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One of my chickens is acting funny and it has been happening for a couple weeks now. I have 4 chickens, 2 have already molted about 2 months ago, and my two cinnamon queens have still been holding off on molting for the first time. (They will be 2...
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I have 4 chickens, and I gave them a quarter of the grease that was left over in the pan from 4 lbs of cooked hamburger. We estimated that it was cooked in about 1 and a half TABLESPOON of avocado oil. This means that each chicken would have consumed about a quarter to half a...
Hello everyone, I have a chicken with bumblefoot on both feet.
Heres what we have done for her so far:
Soaped up her feet then soaked her in warm epsom salt and iodine water bath (she loved the bath!) Removed the scab on left foot and what I believe to be all of the infection, as it was newer...
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I have 4 chickens, 2 of which are Cinnamon Queens, one Black Star, and a golden laced wyandotte.(I had two more, but one turned out to be a boy, and one sadly passed away do to what we think was a heat related heart attack, back in early July)
This thread is about one of my...
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I have 5 chickens, all 22 weeks old. They are beginning to squat and put their wings out, stomping away :lau which is a sign that they are getting ready to start laying. They are currently still on grower feed, and we are planning on transitioning to layer feed soon. We eventually want...
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So I have 5 pullets and they are currently eating a mix of 17% and 20% grower crumble feed and they are about 18 weeks old.
One of my two cinnamon queens sometimes makes a slight whooshing air/slurping sound while she eats? I tried to record it, but its so subtle it doesn't pick up. it...
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I am doing research into chicken layer feed, store-bought as well as mixing my own, and i am curious what you guys do for your flock?
My family and I have been eating farm grown eggs for about 4 years, and just this year they changed their chickens feed to add in organic corn and...
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I am new here to BYC and super happy to have finally joined. I've learned so much just scrolling through the forums, so it'll be neat to finally be a part of it! Sorry if my question is in the wrong subthread, just let me know and ill move it!
So around the first week June of this...