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    Neck Jolting (Need Help!)

    One of our birds hasn't been doing so hot. As of tonight, her neck has started to jolt either left or right, and im not sure whats happening. She has been isolating a bit for a few days and hasn't been eating or drinking as much either, but she's 3 years old so i figured that it might just be...
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    Roo Coughing and Eye discharge.

    Our roo has shown some eye discharge and crustiness around his eye. He has also developed a nasty cough. Any ideas as to what this could be? I attached pictures of his eye. I should also add that I am not able to examine the bird myself, since I am off at college. Thanks in advance!
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    Automatic doors go off after outage? Need electrical advice.

    We have two "automatic" doors for our coop. Thing is, they aren't automatic. The timers work, but I always unplug them at night b/c if the power goes off or surges the doors will automatically cycle. I don't want to wake up to see something got into the coop because lightning shut off the power...
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    What to do with Roosters?

    Out of the 5 birds we let our hens hatch this year, 4 of them are all but confirmed to be Roos. I know, how unlucky can you get? Well, they are starting to cause problems and we need them gone. This is the last big hurdle for me as a chicken tender before I leave for college next month, but im...
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    Found two lost chickens, need some advice?!

    Ok, so we saw a Facebook post saying there were two lost chickens in with a bunch of condos. Since we are somewhat experienced with dealing with chickens and have a lot, we figured we needed to do something. One of them was easy to pick up but the other was in a panic, took 15mins to grab it...
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    Need help integrating chickens to our flock

    Hello! So we have three different birds that we need to integrate into our main flock. Two of the three hens are good friends with each other, and the other is a mother hen who is raising three chicks (however, she has all but decided that they can take care of themselves). The mother hen used...
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    Egg Discoloration? + Other issues...

    Attached is a picture of 5 eggs from 2 of our birds. Recently, these two have seen a sudden change in their egg color / texture. The picture shows this change in egg shell color from top to bottom. We have also lost several eggs to (what we think) was them having very thin shells (from our...
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    Rooster and a Guard Dog?

    Hello! In a few weeks, we are planning to get a great pyrenees mix puppy to train into a guard dog. Aside from not *really* knowing how to train a guard dog, it hit me that we have a Rooster who could cause some trouble... Generally speaking, this Rooster is the best we have had. He will run up...
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    Depression, Broodiness, or Disease?

    Hello! A friend of ours has recently given us 4 silkies that they couldn't keep due to HOA regulations. They are all hens, and we have had them in quarantine in our garage for about 3 weeks now. We were planning on moving them out into the coop soon, but that of course is easier said than done...
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    When should I move a chick from the incubator to under the hen?

    Hi! We just had another hatch, this time from an incubator! We want to move the new born to a silkie mother, but I am just curious as to how long I should wait? I know I officially need to wait "until it is dry" but since I really want to get the chick under her new mother tonight, I just...
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    Need advice on moving a baby chick from one hen to another?

    Hello! One of our hens has just hatched three baby chicks! However, once we moved her to a different pen, she started to accidentally kick out the rest of her eggs. So, we have now given 5 eggs to a broody silkie we have, and have three in an incubator. We plan to give all the chicks to the main...
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    What kind of Vitamins should I give a Scissor Beak?

    I've started to worry about our scissor beak hen. She has been our best layer (once laying two eggs in one day!), and she is as sweet as can be. For the past few days, when we let her out of the coop she runs to an exposed patch of ground pecking furiously at snail shells. We have started to...
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    Getting new birds, how to prepare?

    We are going to pick up 4 new silkies from some friends. I know we need to quarantine them for a while, but for how long / what else i am not sure. Any advice is appreciated!
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    Red Shoulder Hawks...

    I have determined that we have a family of RS Hawks that have moved into the area. In a previous post, I described a run in with a hawk that dove towards our flock and was only deterred by me swinging at it with a broom; I now know this was a RSH. It had been a month since I had seen any real...
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    Hen wants to be a mom, how should we prepare?

    Hello! During the winter freeze, one of our hens thought that it would be ideal to try and hatch some eggs. She is about 5 days in, and sitting on 4 eggs. No idea if any of them will make it, but I am hopeful! We want to let her try and hatch these eggs (and let her raise any hatchlings) rather...
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    Question about Trimming a Beak?

    Our girl has a pretty gnarly scissor beak (and , and we've generally speaking done really good when it comes to making accommodations for her. Last time I tried to trim her beak, I used a pair of dog nail clippers and started a bleed that I thought nearly killed her. I could just be overly...
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    Will a Hawk return to a flock?

    Late this evening, I was going outside today to check on our scissor beak when I saw a medium sized, barred hawk (idk species) fly into a near by tree. Four of our birds (including our roo) were out in the field grazing. About 10 seconds later, I see the bird swooping down towards the birds. I...
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    Found a lot of eggs, do I leave them?

    Hello! So this morning has been a very strange sequence of events. Lot of weird stuff with how my birds got off their roost, our RIR laid an egg up high and kicked it down (not breaking it to my surprise), etc. After I let everyone out, our RIR went and laid down in an old playhouse we wanted to...
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    Blood in poop, possible Cocci?

    Hello! I've noticed a bit of red / pink in in the general poop in the coop. I know it is normal for birds to have some red in their poop, I've seen it before. Just wanted to make sure this isn't anything I should be worried about. The potential bird(s) affected have already been in quarantine...
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    Roo attacking Hen?!

    No, its not mating. (I think) Just a day or two ago, our Roo was chasing one of our hens around. When my mother got to the scene, they were both starring each other off, heads down, neck feathers out. I have no idea what could have caused this, since they have been fine for a while now.
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