks and now alone. Which makes both of us sad. My question is what is the best way to bring in a new chick who will probably be much younger? Does anyone...
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    Cocci or vent gleent please help!

    Hi everyone. My 4 week old chick is not well. This Saturday past we noticed she was lethargic and ruffled. I administered a cocci treatment but stopped the next day because I noticed her crop was swollen and didn't want to unnecessarily treat her... since then she has gotten worse. Not preening...
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    Lethargic chick, protruding breast bone??

    Hopefully someone can help me here.. new to chicken motherhood. I have a 4 week old Delaware chick. She's typically quite perky but 4 days ago I noticed she was lethargic/ruffled feathers/and what I thought might be a sour crop. Her crop was visibly swollen. I've been reading on this site for...
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