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    Dead hen

    When I checked on my hens this morning, I noticed on sitting instead of foraging, not long after leaving the coop. She ried to get up and was very wobbly. She bagan throwing her head back, Squawked and died. Any ideas what the problem may be. She has displayed no issues before this morning.
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    Crowing hen or roo?

    I have a 22 week, unknown/likely mixed breed bird that has started to crow. The bird has hardly and comb and no apperent bumps where spurs would grow. Any thoughts on sex would be appreciated.
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    falcon

    Morning. I have a flock of five(5) hens of assorted breeds that are 13 - 14 weeks old. I have no rooster due to city ordinance. they are in a secure coop except for when I let them out for some supervised free ranging. Yesterday, I noticed a large falcon in the area. The longer the day went on...
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    Snake patrol

    Ginger got her a snake today and the rest of the flock was jealous.
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    sick pullet?

    I have an 8 week old mixed breed pullet that for the last couple of days has been shyed away from the rest of the flock. Today she is a little more active but has watery eyes and a small amount of clear fluid draining from one nostril. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks
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    Pipe feeder

    It looks like they approve. I guess I will build them another one.
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    wing clipping

    Morning. I have an 8 week old flock of various breeds. At what age should their wings be clipped and should I clip one or both wings? When we raised chickens when I was a kid, we clipped one and never had any issues, but I have recently started keeping chickens again and have received advice...
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    Hen or rooster

    Any ideas on sex of this bird. It is 7 weeks old. Thanks for any input. The bird was given to me and is likely a mixed breed of some sort.
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    looking for any ideas on sex and breeds

    Hello all. I am wondering if anybody has any ideas on the sex and breeds of my 3-4 week old chicks. I received them at while taking a class at a local Ag Extension class and was told the eggs were gathered from several local contributors and some are likely mixed-bred. Any thoughts would be...
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    new member

    Hello all. My name is James A Edwards. I grew up always having between 20 and 25 hens and a rooster before enlisting in the Marine Corps. Now almost 30 years later, we are finally starting an urban chicken farm after wanting to for years. We just built our coop, went to a county Ag Extension...
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