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  1. ChocolateWingTheRooster

    Help! How do I help bullied hen with possible prolapsed vent?

    So I noticed blood in the coop this afternoon and immediately looked to the poor bullied hen, Beetle. Despite being older than the others by some days, this poor hen landed herself at the bottom the pecking order and is constantly bullied— she used to have feathered feet 😭 Well... turns out...
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    Old hen with odd new growth on comb

    Hi! Been a minute since my last post. I was looking at one of my old farm hens, Scarlett (around 5 years old) today when I noticed a strange new growth on her comb. Should I be concerned? Not a clue when it formed. I’m not sure what I could do about it but I just wanted to ask.
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    Help!! Predator got one of my pullets!

    Hello all. Long time no post here. Just lost my first pullet in a while to what clearly was a predator. Body is completely gone, no blood, only scattered and clearly torn out feathers left in her place. According to my dad he heard squawking last night, but he only told me this afternoon-ish...
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    (Not sure where else to post) Uneven waddle on young Silkie?

    Just in case this could be illness-related I’m posting this here! Likely isn’t anything bad but a chicken parent is allowed to worry. I have a young Silkie, about 6-7 weeks old. Not sure of their sex yet, but at this point it’s leaning to cockerel unfortunately. Especially when looking at their...
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    Show me your front-facing-fowl!!!

    I was taking photos yesterday and found that my chickens are so silly-looking from the front! So show me your front-facing-fowl >:3
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    Chicks won’t go inside coop?

    6-ish week old chicks recently got a run, about a week and a half ago? They only just started going outside this week though! They are absolutely obsessed with the outside world, to the point where I never see them going inside. Not even as it gets dark out. I tried getting them in at 9pm...
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    The dreaded “cockerel or pullet” game. 5-7 week old chicks.

    Hi everyone! Long time no see! Got some new babies >:3c If I need to come back when they’re older, do let me know! Also willing to get more (better) photos! Got these guys from a farm store so I don’t trust that they’re all pullets. Chick 1 - breed unknown (got in an odd situation, the very...
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    Help!! Chickens and kittens killed suddenly!

    I need help, and fast! There’s a predator at my family’s farm that’s killed 2 young kittens, two adult chickens and a baby chick... all of which brutally murdered in broad daylight. We think it is a raccoon, as it ate the head off of one of the chickens... one of my favorites, too... and it...
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    My chicken hatched eggs... one died, one is sick and the last one is perfectly healthy... what do I do?

    One of my hens, Plucky, had hatched eggs! My dad figured this out when he saw her sitting strangely on the barn floor. However, when I had gotten there, there was a chick dead. The remaining chicks seemed fine at a glance, but when I looked at the smaller chick, I knew something was up. It...
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    New goats!

    Hello! I just got goats for the first time and just wanted to show them off. Feel free to read this small thread from BYH on before I got them: https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/getting-goats.41064/ Anyway, here’s some pictures of them. The white goat is Cleobelle and brown goat is Clementine.
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    Found 73 eggs!!

    I am kinda still in shock... Probably will just give them to the cats and chickens, as both really like eggs... But here’s the thing I was wondering about... how long have my chickens been laying here!? Only three chickens were involved in this!
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    Help! Limping hen!

    Help me out! My sapphire gem hen, Diamond, was limping today. She also had her tail quite low... 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Sapphire gem. She’s one year old. Not exactly sure about her weight, however, she did seem a...
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    Anyone know how to introduce new chicks to my flock?

    I was thinking about getting new chicks, but when the time comes, how am I able to introduce new chicks to my flock of 11 chickens? Thanks in advance...
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    Lone male ring-neck pheasant seen trying to join me and my neighbor’s chicken flocks!

    So, both me and my neighbor across the road both have flocks of chickens; only chickens. I have 10 hens and 1 rooster, and my neighbor has 20-30 chickens with 1 rooster as well. A couple of days ago, a very colorful, obviously male, ring-neck pheasant showed up around the edge of the road. All...
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    Chevron the kitten is sick...

    I have a kitten, well, one of my kittens... and his name is Chevron. When I was at the farm today, I noticed the guy was sick. Really sick. The only thing he ate was a cat treat! I’m honestly not sure if he’ll last the whole week... But the good thing is, he actually drank water! Wish him luck...
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    New injury on chicken, found the culprit for chicken injuries!

    So today I was with my chickens, and when one of my chickens, Opal, attempted to steal my 7-year-old tomcat’s food. He - whose name is Sherbert - retaliated with a swipe. I didn’t see anything at first, so I didn’t worry. But, when I took the following photo - I realized the poor girl was...
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    Found out where the eggs went... (I have a couple of questions!)

    So, recently, I was finding less and less eggs. I thought my chickens were taking a break from laying... but I was wrong. Yesterday I checked for eggs and.... I found a stash of 24+ (Likely fertile) eggs! (That’s 2-3 days worth of eggs!) That for some reason was out of sight and layed outside...
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    What breed are these two, anyway?

    My two blue ladies, Diamond and Jewel, were ordered as [ https://townlinehatchery.com/product/araucana-ameraucana-strain/ ] And I ended up with an Easter Egger, an actual Ameraucana, and... well, these two! I was told in an earlier thread of mine they are not Ameraucanas. So I’m asking again...
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    Chicken (Was) Bleeding! Any ideas for the cause of her injury?

    This monday, I got to our farm, and one of my White Leghorns was injured around her neck! She's fine now, in fact, no chicken is pecking at her... but I have a few ideas of how she got hurt. 1. She caught herself on something 2. the disabled possom, Wildflower, who I'm letting stay for the...
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    Pullet (Possibly an EE) layed a sack of blood and 2 yolks?

    I'm wondering if this is concerning... I didn't get a picture (Probably because they ate it the moment they saw it and I couldn't stop them), but just imagine a double yolker but instead of the white stuff (that I don't know the name of yet), there's blood...
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