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    These are Roos, right?

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    Broody with impacted Crop!!!!

    My bantam cochin, who is sitting on eggs, woke up this morning with a full crop. I am really worried. I love her so much! She did not eat much today, but drank and dustbathed on one of her breaks. She was as feisty as ever, but her crop never went down. Suggestions??????
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    Slow crop on Broody

    Hi everyone! I finally let my bantam cochin sit on eggs. She has been broody several times, but never had fertile eggs. She has been sitting for approximately a week. This morning I took her off of her nest to put her out to eat, drink, and stretch her legs, and her crop had food in it...
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    Puff, our lap chicken died last night

    We lost our sweetest and most gentle of chickens last night. Puff was a blue bantam cochin and was so sweet. If I would sit down, she would flutter up to my lap and cuddle. She is the reason we got chickens in the first place!! We saw her at TSC and just had to have her, so we asked and they...
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    Ivermectin???

    There are countless threads on using this stuff, and a lot of them post links that are no longer good. I have a bantam cochin with scaly leg mites. I suspect we have mites on everyone, so I want to treat the coop, run, perches, etc. I will treat everyone with ivermectin, I just want to make...
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    Will my EE ever lay again?

    It has been at least 4 months since she started molting. She has looked beautiful for over 2 months with her pretty new feathers. She is my only green egg layer, so I absolutely know she is not yet laying. She only free ranges for an hour before dark, so no hidden nest. How much longer do I...
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    Purple comb on leghorn Help!

    I have a mixed flock which includes 8 leghorns. They are approximately 8 months old. They lay beautifully,and I love their elegant body shape and large floppy combs. Yesterday, I noticed two of my girls had some purplish color to the back tips of their combs. It felt cold to the touch. They...
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    3 out of 4 are BOYS

    My broody hen hatched 4 eggs 10 weeks ago and i have now discovered that 3 out of the 4 are BOYS!! I heard one of them crow about 3 weeks ago ( early, right?). Today, I observed one of them trying to mount the one little hen I have out of this small hatch. Isn't this a little young to be doing...
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    Mama and 8 week olds ready to be with flock?

    Up to now, Mama and chicks have been in a fenced part of the run, so everyone can see one another. The other day a cold front hit and knocked the fence down. One of my Leghorns went after one of the chicks and Mama beat the living stuffing out of her. lol. Today, I let everyone free range...
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    Local ordinance question

    I had a neighbor's dogs in my yard twice in 4 days. The little dog tore up my Mama hen who is raising 4 baby chicks (2 wks old). I live within the city limits, and have a converted playhouse hen house with an attached fenced and covered run. I let my girls out to free range when I am home...
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    New Mama Dog Attack!!

    My new neighbors dog got my new Mama and she has no butt feathers left and several puncture wounds. I found all of her chicks, cleaned the wounds, and put antibiotic on them and blue cote. She is in her hutch with her babies, should I treat her with some form of antibiotic? I guess I cannot...
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    Babies under my broody!!

    My broody has 4 little peeps under her. There are 3 more eggs, and I moved them under another broody since this one left the nest for these peeps. I have a few questions: Today was day 21. How much longer should I wait on the other 3 eggs before I abandon hope? Will my Broody Mama really be...
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    Friday is day 21!

    My first broody hatch is due on Friday. That would make this day18. When we use an incubator this is called lockdown, so are their any special things I should do to get ready? Boil water? Sterilize towels?? hehe
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    Hatch eggs treated with Antibiotics??

    My chickens are on Duramycin for respiratory stuff. It is minor, but I got scared and treated them. I realize I have to throw away the eggs for 21 days past the last dose, but I have a broody girl and I was planning on saving her a few eggs to hatch. Can I hatch these eggs or am I better off...
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    Help! Ee in trouble

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. EE, 15 months, approx 6 lbs 2) What is the behavior, exactly. picked her up and clear fluid came out of her mouth and rear end. 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? just got back today from a trip, so not sure. She was fine on Sunday. 4)...
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    Horrible loss yesterday

    Well, I lost another hen yesterday, and it was just awful. You see, she had a growth of some kind on her tummy, and it was not an abcess, it seemed more "tumorlike". I watched her as it grew and she continued to thrive and lay, etc. I decided it was some sort of cyst and she would live with...
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    11 wk old pullets eating the oyster shell

    I was under the impression that I could switch my mixed age flock to flock raiser and put out oyster shell and the younger ones would not touch it. They actually dove right into it. I took it out of the run, and put it outside where my layers free range. Will it hurt my younger girls??
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    how to keep chickens from roosting on windowsills?

    I was wondering how I could keep my bantams from roosting on the windowsills of my henhouse? It was originally a playhouse, and it has normal style windowsills and they like to sleep on them and as you can imagine-POOP on them. It is very hard to keep them clean, and I want the henhouse as...
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    Another Hen died from our horrendous heat!!!

    I lost a Hen, Opal about a week or two ago. Up to the morning I found her, she had been healthy, laying, and eating, dust bathing, etc. Just found her below the roost dead. It has been 100+ for weeks with no end in sight for us here in South Texas. Awful!! This evening, all of my big girls...
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    I may have to Dub him? Poor Guy!

    I am not sure if this is the right place for this question, maybe I will also post in injuries. I have a mixed breed Rooster who is around 12 weeks old. He has the oddest comb, which is so large and heavy, it droops over one of his eyes. He is always shaking his head trying to get it out of...
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