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    Egg bound hen, need supplement help.

    My almost two year old hen is likely eggbound. She's not her normal personality, doesn't want to move around, fluffed up, and tail down. I separated her from my other two hens, gave her fresh shavings and mash, and laid a towel over the side windows. She isn't giving any indication of laying...
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    1 year old hen sluggish, waddling.(urgent)

    My 1 year old hen is acting off and sluggish. She’s been wanting to lay down quite a bit and when placed in coop, jumped up to roost early. Her crop is full and soft, not impacted. She has not layed an egg today but had one yesterday, and it’s been her routine lately to lay eggs every other day...
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    6mo old.. I still don’t know if it’s a pullet or roo.

    This is Flynn. I still can’t decide wether she is a boy or girl! She’s six months old so I should be able to tell but she suffered a major setback at 6 weeks, almost starved to death becuase of the cross beak. I rescued her, and She didn’t walk for two months after that, but she is now able to...
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    Name ideas for Ameraucauna pullet.

    Hello! I got this Ameraucauna pullet last Saturday and I’m stumped on a name! Does anyone have any ideas? The only things I’m not a fan of are traditional chicken names like Harriet, Esmerelda, etc, or things like Snowy or Misty. But I’d love to hear your ideas! Her personality is very shy and...
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    My pullet being weird

    I feel like I’m posting a lot but this is too funny not to share. I just got a new pullet for my solitary pullet the day before yesterday. I put them together yesterday morning and my older pullet accepted the new pullet well, with just a little pecking to assert dominance. They spent the night...
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    Need help integrating a chick with a solitary pullet.

    I’m getting a new chicken tormorrow as a companion for my one rescue pullet. The pullet I have now, Flynn, is 5 months old but pretty small for her age. She is an Americana mix. She has a cross beak, so she is somewhat disabled on that end. She seems pretty aggressive, she runs at the cat and...
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    Infected feathers/mini molt?

    So this has been going on for awhile now, not an emergency but just curious of why my young pullet is doing this. First, she is 5 months old. Not laying. She’s my first chicken. It’s a long story, but she wasn’t walking for two months(starting when she was only 2 months old, just started...
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    Chicken first aid kit- what do I need?

    Hi all. I rescued a chicken back in August and am getting another one next week. This is my first time owning chickens. I’ve researched a lot (and dealt with far too much with one chicken so far- flystrike, shock, broken beak, and parasites). The pullet is doing well now, but I want to be...
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    Getting a buddy for a 16week special needs pullet

    I have a chick that I rescued and nursed back to health, she couldn’t walk for 2 months but is doing well now. I’d like to get her a buddy, and know of some 8week old Americauna chicks that will be available when they are 13 weeks old. My pullet is 16 weeks old, and will be 20 weeks by the time...
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    URGENT EMERGENCY BLEEDING

    My cross beak chicken suddenly ripped something in her mouth and is bleeding!!! What should I do??
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    Heating pad questions for special needs chicken

    I have a special needs chicken that can’t walk. I don’t know what is wrong with him, he isn’t injured and doesn’t have Mereks, so I’m stumped. However, he did walk when he was younger, at about 6 weeks old he started walking low to the ground, then he fell over and couldn’t get up, then he...
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    Winter coop for special needs chicken

    I am in a very unique situation for this winter. I rescued a chick from my grandparents that couldn’t walk and was starving, and I’ve been taking care of him for the last month. Having no prior chicken experience, it’s been a learning curve! At first he was in a large wire cage on my deck all...
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    Need help with worming

    My 3 month old cockerel pooped out a tiny tapeworm today. I’m not sure what kind of wormer are used for chickens and how much to give him. Any help is appreciated. Please note he is part silkie and is tiny, just over 1 pound.
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    Hello from northern CA!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes! I just got my first last week. He was a rescue, the owners didn't want him because of his cross beak. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? One, but will be getting more very soon! (3) What breeds do you have? I think...
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    Need help with gender and breed

    This chick is of unknown breeds, and unknown gender. If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them! Please note he has been having a few problems and therefore looks very straggly and has a cross beak, but he is slowly recovering.
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    Sick 6 week old chick... many symptoms

    Hello, I'm taking care of a chick that is about 6-7 weeks old. He or she cannot walk, which indicates Merek's, yet he was hatched into an established flock with no new chickens introduced since he hatched. I have been hand feeding and watering him since he cant stand up, and yesterday I woke up...
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