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    Rooster - swollen foot

    My neighbor has a rooster that has definitely been attacked by something. He is missing a lot of tail feathers. He is 8 years old. She noticed a problem when he didn't come out of the house one day (about 10 days ago). He had no balance and was falling forward. We put him in a dog crate in the...
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    Plymouth white rock chicks with black striping in wings?

    Just hatched out 10 chicks from my stock which includes Buff Orpingtons and Plymouth White Rocks. 4 chicks were born with a black dot on their heads and have now developed black/white striping on their wings. They are just a week old today. I thought the white gene WAS the recessive gene and...
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    Plymouth white rocks + Buff Orpington= Barred rocks?

    Recently hatched 10 chicks. Have 3 roosters. 2 Buff orpingtons and 1 Plymouth white rock. Have hens of both breeds too. It seems there are 2-3 barred rocks in the babies. I thought PWR rooster and hens would lead to more white rocks? Curious how I would get barred rocks with two white parents...
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    Broody hatched 4 chicks, can I get her to adopt the ones I hatched in the incubator?

    Hi everyone! Have a couple of broody hens that seemed to share the responsibility to get our eggs to the 21 day mark. Two hatched on Thursday, 2 more on Friday. Saturday the hen got off the remaining eggs and took care of her chicks, teaching them to eat and drink, but abandoned the remaining...
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    URGENT REQUEST!!!!! Lost 8 chicks :'( NEED ADVICE...

    This is not my first rodeo, as they say, and the first batch of chicks I received 3 years ago (24 in all) I only lost 1. So to lose 6 chicks out of 22 last week, then have the hatchery reship 5 chicks and now to lose 2 of those - IS JUST KILLING ME... I know last week it was terribly hot and I...
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    **PICTURES ADDED*** Jack OR Jill...........More than ONE Rooster??

    Need some advice here.. I am planning on posting some pictures later.. but is there any truth to the idea that IF you have a dominant rooster, that any other potential male roosters WILL NOT develop... at the beginning of May, we got 6 more chickens to add to our flock of 20+ hens, hoping to...
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    Lots of Eggs, NOW just a few??? ANY IDEAS?

    We've been flourishing in eggs for the past 2+ months ever since the weather warmed up. (Our girls were hatched last May). I have 22 laying girls... we started free ranging about 2 months ago.... girls all went back in to the hen house to lay their eggs... getting anywhere from 12 - 18 eggs per...
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    Looking for Plymouth White Rocks chicks-SE Tennessee

    Anyone is SE Tennessee have hens (looking for 12) and maybe 2 roosters.
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    Want to split Chicken Purchase-SE Tennessee

    I would really like to order a dozen hens and a few more roosters for my chicken house. I previously ordered from Meyer Hatchery and they did a fabulous job. I would like to find someone else in this area who is looking for a dozen chickens too. Shipping charges would drop $ 25.00 for an order...
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    Buff Orpington/Plymouth White Rock-When do they mature?

    We got a dozen each Buff Orpington & Plymouth White Rocks in late May 2010. They are approximately 9 months old. We got these two breeds as they were both large chickens. When do they reach full maturity? We have had to slaughter two of our chickens and they were quite small. I know they are...
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    How to discourage laying eggs on the floor??

    Well, since I was last online, my husband has built a rollaway egg box and we are having success with that. We have 23 hens. Yesterday we got 9 eggs. My latest problem seems to be that not all the hens will lay in the nesting boxes. Since it is a rollaway box (plus my hens were born at the end...
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    Are egg-eaters breed specific?

    We are devastated! We have 23 hens, 11 Buff Orpingtons, 12 Plymouth White Rocks. They were born around the 17th of May 2010. Egg laying started between the end of October-November. We were getting anywhere between 12 to 18 eggs a night. Then last week, I only got 2 one day. So I figured I'd get...
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    Rehabilitated Hen with bump on back of head?

    My rooster attacked on of my hens about 3 weeks ago tearing about a dime size flap on the back of her head. She is healing well (almost completely healed) but has a small bump on the back of her head now where it didn't heal perfectly. What are the chances of the other hens picking at her...
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    Turkey's won't let the chickens roost with them?

    We've had our 23 chickens for about 6 months now and got the turkeys probably 3 months ago (they were already about 2-3 months old). The turkey obviously grew rapidly and everyone seems to co-habitate fine except I've noticed this past week that none of my chickens are using the roost bars...
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    Anyone have MAJOR problems with DUST issues from their food?

    We have been trying all sorts of food types (pellets, crumbles) trying to determine which type will generate the least amount of dust. Our hens seem to enjoy throwing the food all around and stomping on it pulverizing it and making the grit air-borne. That along with the wood shavings on the...
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    Wound by overzealous rooster!

    I have 12 Plymouth White Rocks & 12 Buff Orpingtons. All hatched May 17th. (approx 5 1/2 months old). Started getting 1 to 2 eggs a day about 2 weeks ago so I figure a few of my girls have started laying. Anyway, my BO Rooster seems to be quite aggressive with my girls. Some of the hens are...
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    Any Dog Breed good for guarding free range chickens?

    Not sure if this is the place for this question, but thought it might be. Is there any breed of dog that is particularly notable for guarding poultry, especially free range birds? We are probably overly cautious, but we have a large population of coyote, coons, etc. and want a dog who would...
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    How well can chicks see at night?

    My husband built our roosting bars in the coop about 40" off the ground. Our chicks are 7 weeks old today. Last night, we had three of our plymouth white rocks get to the roosting bars via my DH knees, to shoulder, to head (!) and then to bars! He is so patient! Can chickens see well at night...
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    Roosting bars?

    One other question. How high to put roosting bars and when will the chicks start to use them? Thanks!
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    PICS Attached! By Concensus, She IS a he! 6 week old, roo or hen?

    Our 24 chicks are doing super! Hand-feeding and spending about an hour a night with our little ones have them jumping on our laps as soon as we sit down! LOVE IT! Anyway, we have a runt of the buff orpingtons and plymouth white rocks. The runt of the BO (we named "Missy") is developing a large...
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