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    Separate rooms, shared common area for birds

    Hey all, So I'm adding a couple more pullets to my flock this spring and had a question about having multiple coops. Currently, I have 6 birds (1 roo) that live in a 4x6 coop and have a 10'x40' run. They free range most afternoons/evenings. The run is actually two 10'x20' runs attached with a...
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    Teaching a mean hen some manners?

    Hey all, I have three hens coming into their three year-old year -- a Barred Rock, a RIR, and a SLW. I've had them since 15 weeks and had just the three of them (with a couple roosters at different times) until last June when I got some young pullets. Of the three older girls, the order goes...
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    Poop with green bits and somewhat lethargic hen

    My EE hen, Sallie, is back in isolation as this morning she is moving slow and had a weird watery poop with green bits in it. They don’t really have access to grass. I recently gave them cabbage and strawberries, they ate some of the cabbage but didn’t know what to do with it. She hasn’t laid in...
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    Red Tailed Hawks in Maryland

    Hey all, I am going into my third year with my chickens and this is the first time red-tailed hawks have been a problem. I'm not sure if their food source is dwindling or if this pair has just moved to the neighborhood, but it's really a problem. A few weeks ago, my husband was blasting music...
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    Egg bound or ...?

    Good evening all, My 7 month old EE pullet, Sallie, has been laying inconsistently for about 4-5 weeks and has had a bit of a poopy butt for a couple days. She has seemed to be eating and drinking normally and acting fine even with the crazy weather we've had, but two days ago someone got in...
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    How do you reconcile timid birds with the flock?

    I have two birds that are just so super timid. They are lovely little Ameraucanas, about 30 weeks or so, in a mixed flock of 8 ranging from 20 weeks to 18 months. They've all been free-ranging together since August, have been sharing a fenceline since June, and have been sharing the run and coop...
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    Question about my weirdo birds, and about changing coops

    Hey all, So first off, my weirdo Ameraucanas would stay in the coop ALL day if I let them. In the morning when I come out, all the others are out an about, milling around in the woodchips, the roo is crowing, and Pancake and Toast are still on their roost cooing to each other. They are ~28-30...
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    Lame hen, need advice - Marek's?

    Hey all, So I try not to jump to conclusions but this week I had to put one pullet down after a bout of what was suspected to be a spider bite but was actually tumors. I couldn't necropsy her but I am pretty comfortable with it perhaps being Marek's as they weren't vaccinated, it's been a hard...
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    Tumor or abscess? I think tumor ...

    Hi all. For those chickeneers more experienced than I, does this (first two pics) look like an abscess or a tumor? Backstory: 18 week old (today) Faverolles pullet. Last Thursday I found her pecking a small lump on the back of her neck (last picture). I brought her in, pulled the feathers...
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