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    Coccidiosis or Shredding Intestine? Picture included; Need Advice

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) - several different breed including silkies, andulusians, easter eggers, brahmas, barred rock, bard yard mix of previous breeds listed 2) What is the behavior, exactly. I've treated for...
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    Green Poop in a lethargic chicken

    Hey all, I posted another post here with background: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/lethargic-17-week-old-pullet-with-no-obvious-signs-of-issues-except-being-lethargic.1524998/#post-25689321 Summary: 1) Lethargic 17 week old pullet since yesterday, head down, puffed up, see picture...
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    Lethargic 17 week old Pullet with no obvious signs of issues except being lethargic

    Yesterday morning when I went to the coop Cheepers (a 17 week old Meyer Hatchery Green Queen, she has 5 toes and is solid black) was still sitting on the perch. It was odd because all the babies typically clamor out of the coop as soon as the door opens. I didnt think much of it until later...
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    What breed (EE?) and is it a Roo?

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    3 Andalusians - 12.5 weeks. Super hard to tell - Roos or Pullets?

    Hoping i dont have 3 Roos :) BIRD 1 - Beak Lebowski: BIRD 2: Dixie Chick: BIRD 3: Mother C:
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    Buff Brahma 12.5 weeks old - Roo?

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    Easter Egger Cockrell? And......can and Andalusian be completely black?

    I purchase 14 birds from Meyer hatchery as day old chicks. When they arrived I was able to identify all babies and their breeds (2 barred rock, 3 buff brahmas, 3 ee, 3 green queens and 3 Andalusian). Now that they are 12 weeks old I believe I've miss identified a Green Queen, Dixie Chick (an...
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    5 day old chicken limping, pooping clear and now dropping wing

    I have a 7 day old baby chick with the following happening: 1) at 5 days she started to limp and hold her foot up, upon inspection I saw no issues, she was eating, drinking and pooping but walking slowly 2) at 6 days she seemed lethargic, limped in the morning but as the day progressed seemed to...
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    Does this look like Wry Neck?

    HELP! This is my 6 1/2 week old Easter Egger. This came on extremely suddenly. She was fine and running around and about 30 minutes later she was very lethargic. Hanging her head down. Last night she was standing with head. Today just laying there. Wont eat or drink. Have not seen her...
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    Chicken attached by Dog -Leg injury maybe? What do I do? How do I isolate the leg?

    Please help. I posted prior that my Silkie Rooster (Cal) was attached by a dog and walking all wobbly. Chicalina recommended I look Cal over more thoroughly and i just did that. Its been 3 hours. there appears to be no injuries except to his right leg. It looks like maybe a hip issues...
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    Chicken walking wobbly after dog attach

    My 20 week old Silkie rooster was attached by a dog about an hour ago. It has no visible wounds that i could find. No blood that i could find. Just many feathers that are matted, which means i believe the dog must have picked it up in its mouth. But I dont see any visible wounds. It so hard...
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    Silkie Gender Help Requested

    I just lost my only 2 currently laying hens to stray dogs. I was devastated. First time I've lost chicken to a "predator". Never would have thought it would be dogs. It was traumatic to say the least. I witnessed it. Happened so fast I didnt have time to react and save them. I miss them...
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    What are the eggs supposed to be like the First Few Days/Weeks of Egg Laying?

    With so many newbies having chickens figured some of us are experiencing the first ever eggs from our grown up chicks! Please share your "first egg(s) experience". Would also love to hear from those experienced chicken owners on this subject. From researching I believe that it can take...
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    Can one chicken lay two eggs at the same time (not in the same day, but all at once)?

    I found these 2 eggs in the coop today, under the roost. Can a chicken lay two eggs at the same time her first time laying? As you can see, one was kinda "crumpled" and one that looks ok in the picture was very thin shelled. I am almost certain these came from only one hen, as my other two...
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    First Egg(s)!!! (pictures included), Questions: TWO at the same time with soft shell and not in nesting box

    I was a little overzealous - here are my questions: Here is the issue (see pictures) 1) She laid TWO eggs at the same time, one with an extremely soft shell and one not fully formed. Since i have oyster shell calcium and layer feed not sure what else to do. a. I've heard this can...
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    Need Help With Feed - Made a Newbie Mistake Buying Feed

    The bottom line of the issue is that for the last few weeks I've been feeding my pullets Chick Start34 with bacitracin methylene disalicylate (BMD) which i just discovered is an antibiotic! History: 1) new to chickens - i have three pullets that are 15 weeks old. Raising them for eggs. 2) I...
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    Eager to know - Pullet or Roo's?

    New chicken owner and very excited to know if i have Hens. These babies are approximately 14 weeks old purchased from TSC. The light colored birds are ISA Browns and are supposed to be sex linked, which would mean high chance the two light colored should be Hens. The black chicken is an Asia...
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    10 Week Old Chicken Dead

    Y'all, I'm devastated. I'm new to chicken ownership. I was not going to get attached, yet name my chickens. Both happened. I'm attached and I have (had) 4 beautiful baby chicks from TSC. 2 Asian Black and 2 I.S.A. Brown. There is tons of amazing information on this forum. Unfortunately...
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    6 weeks into chicken ownership - Why didnt i do this long ago

    Just purchased my first 4 pullets (hope they are all Hens) six weeks ago. 2 ISA Browns and 2 Asian Blacks from Tractor Supply. When I say at first I knew nothing about raising chicks, looking back, I actually new less than nothing. Negative, if that's possible. Most of it was like that old...
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