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    This post can be deleted, pics in the other thread

    Hello, I don’t know much about this chicken, she may be a Cochin? Her leg had a growth that the previous owner pulled off, and asked me to clean and bandage. That was a few weeks ago, I found her again with the bandage still in her. I can’t tell if I got it all off, if this is new growth or...
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    Pictures of chicken with damaged leg

    Hello, I don’t know much about this chicken, she may be a Cochin? Her leg had a growth that the previous owner pulled off, and asked me to clean and bandage. That was a few weeks ago, I found her again with the bandage still in her. I can’t tell if I got it all off, if this is new growth or...
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    Re-introducing myself

    Hello all!! I am re-introducing myself, as there have been some huge changes in my bird raising life! I also was just notified that it’s my 1 year anniversary! I started by randomly bringing home a hen and her 6 chicks. I was NOT prepared! Today, I have a coop and run with 15 hens and a...
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    It’s my first Day 20!

    I got 2 silkie eggs, and 4 Rhode Island Reds from a neighbor for my broody hens on April 27. We candles the eggs on Thursday night and they seemed to be on point with developing, I’m so excited! Is there anything else I should be doing besides waiting??
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    Can 5 week old chicks roost without mom?

    My brooder just left her chicks to go back to the roost in the coop. She started laying eggs 3 days ago, and I guess she was just done being mom. The babies are about 5 weeks old, I’ve put them on the roost next to her, they don’t love it. It’ll get down to 59 degrees tonight, should I bring...
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    Is our chick dead?!

    Monday we got this chick we warmed it up and rescued it once but we just found it again it doesn’t seem to be moving or breathing
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    Yikes... I found a secret nest...

    Turns out at least one hen has been hiding eggs in a pot of mint. There were 17 eggs I didn’t notice, some buried down in the dirt. I opened a few of the discolored ones, pee-yew. Just to confirm, I don’t have a rooster, so these eggs weren’t growing, they just went bad, right? The inside is...
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    Is she molting?

    Good morning! Yesterday I noticed Miss Lexi’s tail feathers were gone, and today her head is bare. I’ve read about molting on here, so I am thinking that is what it is, but sometimes she acts funny, like someone is chasing her or biting her, but no one is there. She’s the only one of ten with...
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    First winter, time change, a 100* heat wave, and my first vacation

    Everything is happening next week, and I am a chicken-momma-wreck! 1. My chicks from March and May have all started laying about an egg a day, will they go broody like their momma? I read something about triggering a Molt? I’m guessing this is a “wait and see” thing, but with this crazy heat...
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    It’s finally happened!! We have an egg!

    I’ve been anxiously waiting for our first round of chicks to start laying, and it looks like today’s the day!! What do I do now? Eat it? Wrap it in gold and save it forever?! The blue-ish egg in the back is from our momma hen, the new egg is the peach one. It’s smaller and pointier, but...
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    Is Alexis still a hen?

    That’s quite a comb and wattles... ?
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    There’s an egg-laying season?! And do I need to medicate my birds?

    So I am still new to chickens, and recently read/heard two new bits of information... 1. I read an article about molting and no eggs in the winter? This was news to me, but there are feathers everywhere, so maybe we’re at that stage? The article went on to say that having new chicks would help...
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    Chicken wings stuck in fly trap glue

    One of my little Roos got out of the coop, and while in a panic to get back in, he ended up getting his wing feathers stuck in a fly trap. It was so sticky, and the more we all struggled, the worse it seemed to get, so I ended up cutting the feathers loose. I cut the least possible amount, but...
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    Day 23

    Hello, My momma has been sitting on two fake eggs and one real egg for (I think) 23 days now. It is possible but unlikely that one of my roos fertilized it before they left for the ranch. It so happens that another hen started hatching a BIG pile of eggs yesterday, I am thinking of moving a...
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    Noisy momma

    My momma hen cries so much, I’m afraid my neighbors are going to complain. She has lot of space, and different locations to check out during the day, and lots of food, but she still cries. I’m not sure what to do. Any suggestions for something I’m missing?
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    Someone is crowing...

    Hi! So... these are the 5 classroom-hatched chicks I hoped my momma-hen would adopt. She didn’t take them, but they are getting along ok. I’m guessing 4 boys and a girl. Goldie: Snowy: Eagle: Penny: Paulie:
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    Gendering chicks by color?

    I picked up these chicks yesterday, and the guy at the ranch said they have Phoenix coloring... Can I determine sex by color pattern? I think they are three days old, I tried checking their wings but they are so tiny. Any other tricks?
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    Guess the bird?

    This is Hayden, I think it’s a hen... This is Kevin, I think it’s a rooster, it’s the smallest of my first round of chicks This is not a good pic, I’ll try again tomorrow, but the one on the left is Charlie, I think it’s a rooster. The one on the right is Alex, I think it’s a hen These...
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    Is it time to say goodbye?

    Hello, I just posted an introduction, and mentioned having a question I haven’t found an answer to yet. Here it goes: I’ve had my chicks since late March, I think they are about 16 weeks. I love them all so much, and Charlie and Kevin are so handsome, but I’m pretty sure they are roosters. They...
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    Brand new chicken mom

    Hello all! One day in March, we were driving home from school, and decided to stop by a local ranch. We came home with a beautiful and friendly hen (Joyce) and her 6 chicks. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwYWX98gghG/ I thought “oh, I can put them in the old dog run and rabbit hutch on the side...
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