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    Pale Comb and Lethargic chicken

    So this morning my 2 year old Easter Egger was slow getting off the roost. I noticed she is very pale and lethargic. She was fine yesterday. she was also panting. It has not been overly hot in CT. Brought her in, did a check for mites and lice Nd found nothing. Gave her a dropper full of...
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    Year old Hen diagnosed with Egg yolk peritonitis

    So my hen Speckle decided to start a hard molt this week (feathers EVERYWHERE) and then I noticed she had a lump under her vent. After catching her - I noticed it was about the size of a baseball. She hadn't laid any eggs in 7 days but we were figuring since she was starting a molt as well as...
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    20 week old silkies

    Have 3 20 week old silkies. only one has a comb of any sort, no crowing or mounting, and I know silkies are notoriously hard to sex and slow to mature. But still curious to any guesses! The one black on the left I am pretty sure she is a pullet, has had a lovely round poof for a long time now
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    25week old hen with slow emptying crop

    So I have a 25 week old hen. 2 days ago she laid her first egg, soft shelled. not uncommon for a first layer, but she is a big talker and her voice sounded off. Next day she still sounded off, but was eating, coming when called and pushing the younger pullets around. This morning she was...
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    First Egg!

    Our red pyle bantam oegh was the first to lay :) a beautiful little cream egg. 20weeks old. Now to wait for our EEs to start 😁 I put out a dish of oyster shell but it seems such big chunks for our bantam lady. Should I crush it up a little more? Picture of her egg next to a supermarket large
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    Our flock is growing again

    So after losing all but one of my small flock to a domestic ferret, hubby covered EVERYTHING in Hardware cloth, made a roof, and reinforced the dog crate door. We installed cameras (which my hubby watches constantly) and found some new pullets. Our tiny little bantam was so depressed with the...
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    Caught a domesticated ferret killing

    I am so sick guys. Caught a domesticated ferret that killed all my chickens. Saved one. Now I am being told that a ferret wouldn't do that and it had to have been a racoon or a weasel. What are the odds of me catching a ferret moments after finding my 6 juvenile pullets dead by a single...
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    First time Chicken Mom. I have wanted chickens nearly all my life... husband finally okayed it thanks to Needing an outlet during COVID. Bought a Snaplock coop and hubby cobbled together a large run with no experience 😂 6 chicks from TSC pullet bin... 2 ended up being roos, rehomed the roos...
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    Everyone's favorite game... Pullet or Roo

    So first time chicken mom here. Got 5 chicks at TSC from the pullet bin (my 6th was a bantam because it was so cute). 2 Black sex links, 1 Leghorn, 1 buff orpington, and a Barred Rock. The Buff ended up being a Roo and I am concerned about my barred rock. 12 weeks old, no crowing yet...
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