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    Is my chick ok?

    I have a ~2 week old lavender orpington who has overnight developed a noticeable curve to the right in her neck. Is this wry neck? Whether or is or not, what should I do? So far I added some nutridrench to the shared waterer. Additional context: - this chick is capable of moving her head to...
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    Ill and lethargic blue copper marans hen

    Not sure what to make of my blue copper Marans. She's acting lethargic, appears to have lost weight. When she stands, her head is down and back, like her neck has disappeared. Her head often is tilted to her right side. Her left eye is often closed. The way she holds her head makes crop appear...
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    Sick hen won't leave coop

    I have a cochin hen (almost 1 year old) who seems to be sick. She last laid an egg on Monday (previously she was laying 4-5 eggs a week) and since then she's been camped out in a nesting box and won't leave. I checked her crop and it's empty. She feels bony and lighter when I pick her up...
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    Injured hen -- should I sequester her?

    I found one of my EEs in the nesting box with a small head injury: I am guessing that this was caused by another hen as I don't see any evidence of predators infiltrating the coop or run (all the other hens are fine, no missing eggs, no signs of forced entry through the doors or walls)...
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    Solar system for powering de-icer?

    I have this de-icer, however, I recently moved and do not have electricity at the coop now. I was thinking to set up some kind of solar/battery system (where the battery operates the de-icer and the solar panel keeps the battery charged), but I can't figure out how to do it. Everything I find...
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    What to feed pullets and laying hens?

    Hello! I have a mixed flock of 12-week-old pullets, all different breeds. Some of them should start laying in a few weeks, while others won't be old enough to lay for months (for example, I have a cochin and I've heard they don't lay until 9 months). What do I feed them when they are all at...
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    How to get pullets to like you and not be so skittish

    I have 7 pullets of all different breeds. They are all about 9-10 weeks old. I've had half of them since they were week-old chicks and got the other half when they were several weeks old. They are all pretty skittish and try to avoid me as much as possible. Growing into lap chickens would be...
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    Worms or maggots?

    I was cleaning my mini coop and found these gross worms. This is the area where the chickens sleep and there was a lot of poop there. They were white, fat, and about half an inch long. Wriggled around a lot. They weren't anywhere else in the coop. I have 4 chickens in this coop...
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    Is this a Speckled Sussex? Hen or Roo?

    I bought this chick with an assortment of various breeds (this is the only one of its kind I have). The farm said this was a Speckled Sussex, but so far, it doesn't look like other Speckled Sussexes I've seen online. Also, with those big tail feathers, could it possibly be a rooster? Sussexes...
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    Corid as preventative when moving to new coop?

    I have four 8-week pullets I'm moving into a coop formerly occupied by a small flock of grown hens. I say formerly, because a fox* wiped them all out and these pullets are their replacements. I have no idea if my previous flock ever suffered from coccidiosis, but if they did, the bacteria would...
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    HELP: Chicks keep dying

    I bought 6 chicks from a farm on July 16 and was told they were vaccinated for mareks and cocci. Everything was fine for the first few days. Then 1 by one, they started dying. The chicks were all around the same age (<3 weeks) but some were larger than others and the smaller ones have been dying...
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    What to do for very hot days

    I have 3 week old chicks in a brooder in my garage (no cars present in the garage). The brooder is a cardboard enclosure with no roof and with pine shavings for bedding. I'm in NJ, where summers are hot with high humidity (tomorrow and the next day are forecast to "feel like" 100+). How do I...
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    Recommendations for coop solar and automatic door

    Hello everyone! I would love some help with solar systems for chicken coops. After a fox incident, I'm looking to add an automatic coop door for my coop and in the winter, I have this deicer for the water. I recently moved and my coop is no longer close enough to run an extension cord for...
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    Chicken laid wad of tissue with a shell-less egg

    Question for you: one of my chickens laid this strange wad of tissue along with a shell-less egg. Pretty sure it's my Jersey Giant. She is 2 years old and they all have free access to oyster shells, as well as crushed egg shells. She hasn't laid an egg in about a week, but I attributed it to...
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    Maybe sick hen? Maybe not?

    I have a Jersey Giant hen (2 years old) that may or may not have an issue... Two things I have noticed: 1, The area around her vent is red/raw and seems to be bare of feathers. I noticed this several weeks ago, but thought if she was really missing feathers she'd grow them back. She hasn't...
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    Hen molting in June after molting in October?

    Do chickens ever molt twice in one year? I have a buff orpinton who molted over the course of October and November, laying no eggs in that period. She's virtually stopped laying eggs since June 6 (she laid 1 on June 9) and I'm seeing large flight feathers in the run like when she molted in the...
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    Black spot on 7mo Buff Orpington hen's comb

    Hello, I've recently begun raising a few chickens and noticed today that one of them had a strange black spot on her comb. Is this something to be worried about? What, if anything, should I do for her? 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner...
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