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    Chicken allergy??? Hands breaking out!

    My son's Dr. has diagnosed him (guessed I say) with a chicken allergy. Has anyone ever experienced, or heard of, this? His hands have this breakout that, to me, looks like psoriasis. My son is 8 years old and loves caring for our girls. He likes to hold them, but it's not like he's carrying...
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    New chicken is not assimilating ... very aggressive

    In an attempt to increase egg production ... I bought another hen, a Rhode Island Red. I had three New Hampshire Reds who are very gentle, real sweeties. I was worried that they would not accept a newcomer because I had heard horror stories about how introducing a new chicken into an...
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    Soft shelled eggs???

    In case you've never seen one ... I certainly had not ... here is my side-by-side of a normal egg and a soft shelled egg. Sorry all I could retrieve was the shell. This was actually the second one, my girls are just coming into laying and I understand that this is not uncommon. It really...
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    Is this strange behavoir??

    So ... I just got my chickens today. They're crawling and scratching at the ground, almost to a point of rolling over in the grass. Is this strange behavior? I'm going to post a picture of them soon. I know that chickens take dust baths ... could that be what they're doing? Or is it just so...
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    Need feedback (trouble shoot) on my new coop

    Please offer your suggestions on my new coop. I want to keep 4-6 std hens for laying. The house is 3x3. It is 2'8" tall at the front and slopes to 2' at the back. The nest box is built into the rear wall. It is 12" deep and 12" high at the opening sloping to 9" at the back. I was planning...
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    Hello to BYC users!

    I ran into a friend at the local Barnes & Noble who was going to pick up an issue of GRIT re: Guide to Backyard Chickens. It seemed interesting so I picked up a copy too. Well ... here I am. I've nearly completed my backyard coop, and I'm anxiously trying to figure out whether it's too small...
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