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    Ingrown Feather or Injury?

    Anyone seen something like this on a chicken before? I have no idea how long it’s been there, but I noticed it this week when molting exposed the back of her neck. It’s the wrong location for the preen gland. I don’t see any kind of open wound or evidence of a healing one. Can chickens get...
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    Teenage Roo Behavior

    First time roo owner and wondering exactly what I’m dealing with and what the best resolution might be. I’ve got a buff Brahma roo, approaching 1 year old. This is his first spring hormone period and on the last week his behavior has definitely changed. In the afternoon when I’m walking to the...
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    Help! Very torn comb

    I just found my chicken with a very severely torn comb. I looked here and elsewhere online and I’m just totally lost as to what the best thing to do is. My gut reaction was to clean it as best I could and slather on neosporin. She keeps shaking her head and I’m afraid she’ll hurt herself even more.
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    Sick hen not improving

    I have a 3 year old hen who has been unwell for a while and not improving. I noticed a roundworm in her poop one morning a while back and she’s since been through 2 rounds of SafeGuard (I finished the second round 2 days ago). I haven’t seen anymore worms but she hasn’t gone back to normal...
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    Should my rooster be “roosting”?

    First time rooster mama here… This is probably a dumb question, but I want to make sure all my fluffbutts are happy and comfy. My first ever rooster is just hitting maturity (19 weeks) and he doesn’t roost anymore. At night he sleeps at the top of the indoor ramp facing outward and blocking...
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    16 week Easter Egger/Americauna- Roo?

    I’ve been going back and forth on this one since 5 weeks old. I was leaning back towards pullet until yesterday when my otherwise mellow 15 week cockerel started to get really aggressive with only with this one bird. Are those saddle feathers I’m seeing? My roo’s are so much more distinct and...
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    11 Week Old Buff Brahma Roo?

    After 6 years and dozens of hens, I think I’ve finally got a roo? 11 week old buff Brahma. Isn’t noticeably larger than the others but the rust colored feathers, more upright stance and legs like tree trunks has got me thinking Mama Cass is no longer a fitting name… He or she is staying...
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    5 week old chick w/ thread wrapped around tongue - crop not filling

    At some point during a 3 hour window this morning, one of my 5 week old chicks got some thread stuck and wrapped around her tongue. When I found her she was pulling and shaking her head to get unstuck. I have no idea how long she was like that. I managed to get her unstuck and carefully cut the...
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    Broody Hens - I’ve tried EVERYTHING

    My gals have always been a broody bunch but this unusually hot summer is unreal. I’ve got 3 broody Buffs. Buff One (the lowest in the pecking order and always easily prone to broodiness) has been broody since early MARCH! I’ve tried everything that worked in the past but she is stubborn and...
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    Lash Egg?

    I've got a 3 year old hen who just laid what I am pretty certain is a large lash egg. She's been a bit of a problem layer for the past year. She's gone eggbound a few times, stopped laying for long stretches, started laying paper thin broken eggs and today the lash egg. No other signs of...
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    Molting, Lethargic, Not Eating

    Is it normal for a hen to appear lethargic and not eat/drink during a molt? One of my Brahmas started a pretty late molt at the end of November and was doing fine (aside from looking a hot mess) until the last couple days when the temps dropped below freezing. At first I just noticed she was...
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