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    Half-broody hen

    I have an almost mature hen (11 months) that I'm pretty sure is going broody. She's extremely protective of her favorite nesting box, clucks to her eggs, pecks at everyone (but me) whenever they check for eggs, started plucking her chest feathers, and I'm pretty sure she's stopped laying. The...
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    Possible Broken Toe

    Yesterday, I went out to check the girls and noticed that one seemed to be limping. When I picked her up to examine her, I noticed that one of her toes was bent backwards. She acts perfectly fine, though she is definitely hesitant to walk or run (unless I'm trying to pick her up), and has a...
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    Keeping chickens off treadle feeder tray lid

    I recently got a Super Handy treadle feeder for my flock (11 barred rocks, 11 weeks old) and have been training them for the past couple of weeks. They're on the lower training bolt, with the lid half closed, but seem to be ready to take the training wheels off. However, I've noticed a lot...
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    Helping a chicken detox

    So we have a sick pullet. It's our first one since we got these chicks, and we got some good advice from the hatchery and mypetchicken, but I wanted to ask for a few tips here, if you guys have any. This morning, we noticed one of our pullets acting very lethargic. When we offered mustard...
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    Question about Feeders and Waterers

    Hello! I'm new to posting here, but I've been lurking for months since getting chicks for my first flock. Those chicks (10 pullets, one cockerel) are now 8 weeks old, and I've been considering moving them to a big-girl feeder and waterer, but I wanted to ask a couple of questions here, first...
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