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    Black sex link with blackish comb? (or something else)

    Hi, this 16-18 week old pullet has a blackish comb. I bought her and 3 others as black sex links. Her comb is more black than the others. Is it normal for her mix?
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    Strange Growth(?) or ingrown feather thing on chickens breast area

    What is this on my chickens chest? if you pull on it a little, it bleeds a tiny bit at the base. I’m not sure what it is so i will leave it be until i have some idea. It looks like alive tissue on inside at base. See the pictures attached. zoomed in and out photos. about an inch or just over an...
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    What ate a hole into my chickens crop (and left her alive and “normal”)?

    My 5 year old barred rock hazel was found last night on her normal roost. She was acting completely normal but i always like to pet them because it’s nice. I discovered a wound on her below he neck into her crop! No blood anywhere but I later found clumps of feathers like something grabbed her...
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    Hen with wounds on legs - bullying or illness

    My 5 year old barred rock has always limped but now she has some wounds on her legs. attached are pictures. she doesn’t seem to limp any more but they have been more prevalent and they were swollen a couple weeks ago. she lives in an appropriately sized coop with another barred rock and an isa...
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    What is this? egg? poop? puss?

    this was found in the nesting box yesterday. It is yellow now due to sunlight. It was white with consistency of a large solid poop. Now hard with moisture inside. Found in coop with 2 barred rocks and 1 ISA brown. 2 barred rocks both laid normal eggs today. ISA brown is still molting but almost...
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    First cicada

    Found this outside of the coop just now! Chickens ate it up once I pointed it out to them!!!
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    Chicken choked

    when I let my chickens out this morning one of my chickens(2 year old Isa brown) was choking on her saddle(she had a piece stuck in her beak). I safely removed it from her mouth but now she is sneezing and having trouble breathing. Please help. I removed her saddle immediately and the back of it...
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    Picked up my chicken and weird stuff came out

    My 2 year old ISA Brown was sitting in the box at 3:30 which is vey unusual. She had her eyes closed. So I picked her up and this liquid came out her butt! I can’t tell if it’s egg matter or poop. It’s clear but has white streaks. This morning a shellless egg was laid in her coop(but I think by...
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    Broody Hen

    I believe my hen is broody. She has been in a nesting box for the last few days. I have tried removing her but she just lays on the floor, she doesn’t scream or peck. She hasn’t laid in 4 days and she has been stealing and moving other chickens eggs(she’s also on good balls). There is no rooster...
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    Best breeds in hot weather, and best breeds in cold weather

    What breeds tolerate the cold the best, and which ones tolerate heat the best?
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    Blue/Grey Comb on hen

    My 1.5y/o Isa brown has been sick recently with it only getting worse. It started with her stopping egg laying and having a slightly purple comb. That was a few weeks ago. Fast forward to now she is very lame, eats little, still no eggs, and her comb is blue/purple. Sometimes during the day it...
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    Barred rock leg color

    I have 3 barred rocks, all 1.5 years old, and all bought at the same time(together). 2 of them are much chunkier then the other and lay larger eggs, these 2 have a more tan legs. The third is smaller, lay smaller eggs, and has yellow feet. Are all 3 barred rocks or are some of them likely not...
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    Mystery illness, please help

    1.5 y/o ISA Brown. She’s In coop with 3 BRs and 2 other ISAs. No one else showing symptoms. Feed is layer pellet. Her symptoms are purple comb(usually in colder weather), green poop(light and dark, not liquid), crop is hard and decently large, not laying eggs(stopped right before symptoms...
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    I fear it’s too late, purple comb

    One of my 1.3 year old ISA brown hens has become visibly sick over the last 2 weeks. She has stopped laying, she stands still puffed up, and her comb is increasingly blue/purple. She still eats/drinks and goes to bed alright. My other 2 ISA browns and my 3 barred rocks sharing the coop have no...
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    Will sour crop resolve by itself? If not what treatment works?

    I believe that my hen has sour crop. She doesn’t seem egg bound and there is no impaction that I’ve been able to locate. She’s had an impacted crop in the past but I’ve been able to resolved it. I think this time it’s only sour crop and and not sure what exactly to do. She has ACV in her water.
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    Do Isa Browns molt?

    Do Isa brown’s molt?
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    What is this bug?

    What is this bug? Should I worry? I only see them at night. And sometimes they are in my compost bin.
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    Is this poop normal?

    One of my chickens refuses to come out this morning(it is cold). But under her was this poop. It looked differ from all the others. This is from my chicken with reproductive problems. Barred rock 1 year old.
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    Egg laying problems/disease?

    My 1 year old barred rock hen has been laying eggs strangely for the last month about. I don’t really know what’s wrong but something is definitely up with her. She lays about 3 eggs a week, which is lower than my other barred rocks(6-7 eggs a week, same age). When she lays eggs she will usually...
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    What are the rules for using tricide-neo powder?

    My hen has been suffering from Bumblefoot and I’ve read about tricide-neo powder. What are the rules for how this should be used to treat Bumblefoot?
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