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    Feathers missing

    Not sure is this is Rooster aggression, or something else. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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    Getting white spots on my chicken, any ideas?

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    Damn.neighbors dog got one of my hens

    I have Four hens, now I’m down to three. neighbors dog got in to the backyard saw my chickens running around. I ran out back and grab the steak and whacked him a few times over the fence he went. Pretty small pit mix but he climbed right up at 6 foot fence. I would not of believed it had a not...
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    What is diatomaceous earth?

    I always wanted to know what diatomaceous earth is? Turns out it’s fossils! I tried to insert a link into this post with the link feature didn’t work so forgive the long link text to farmers almanac...
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    Chicken fights??????

    I’m thinkin one of my sweet ladies is actually being a bitch. 😂 Look like chicken squabbles to you folks? Those white patches look like feathers plucked.
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    Hens need skin lotion

    Howdy ya’ll, Noob needs some advice. My hens are lookin pretty good. Plump, healthy, seem happy. One has some dry looking headpiece (What do ya call that? Is it still a comb on a hen? Just checking with experienced folks to see if I need to do something. There’s some dry skin
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    Rooster sitting on eggs?

    Or I think it’s a rooster 🐔 Just don’t know what kind. But he was sitting on two eggs today. Is that normal Rooster behavior?
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    Do the spots on this egg mean anything?

    Got an egg today with white little spots all over it. I don’t know if that means anything or not. Thought I’d ask people smarter than me about chickens.
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    Unexpected dead chicken

    Unexpected dead chicken I found one of my five hens laying on the floor dead today. I saw no bite marks peck marks or any other marks of any kind. I looked pretty carefully. All the other birds look pretty healthy. We have had an awful lot of rain here the past few weeks. But I believe my...
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    Hens suddenly aggressive

    Back in July 2019 I first got on this site and learned a whole lot about chickens. Ended up with one rooster and five hens. The hens are Orpington‘s. Until this evening they’ve always just let me take the eggs But tonight they were aggressively coming after the eggs and trying to peck the...
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    Black dots on hen combs &Waddles

    New chicken owner. On advice I stopped putting Probiotics in the water. Couple of weeks later black dots are appearing on combs and waddles of two hens. Any advice would be appreciated.
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    Chicks don’t seem to want starter

    my chicks are about 10 weeks old and have slowed way down on eating the starter food I’ve had them on. When I put grass, Strawberries, Kale in the coop they go after it pretty good. Should I move to chicken feed over chick feed?
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    Can 6 week old chicks have grass?

    Hey Folks, Moby here, My chicks are a good size and seem to love the blades of grass I put through the cage screens. I’m assuming they would eat grass and weeds in the wild at 6 weeks. Ok to Toss a handful or two in the coop?? Any thing I should know first? Thx Moby
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    Newby’s new Coop ~ Moby

    We put some hardware cloth on the bottom, keep critters out. Have a heat lamp in the back, plenty of food and water. The manufacturer says the Cuba hold 5 to 7 chickens full grown but that looks a little tight .I was thinking four, but ended up with six anyway. I’ll be building a portable...
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    Moby in Waxahatchie TX

    Howdy folks, As the thread title states I’m Moby. I’m new to chickens, but myself a chicken coop and six baby chicks. They’re Buff-Orpington’s. ( did I spell that right? ). They grow pretty damn quick. I originally thought I just get free eggs and have something to take care of. Now...
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    6 week old Orfingtons

    Howdy folks, I have six week old Buff Orpington’s (Spelling may not be correct) First time with baby chickens, or any chickens for that matter, and I’m surprised how fast they grow. I stuck a couple blades of grass through the screen and they all went crazy for it. My question is can...
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