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    What caused my hen to die. Are my other birds in danger of the same thing?

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Red sex link, 2 years old, maybe a bit thin but she has always been pretty honey. 5-6lbs 2) What is the behavior, exactly. I found her in the nest box drooling a clear thick liquid out...
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    Balding behind comb- Please help! Thank you!

    I have an almost 2 year old red sex link hen. Normal weight for her size (same as her twin sister). She is acting normal like she always does. However she is not laying eggs anymore and I think her poops are more liquidly than normal. About a week before this started she was laying daily. I...
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    HELP!! Please- crop problem

    My chicken Poppy has had an impacted crop for roughly 5 days. I took her to the vet on day 2. They told me I had worms and they gave her an anti-inflammatory shot and to bring her back for a different shot if that didn’t work in a couple days. So I went back and got the daily crop stimulant...
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    Unferilised egg with blue vein?

    Hi all so my dad cooked an egg today and he said it had a faint streak of red from the yolk into the blue and a blue vein looking thing coming out of the yolk and moving through the white of the egg in a slightly curved way. He did not get a picture and we do not have a rooster. What could this...
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    Pale white/ opaque light yellow yolk?

    Hi everyone. One of my hens laid an egg that is pale opaque light almost in the yolk and completely different from all the other hens who laid who had bright yolks. A family member ate this egg today and ended up getting really sick. Is there something wrong with my hen? Is there something wrong...
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    waterproof this dust bath?

    Hi all! I am building a dust bath similar to this picture. I am also using that clean roofing material to cover three sides of it as well. However I want to know if I should screw in a tarp or some sort of bottom to keep water from leaking underneath it and wetting the soil in the bath. I’m not...
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    Hurt pullet at her head and neck region- in need of guidance!

    Hi everyone! I really would love some guidance! My pullet is being brutally attacked by my two red sex links about 5-7 times a day. She just sits submissively half the time while they rip her feathers out and she screams out in pain. She has a tad bit of blood and two scabs and no feathers all...
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    Coop build: window installation question

    Hi everyone! So I’m building a coop and I bought the 60$ storm windows from Home Depot that get nailed/screwed into the framing. I looked up windows and I’m getting all this stuff about flashing and silicone caulk and drippers? Do I need all this stuff? How should I install them so there is not...
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    Frost bite worry? Should I worry?

    Hi all. It has been pouring all day and my chicken run is flooded. They have an eglu cube coop (temporary) while their big one is being built. It’s going to be 19 degrees tomorrow/tonight and not come above 20F all day so it’s going to ice. There are 7 of them that sleep in there but it’s not...
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    Sharp pointed egg?!

    Hi all, My pullet poppy just started laying and has been having trouble but today I got this egg today and it has a sharp point on the end, the shell is easy to crack and not as hard as it should be (I’m already trying to help this issue) however I have never NEVER seen anything like this...
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    Is my hen ok? 2 eggs at once?!

    Hi everyone. My pullet now hen as of today laid her first egg but there were two kinda? She laid it on the roosting bars and on the tray directly underneath there was a soft shell kinda egg with yolk under it. So at first I thought the contents of the egg maybe spilled out but that wasn’t the...
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    Severe Weather Warning should I bring them in tonight

    Hi all my chickens are in a temporary eglu cube coop. I have the back panel removed and a loose tarp for added for ventilation and I leave the front door open for ventilation as well. They might get wet becuase of this and the wind. I live in Atlanta GA and am not sure if I need to bring them in...
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    I have an emergency

    There are white maggots in my chicken feeder. They are small and white with black dots on one end as a head. I’m so scared what do I do? Do I remove the feeder that has the food infested? Are they ok? Please help me!
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    Should I give antibiotics?

    Hi all, My flock has been sneezing for a little over a month now. I gave them rooster booster for a week and I didn’t notice a difference. I have smz from the vet that I could give them. Should I do this? Or keep with the rooster booster? Could it be the coop that is causing this sneezing? I...
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    Got my first egg today!! How do you store your eggs?

    Hey all! So I got my first egg today! So exciting! I am wondering how all of you guys store your eggs! Do you wash and refrigerate? Do you leave on the counter? How long can you leave them till you consider them bad? I would LOVE! To hear about everyone’s strategies for storing their eggs...
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    Taking my chicken to the vet?

    Hi all, I'm not sure if this is where I should post this. My entire flock is sneezing and has a runny nose. I had started a thread asking for help but I only got one person to reply and didn't get really any help. I have decided to just take a few of my birds to the vet to get them looked at...
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    Sneezing- Are they sick?

    Hi all, I have 7 birds. My 4 adult birds i have noticed are sneezing. Its not constant but when I go out there I notice that each one will sneeze 1-3 times. Its not all the time tho. Are they sick? When they sneeze they spray their snot or liquid out of their little nose. I put some drops of...
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    Do I have to refill all the feeders?

    Hi all! I have 7 chickens and 5 feeders. Two are small little like dog bowl with a cover kind and the other two are the tube 10lb feeders and the last one is a 50lb feeder. There favorite feeders are the two tiny dog bowls. It doesn’t stay full of feed for long because those are the ones they...
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    Poisonous plant question

    Hi all, first off I’m not sure what thread to put this in. But, I have holly bushes that I cut down sections of. I know the leaves and berries are toxic to chickens but what about the wood? Can I use the wood branches as a perch for them? Or is there toxins in the wood? I don’t know where the...
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    Wood Question

    Hi all! I built a tunnel run made out of pressure treated pine and hardware cloth stapled to it. I did not seal or coat the wood in any way I just used it how I bought it since the people at the store told me it didn't need to be sealed outside. However I was wondering if this is true, my...
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