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    Young rooster and even younger pullets

    I've recently adopted my elderly neighbor's free range flock, which includes a mature rooster. A couple months ago (not sure exactly) a partial game hen hatched a chick, which we now believe to be a rooster. I, on the other hand, bought 20 chicks (RIR, and Red Sex Link) about a 6 weeks ago. I...
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    Can the eggs still be hatched by my hen?

    Note: My flock is free range The scenario: This morning one of my hens, Miss Broody, hatched a chick (Candy Corn - named so due to the white tipped candy corn-like beak) from a large clutch of eggs; which she had built up on an upper level of the coop. She led the chick out of the coop, and...
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    Pecking at feet after freak winter weather

    My neighbor's chickens was found pecking at her feet until they bleed. We recently had a week of snow of the ground, here in East Texas...which is HIGHLY unusual. Could this be because of frostbite? I've posted pics. I dont know much about this chicken, besides the fact that she old. My...
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    Off the 'beak-en' path

    I am a new flock owner. One of my chicks has a twisted beak, and this morning I noticed it has gotten worse. I've heard of "scissor beak" and it looks as though this is the path my chick will be going. "Billie" is doing fine, for now, but I can foresee more problems down the road; I do not want...
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    Sleeping "hammock- style"?

    I built a hoop style chicken tractor with pvc pipe, chicken wire, and a tarp. Some of the chicken wire has begun to sag between some of the "ribs" making what looks like little hammocks on top. At the end of the days when they get to free range & stretch their wings, each evening my chickens are...
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