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    Advice on helping this chick or culling

    Hi there, I have a 4ish week old chick who had its neck skin and feathers removed by it's adopted mother. First of all, why would a hen do that to her own chick? And second of all, is it fair to him to try and heal him up or should I cull him? He looks very obviously cockerel to me, which means...
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    Is this a pullet or cockerel??

    I am pretty sure this is a pullet, don't see any rooster feathers. Just want to make sure! She all of a sudden has such a big red comb and wattles. Does that just mean she's close to laying?? The chicken in question Another pullet of the same age And a cockerel, also the same age. Also...
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    Cockerels or pullets??

    I currently have 5 chicks that were hatched May 20, so are close to 3 months old. I'm having a hard time telling the sex of some of them. They're all just mixed breeds so it's harder than it was with my first batch that I managed to sex all on my own! This one totally looks like a cockerel, my...
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    Chicken breathing heavy, any advice?!

    Hi there, I have an almost one year old pullet who is breathing heavily and not making and chicken noises. When she makes a noise she almost sounds like a goose honking, but mostly she's just opening and closing her mouth but no sounds coming out other than the heavy breathing. Not sure if she's...
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    Coop FAIL!!

    I went out to my coop this morning after a big snow fall. Of course the first snow of the year had to be about 6+ inches blowing in every direction. Upon entering my coop I realized we had a big failure with our ventilation - it's too big and open. It definitely needs a large awning on the...
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    Mystery illness killed my chicken in 2 days!

    So a little backstory, I posted a thread on here last week about one of my pullets who seemed to have wry neck. She couldn't hold her head up and had tremors in her neck and head. I isolated her, gave her vitamin E and selenium, fed her scrambled eggs and made sure she was drinking and eating...
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    Possible Wry neck??

    Hi there, I found one of my chickens standing in the run today just looking at the ground. I watched her for a bit and decided to bring her into our garage to keep an eye on her and make sure she was eating and drinking. I added some garlic and herbs to her food. But her head keeps falling...
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    Bloody poop under the roosting bar... How concerned should I be??

    Hi there, I don't have much info here. Not even sure of which chicken or chickens are having the issue. But the last two mornings I have found what I think is bloody poop under the roosting bar. It looks like it was really runny and there was either more than one chicken who had it, or that...
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    6-8 week olds, can you tell the sex yet?

    Hi there, I have 12 chicks right now that I'm trying to figure out the sex on. There are a couple I'm pretty sure one way or another, but looking for confirmation on those and if anyone can tell on the others yet. I have more than one picture for a couple of them. If it helps, Hazel, Olive and...
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    What to do with scaly leg mite bedding from the coop?

    I know there's lots of posts about scaly leg mites. I'm pretty sure a couple of my newer hens have them so I'm going to treat the whole flock, hopefully tonight. I'm also trying to clean out the coop and wondering what to do with all the bedding? Can I still use it in my garden like I had...
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    Integrating new chickens...a unique situation.

    Ok, so I know there a million and one threads on integrating new chickens/chicks... But I have a bit of a unique (I think) situation about to happen here. Pardon the possibly long post here, I just want to explain everything well enough for it to be understandable. I will also intersperse...
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    Blue Orpington or something else?

    Hi there, I have a cockerel I hatched this spring who was supposed to be a lavender Orpington. He is clearly different than my other lavenders and I was told by someone on here that he might be a blue Orpington. I'm just wondering what a chicken mixed with a black orp and a lavender would look...
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    Did this chick hit a blood vessel?

    I have been hatching chicks the past week, I know it's not "recommended" but I put 8 eggs in the incubator 5 days after the first batch. I had 4 chicks hatch yesterday, which would be their day 20. There was another egg pipped since yesterday morning. I did take chicks out last night because...
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    Floppy chick

    I have some chicks that hatched yesterday and today. This one either hatched sometime last night or early morning. It's wings are always kind of away from us body almost hanging down and it can't seem to stand upright. All my other chicks (5 of them so far) are running around, eating, drinking...
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    Gender of a bunch of 8 week olds??

    I have 15 chickens that are 8 weeks old. I'm pretty sure on the gender of some, but no idea about others. I have 5 purebred lavender orpingtons and the rest are backyard mix. I'm curious if you know what breeds they could be, but not too worried about that part. Just a guessing game if you have...
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    Big metal shed to chicken coop...?

    I am new to chicken keeping. I hatched my first 15 chicks 3 weeks ago! All are healthy and GROWING! And surprise, surprise, my husband and I are those people who hatched the chicks and thought we would have plenty of time to build a coop. 🤣 But with the extreme lumber prices right now my dream...
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    Is this normal post hatch??

    This chick hatched this morning. I can see it's already starting to dry and fluff up a bit, but I have yet to see it stand. It's one leg keeps twitching and once in awhile it starts squirming around and cheeping, but seems to be in a very awkward position and not able to get up. Is there...
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    Wet looking but crusty feeling chick??

    I have 22 eggs in my Bator, today is day 20 for half and day 19 for the other half. Yesterday when I went to remove the egg turner and start lockdown I could already hear a little peeping! So I quickly did my stuff, raised humidity and removed the egg turner. Unfortunately in the night the power...
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