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    Does this look like mites or abuse?

    This little olive egger has been with me for about a year. She was straggly when I got her, but now it's starting to look really bad. She seems incredibly healthy and she lays an egg everyday. Now I'm noticing that she's even stragglier, and I saw one of the other girls pecking on her head. I...
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    Bielefelder? I don't know what a chickens ear should look like!

    Is she who they said she is? She just joined my little.flock. This photo makes her look rather slim, but she's definitely a round mound of rebound. I was googling what her comb should look like when she is getting ready to lay, and saw articles that her ears should be red. They look really pale...
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    Polish weirdo

    After losing two hens to a bobcat last week, I've noticed my Polish pulled acting like a weirdo. Because of the bobcat, I have been keeping the remaining 3 in their run. Every time I walk by, the Polish starts doing zoomies- running at speed back and forth in the run. She should be on point of...
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    Bantam Silkie broody?

    This is new for me - I've never had a broody hen. Yesterday was my annual coop clean out/ power wash day, even though it was 100 degrees. I have 5 assorted hens, three are laying, the others will be soon. We started shoveling out the old sand and hemp, and noticed my bantam silkie was in the...
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    Teenage hens, bloody poop, older hen stopped laying

    I have two hen who are about 2.5 +/- years old. Fabulous layers. One has just recently stopped laying. (Came out of molt, started laying, then stopped again, plus white, milky watery poop ). In the meantime, Just brought three new teenagers into the flock, and from day one, one of them has...
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    Girls don't like their new coop

    My four fab girls are mad at me for buying them a lovely new coop. They are dropping eggs everywhere. And I found the first soft shell egg this morning. They've been in the new coop for four days, and are also still sitting underneath the roost, instead of moving around in the large space I...
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    Coccidiosis? Worms?

    I found an "interesting" poop this morning in the run. Normal poop surrounding what appeared to be plump earthworm-looking things. After looking at a gazillion chicken poop pictures, I haven't seen anything else like it. It was fresh, and there is nothing on the dropping boards that resemble...
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    do I, or don't I, bring on a new hen?

    I am the Ultimate urban backyard chicken gal. 18 months ago, I got two Easter egger chicks, one was a boy, so we sent him to a friends ranch. Ok, since his pal was alone as a teenager, we bought two wyandotte pullets. And until a couple days ago, these gals were fast friends. Then I found one...
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    local humane society inmate

    Can anyone help me? This "chicken" came into our local humane society. Evidently no one there has any chicken sense, but I don't know what I'm looking at either. Any help would be appreciated.
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    14 week old Wyandotte odd pose

    Good Morning! I have three hens: two are 14 week Wyandottes, and one is an 18 week old Ameraucana. One of the Wyandottes is definitely the last in the pecking order, and is also the most skittish. She has started doing a pose I can only describe as "downward dog". I might be projecting, but she...
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    Help! 4 week old chick vanished

    This is such bad parenting. Today I received by mail a 4 week old chick. In order to get her used to the two other (7week old ) chicks, I put her in the dog crate we used as a brooder,with nice water and food, and the box she came in. Put the crate wire to wire with the run, left her for an hour...
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    can a "teenager" live alone for a bit?

    I have two 5week old chicks, and it appears one is a rooster that I cannot keep. Luckily I have friends with land who need a rooster. I'm getting another pullet in early July. Is it too early to separate my two and ship the roo to the farm? Will the little girl be lonely? They are pretty much...
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    4 week old silver ameraucana-sex?

    My "ladies" are a little over 4 weeks (I think they look older) would opinions on their sex. I can't have roosters here, so the sooner I know, the better. Many thanks!
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