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  1. Angelbirdy

    Wry neck after bobcat attack

    We chased a bobcat out of the yard around 5 PM yesterday, but it had hauled my girl Jinx by the head, trying to get her over the fence. I thought she was in death throes, but after a few minutes of stroking her she stood up. She has been bitten on the side and back of her head and began...
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    My girl has one foamy eye!

    My light Brahma has one foamy eye and no other symptoms. We traveled to evacuate from a fire and are now safely home. The girls did a lot of digging in their temporary location, but the yard we used had never had other fowl there. I just separated her after treating the eye with Terramycin...
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    Bantams are outperforming standards! Egg pics.

    I have a mixed flock of 6 standards and a Golden Sebright, D’uccle, and 2 Silkies. My original Silkie has never laid an egg in her life (and she’s definitely a hen), but my other 3 are laying daily! My barred rock, EE, and light Brahma lay 4-5 times a week, and only my sex-links and BO lay close...
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    Who laid these?

    I’ve scoured the web and here for accurate egg pics in my breeds but I’m still in the dark. I have red sex-link, BR, BO, Light Brahma, and a silkie, and I think the rich reddish brown XL is my barred rock and the mid tone L is my sex-link or BO. But I keep getting the smallest egg every other...
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    Mystery of the missing eggs solved!

    So my June hatched pullets began to lay right on target in November. One did, anyway. For the last two weeks I’ve been getting nervous not seeing more then one faithful daily BO egg. I checked under their dog crate today after ignoring it for a week and look what I found?! Apparently these are...
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    My Stunning Little Men—Roo Pics!

    Roos! I took pics for re-homing purposes, and it turned into a photo op. My Golden Sebring, Griffin. He began crowing at 5 weeks. My Mille Fleur D’Uccle, Dash (his brother Bolt is not shown). The sweetest of the batch! He posed well for me. My silly Blue Silkie, Lobo (formerly Lola)...
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    Can we bring our chickens on a plane?

    Coop is built, flocks are raised, eggs are coming in, and now we may be moving. To Puerto Rico from New Mexico. So of course I’m wondering if after all this work we can at least bring our favorite hens with us somehow. We already have 3 dogs who will be moving with us. Has anyone ever shipped...
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    Foot deformed as well joint/leg issue?

    Sorry to inundate this forum, but my little chick doesn’t seem to be improving as far as mobility and she escaped her chick chair after struggling to lift out with just her wings. She’s so determined! I don’t want to injure her further with the chair, not sure how to keep her in it. Wrap over...
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    Chick chair too high?

    Our little silkie is on day 4, 2 days since receiving her in this state. I determined that it’s not splayed leg but a slipped tendon or joint injury since the leg was drawn up and to the side and the joint is swollen. Thanks BYC! I couldn’t feel the tendon in either leg, but I removed our...
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    Bonus bantam: what is it?

    I ordered 2 Mille Fleur D’Uccle bantams as well as 2 blue and 3 black silkies. All but one silkie looks black so I can’t tell my second one. But they sent an extra that looks more like one of the MF. Are these all that breed?
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    Black silkie with splayed leg? Won’t eat

    We just got our fresh shipment of chicks and all are doing well except one, who has a badly deformed leg position and one wing seems off as well. He drank with help and attempted to groom but will not eat either crumbles or wet mash made from the crumbles. He is more fatigued now and fighting...
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    Near death auto door accident

    Our beloved silkie Toffee spent an entire night pinned down under the auto door and somehow survived without injury. I was sure she was dead when I came down to watch the door open and saw her. The door was about a week old and it took a few nights for her to go in without my help. It was the...
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    Hen pecked handler

    I love my hens, but dang, they peck hard at everything from my freckles to small cuts to my painted pinky toes when wearing my coop sandals. They also take flying leaps up to yank my hair. Any suggestions? I tried “pecking” at a head or two with my finger, but they aren’t deterred. They do eat...
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    Chicken chat with a strange bird

    I’m officially among the ranks of crazy chicken ladies. My personal highlight from our road trip that included Zion and Mesa Verde was a chat with this good looking barred rock who flew right up to the window of her exhibit coop at the Pipe Springs national site (history of Mormon homesteaders)...
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    Our dogs got 3 of our chickens today

    We are still working furiously to get the run built around our new coop build, and the temporary pen is not predator safe, just a way to contain the chicks in our fenced backyard. Unfortunately my son left the back door open and I came in the front door with the house dogs (terrier mix and lab...
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    Apron and overhang against fencing and tool shed

    Thanks to everyone who has helped with prior questions! After building an awkward 11X3 raised floor to incorporate our new tiny coop into room for 8 hens, we’ve decided to scrap the coop and build all new on our platform. Narrow space represents coop and wider space is run. I am using the shed...
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    My guesses on sex, 5 weeks, 5 breeds

    My 3 week hunch seems to be mostly correct (not sure about BO) and these 5 week chicks are beginning to fight so I need to re-home Roos! Hoping for gender verification. Ordered 5, got 5 extra, think 4-5 are roos. I don’t want to accidentally give away a Pullet, but I have too many, and yesterday...
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    Roofing slope and insulation questions

    So, my new old coop build is leaving me with some questions. My coop will be 3X11 and 6.5 feet tall (raised) at the A-line roof. I want to build a walk in run and I’m not sure how to do a partly covered run and still have slope so that rain doesn’t pour into the yard. Should I have the slope go...
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    Wish I could haul this!

    So I went to scavenge some plywood off a doghouse. Lo and behold, the thing is bigger than our garden shed! I wish I could haul the whole thing and keep 20 (50,100!) chickens in it with some modifications. It’s super ugly, but insulated and built like a tank. Thought I’d share the pics. I am...
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    Got taken by prefab coop company

    After deciding we weren’t in a position to build our own but wanting an upgrade from the feed store and amazon coops, we decided to spend a little more and get less chickens than recommended Since the coops run small. However, this coop is as flimsy and poorly constructed as one half the price...
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