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    Rooster or Hen

    I got 10 female chicks from mypetchicken and this one I have is making me doubt whether or not she is a hen or rooster. She is 13 weeks and makes almost a crow sound in the morning but her tail feathers look like a hen. She is bigger than my other chickens and is the most bossy too. The sound is...
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    Molting at 12 weeks

    I know chickens go through a juvenile molt and mine are 12 weeks old now and have been losing large feathers for a few weeks now. It seems like I am finding a lot of feathers every day so just want to make sure that this is ok. This is a picture of a small pile for example.
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    Locust leaves poisonous?

    My chickens are mostly in the coop due to predators but when I let them out they go crazy for what I think are locust leaves. Here is a picture to confirm. I'm reading mixed things online if this is safe for them or not. They gobble them up so I hope they are not poisonous. Can they eat these...
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    Is it ok if 2 hens are coparenting??

    I have 2 broody girls that are sitting on eggs next to each other in separate nesting boxes. Today is day 21 for one hen and day 9 for the other. They switched this morning and my question is, is that ok? I am not sure if they will switch back but is it ok for the one who was on day 9 to hatch...
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    Chickens keep going into neighbor's yard

    My chickens keep wandering into my neighbor's yard even though they have 5 acres to free-range on. My run is pretty small and so I don't like to leave them in there all the time and they are so much happier free-ranging but I really don't want them wandering into my neighbor's yard. Does anyone...
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    Deep Bedding Help/Question

    I am trying out the deep bedding method and I have 17 birds and they roost over this 4' - 6' space. It is starting to smell a bit like ammonia and doesn't seem to dry out as much as I was hoping. I turn it about once a week and I have full roof ventilation. Do I just have too many chickens to...
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    Worms in poop

    I saw this nasty cluster of worms in my droppings this am. Only saw this one chunk. What do you recommend for treatment? I have 17 birds and they're not easy to catch so the most efficient solution the better please!
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    Hen or Rooster? 12 weeks old

    This one is perplexing me and I can't tell if it's a hen or rooster. The tail feathers are not crystal clear to me and I don't really see saddle feathers. Looking for help from the experts!
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    Hatched 7 cockerels and 3 hens

    I hatched my first clutch of eggs this year and disappointed that 7 of them are cockerels and only 3 hens. Is there anything different I can do next year? Is this a fluke or pretty common? Also I am going to keep one for future hatching - any suggestion of how to determine which one to keep...
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    Hen or Roo?? 6 weeks old

    I am asking about the white chicken on the yellow door. I have a feeling this is a roo but can someone confirm for me? 6 weeks old. Not sure of the breed. Thanks!
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    Help me sex my 7 week old chickens please!!!

    I've posted labeled pictures to help ID them for me. The pictures aren't the greatest but they're skittish. I am so bad at telling the hens from cockerels and I'm dying to know what I have! Help!!
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    Coyote attack wound question

    My poor girl somehow escaped the mouth of a coyote today losing most of her tail feathers and got this wound that goes down to the fat. She seems to be acting ok. Will this heal on its own eventually or what do you suggest?
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    Enough room for new chicks?

    I am trying to figure out if I need to expand my coop. I currently have 10 hens and a roo and mama in the middle nesting box there is sitting on a clutch of 10 eggs. I won't keep all of them but in the meantime until they are teenagers can I have everyone live in here? Will the babies find room...
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    First Time Broody

    I am so excited to finally have a broody hen. I have a smallish coop but have an outdoor area that is enclosed and so I am planning on leaving her to hatch where she's comfortable and safe inside the coop but my question is, should I move her and the chicks to a separate area by themselves to...
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    Egg Bound

    My hen is egg bound. She has tried to lay her egg for at least 6-7 days now and I can definitely feel an egg in there. I can't feel the shell directly, it almost feels like it's between some connective tissue. At this point can I do anything to save her? She is acting fine and eating and...
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    4 year old chicken done laying?

    I have a 4 year old Easter Egger who has been a really solid layer. She has been laying all spring then started laying really thin shells, then dropping shell-less eggs at night, and now stopped all together for about 2 weeks. Do you think she's done laying forever??
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    Broody hen or not?

    I have a hen who acts broody when she is in her nesting box and she will stay in there for an hour or so after she lays but then she continues on her business and leaves the coop. I want her to be broody. Should I leave her eggs in the box in the hopes that one day soon she will decide to park...
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    Scaly Leg Mites?

    Is this what I think it is? Suggestions on treatment?
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    Rooster or Hen?

    I've got 2 Buff Orpingtons. It is starting to look like chicken "A" is a rooster but I'm hoping "B" is a hen. Thoughts??
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    Fenbendazole causing molting/stop in egg production?

    I treated all of my girls with fenbendazole for roundworm because I saw worms in one of their droppings. Everyone has done fine except one who has completely stopped laying and is molting on her neck feathers. She is under a year old so shouldn't be doing the annual molt yet. Is this normal...
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