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    Is Millie sick? Advice please!

    My 3-year-old black australorp typically lays an egg nearly every day (probably 2 out of 3 days) but the past few days has NOT, and just sits and sits in the nest box, barely even coming out to eat/drink. She is even sleeping in the nest box, not roosting on a perch! Very odd for her. My...
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    Noisy hen making neighbors crazy

    Hello! I have 2 rescue hens, black australorps, about 3 yrs old. Millie is shy, but Peaches is bold, fearless, and LOUD! (We joke that she has a lot of testosterone, because her call is practically like a crowing rooster when she gets in a cycle of "bukbukbuk BAAAWWWKK!!!") Any tips for how to...
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    How much Corid for my hens?

    Trying to buy Corid online for my chickens on recommendation of some folks here and it seems all the listings say "for calves," even when I seed my search with "for chickens." Is this the same medicine (20% soluble powder) and if so how much do I add to their water? Thanks for advice!
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    Definitely blood in droppings

    I posted last week because I thought there might be blood in the droppings of one of my two rescue hens, but ended up concluding that it was the beets I'd been feeding them. I stopped feeding them beets but today the red stain is there again, staining the pine shavings where there are droppings...
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    Help! Will beets stain chickens' droppings???

    Please advise! Just let out my 2 black australorps and was cleaning the pine shavings beneath their night-perching area and the pale shavings are stained dark red around the droppings. Doesn't look wet or thick like blood, but VERY bright color has me scared. It just looks like how ink seeps...
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    Chicken has green loose stool. Advice please!

    Hi! My 2-3 year old black australorp (Mildred!) has had greenish looking almost-diarrhea for a couple of days. She and her sister (Peaches) have the same diet -- Salad of fruit & veg in the morning (mostly veg) and regular feed for layers. They get a little oatmeal in the afternoon, and also...
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    If chickens can't taste sweetness...

    ...WHY do mine consistently like fruits better than vegetables??? I've read that chickens cannot taste sweetness. I'm not disputing the science, but curious about others' experience. When I give my chickens their daily "salad" of mixed veggies & fruits, they always pick out the fruits first...
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    Am I overfeeding/spoiling them?

    Hi! Peaches & Mildred's mama here. My two black australops are rescues, and between 2-3 years old. I'm not looking for "practical/utilitarian" feeding advice here, but rather trying to determine if the manner in which I'm pampering them is essentially harmless, or genuinely bad for them. Like...
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    Peaches is smashing Mildred's eggs!

    I have two hens who were supposedly "spent," but one has laid 4 eggs in the last 5 days. It was my plan to just let her enjoy them -- they might even still be fertile, as it's only been 3 weeks since they were with a rooster, and I've read that inside of 4 weeks it's still possible -- but this...
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    Hi! I just got 2 "spent" rescue hens

    Greetings! I am new to chickens, and 3 weeks ago, after spending all summer building a lovely little pink henhouse, we adopted 2 sweet "spent" hens. They are black, and their names are Peaches & Mildred. I found myself often looking at this forum for advice, and realized I should join! Nice to...
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