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    Hawk attack- muscle showing

    We went outside to find a hawk on top of one of our chickens. We ran out scared away the hawk. She had a little blood on her nostril and a little near her ear. We brought her in and she stood there a minute as I checked her over she has a gash on the back of her neck. See video/picture...
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    Is this wing baldness normal on 1 and slow tail feather growth. I have 3 EE (I bought ameraucanas🙃) and 1 speckled Sussex

    The EE (Holly) to the far right; both sides of her wings have that bald spot on the “ball”of her wing. Her tail feathers aren’t growing in as fast as the others (we think they are all 3 weeks old) she has had runny stools but is also our stressful yet playful chick. She runs backwards at times...
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    Red spot (with white spot in the middle) on bottom of foot

    What is this? How to treat? This is Nugget (a Golden comet), she hasn’t laid since the end of January. We give her epsom salt baths when she seems to struggle (which is this week,the worst we’ve ever seen her) but found this a minute ago. Please help! We don’t want to loose another one this...
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    Wyandotte ruffled for months now - getting worse-

    I have 2 Wyandotte’s (a silver and a gold) The silver looked to be in a slight molt a couple months ago, the gold joined her a couple of weeks ago. But now it seems to be getting worse. See pictures of silver (any idea on how to help if it is a molt) I haven’t been able to see bugs on them, but...
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    It is happening again!

    Nugget my sweet 9 month old Golden Comet.. Laid an egg yesterday morning by 7am.. by that afternoon (1pm) she was acting like she was trying to lay a second egg.. I left her in peace but by last night she still hadn’t laid and the other chicks were picking on her a little. We had to leave so I...
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    It’s happening again

    Nugget my sweet 9 month old Golden Comet.. Laid an egg yesterday morning by 7am.. by that afternoon (1pm) she was acting like she was trying to lay a second egg.. I left her in peace but by last night she still hadn’t laid and the other chicks were picking on her a little. We had to leave so I...
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    Nugget - my Golden Comet - laid 3 eggs today

    So Nugget our Golden girl (10 months old) laid 3 eggs total today. Anyone else's does this?? How long will it take her system to straighten out This morning was her beautiful golden brown egg (she is the only one that lays that color in our flock) Today I noticed her struggling and a small...
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    What could cause this? Thoughts? Help on Correcting?

    I have had 2 of 7 chickens in the past month egg bound.. today, I find the 2 lower in the coop (see pic) and the upper (see pic) the porch letting them free range. I have a mixed flock (2 wyandotte, 1 RIR, 1 golden comet, 2 polish, and barred rock) my girls picked them out 😊 I feed them...
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    2 different chickens -egg bound within weeks

    I have had 2 of my 7 chickens egg bound in the past few weeks.. 1 is back with the girls (she had a horrible prolapse with hers) 1- I just treated tonight: gave her an epsom salt bath during the bath she laid one hardshell and one egg yolk.. she passed partial skin and I slowly and gently...
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    Trying to incorporate one back into the flock.. and freezing weather

    I have had 1 chicken that had a prolapsed vent possible egg bound (other chickens made her bleed pretty bad).. she is better now (after 2 days) with a little bit of over-hang above her vent. But I am trying to incorporate her back into the flock. This morning I took her out of the garage to let...
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    Prolapsed and possible Egg Bound?? New to chickens

    My 9 month old sweet golden comet “Nugget” was fine this morning had laid her morning egg. We came home from church and saw lots of blood on her bottom.. I gave her a warm bath to wipe off blood and it looks like she has a prolapsed vent. What can I do? She now acts like she has to lay a second...
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    Worried, look at This egg! Normal?!?

    So our golden comet has been laying for a 12 days now in the nesting box (this is the first day I have NOT seen a beautiful hard egg). Our Rhode Island Red started showing signs, similar to our Golden comet right before she starting to lay, last night (stand off-ish, and squatting and staying...
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    exterior door closed on chicken foot, What to do now?

    So Twitch our sweet girl tried to run out of the coop while my daughter was getting them all back into the coop, from free-ranging a few minutes, the wood door closed on it. She quickly opened it. Twitch puts weight on her foot.. but I have noticed she has a small skinned place on it. possible...
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    Chicken Run has Mold

    Our chicken run smells like well chicken manure which I would assume is normal, but would love the best way to clean it out. For the last 4 days it has rained non-stop (and the chickens won't go in during rain), our run has stayed pretty wet, which I thought would clean out some poop. However...
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    Lots of breeds, but let’s try sexing

    Chicken 1 - Rhode Island Red - 7 weeks We think pullet #2 blue polish 6- we think pullet #3 silver polish 6 weeks- we think roo #4 silver wyandotte - 6 weeks #5 golden laced Wyandotte- 6 weeks #6 golden comet - 5 weeks
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    Transitioning to outside - new to this

    We have six chicks, ranging from 4-6 weeks.. 3 of them still have some down feathers on their head and rump. We have had them inside the entire time unless the temp reached 70+ and we took them outside. We have had the heat lamp off of them both day and night now also for 2 days inside that...
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    New to Chickens

    We have brand new to chickens! My oldest daughter asked for them a couple of years ago. My husband has built a beautiful coop and run. We have 6 total chicks 1 - rhode island red (6 weeks) 2 - wyandotte (silver laced and a gold laced) 4 weeks 2 - polish (blue and silver) 3-4 weeks 1 -...
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