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    My hen is changing color!

    These hens are sisters, about 7 years old and up until about 3 months ago looked so identical I could barely tell them apart. Now, one of my hen's feathers are totally changing color, and she's looking more and more like the rooster I used to have, her father. Has anyone ever seen this and if...
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    Are eggs safe from a hen that died from ascites?

    One of my young hens (about 2 years old) died yesterday from what I'm sure was ascites. I first noticed the symptoms about 2 weeks ago. Her abdomen became very bloated and she had a whiteish/yellowish substance coming out of her vent. Unfortunately, I could not afford to have her seen by a vet...
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    Injured rooster won't eat or drink

    My favorite rooster was injured 2 days ago. He never came back to the coup that night and I found him the next morning sitting in the woods, not moving. Both eyes were shut and one badly swollen. Not sure if a predator got him or one of my other two younger roos. I have him confined now, have...
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    Collecting eggs from broody, grouchy hens

    I have 3 hens that are broody every day and spend the majority of the day and night in their nesting boxes. I collect their eggs every day because I don't want any chicks right now. When I approach them, they practically growl at me. The only way I can get the eggs is to use the handle end of a...
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    Free range hens laying in woods

    All of my chickens free range on our 10-acre farm. My hens have been known to sneak off in the woods and lay a clutch of eggs. If they don't sit on the eggs constantly and the eggs are in freezing temps during the night, will it then be impossible for the eggs to be hatched? I don't want any...
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    New baby chicks born in woods - what do I do now?

    We allowed one of our hens to sit on a clutch of about 18 eggs just a few feet from my husband's workshop in the woods. Unfortunately, the nest is in a huge patch of poison ivy. It had been what seemed like more than 3 weeks since she began sitting on them, so I wasn't sure they were going to...
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    Concerned about broody hen

    One of my hens has been sitting on a clutch of eggs in a big patch of poison ivy for about 3 weeks now. When I first discovered her clutch there were about 18 eggs. We have a rooster, so I assume the eggs are fertilized. Does this mean all the eggs are going to hatch with a clutch that large...
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    Broody hen - help needed!

    I have 4 hens, 1 rooster. All are Greystone/RIR mix. One of my hens is going broody and we don't want chicks, with the chance of one being a rooster. I tried to get her out of the box but she started pecking at the broom handle I was using and she got really annoyed at me. How can I safely get...
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