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    Hen won't stop laying down

    I have 9 hens and 1 roo, and one of the hens won't stop laying down. She runs away when I walk up to her, but as soon as I stop she lays down on her side again. He comb looks fine, she runs normally, and she's not panting. Any ideas?
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    Hen won't stop laying down

    I have 9 hens and 1 roo, and one of the hens won't stop laying down. She runs away when I walk up to her, but as soon as I stop she lays down on her side again. He comb looks fine, she runs normally, and she's not panting. Any ideas?
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    Bump on chick's beak, bleeding **PICTURES**

    Almost-2-month-old Leghorn pullet Pearl has had a bump on her beak for a while and now it's starting to bleed a little. It's shiny because I put Triple Antibiotic ointment on it. She's living in a rabbit's cage with one other pullet and 4 cockerels. She is the only one we're keeping, the rest...
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    Rooster with yellow/orange comb just died. Help!

    Hey so I have chickens, but I'm pet sitting a friends flock and when I arrived today there Barred Rock (I think) rooster was dead. We stopped by on Sunday to see their routine and his comb was like that then. The owner said it had been like that his whole life, he was just over a year old. No...
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    They're a year apart, when can they move in? Is this a bad idea?

    So here's the deal: I have a flock of nine, 8 hens and 1 roo, that will be 1 year old on 6/21. A family friend did the highschool egg hatching project so we have 6 chicks hatched on 5/17. 4 are roos, and they're going to another friend who has the space, but we are keeping the two hens. I've...
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    Hen stopped laying eggs, grew wattles and began to crow

    This is a BBC News article that my friend sent me: Gertie is one of two hens kept by Jeanette Howard and her husband Jim, from near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-12906196 This is another article about chickens showing signs of empathy...
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    Hen is pretty much eating herself... Help!! *PICTURES POST 7*

    I have 8 hens and 1 roo, and one of the hens won't stop plucking herself. What should we do? She's more or less bald at this point, and has a lot of wounds. It's 90% her, about 5% the other hens, and about 5% the roo. Culling is not an option, we love her too much!
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    Purring chicken, happy sound?

    When a chicken purrs, is she happy?
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    Rabbit hutch in chicken coop?

    I'm wondering if it's okay to put the rabbit hutch in the fenced-in dog pen that we have for the chickens? The bottom of the hutch is about 2 feet off the ground, so the can't peck her, and the hutch is out there now so they can get used to it before there's anything alive in it. We have 9...
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    Egg eating and not laying in boxes all rolled into one. Please help!

    So for the past few weeks some of my chickens haven't been laying in the nesting boxes. Now this isn't a huge deal for most, but they have taken to eating the eggs that aren't in the nesting boxes. What do I do?
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    Soft crop? Spitting up water?

    I have a chicken who has been having a bunch of problems, so I'm kind of paranoid. I've had her inside for a visit today, and her crop is now feeling really soft. Is this just her digesting the food that was in it? She has also been having a problem where when she drinks water and dips her head...
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    Will her beak and his comb ever grow back?

    I have 8 hens and 1 roo. Okay, easy problem first; the roo, Hamlet, is a Speckled Sussex, so he has a single comb, and now he has frostbite. I didn't know about using Vaseline and so I fear it may be too late. I noticed it getting black about 3 or 4 days ago. I was wondering, how do I know if...
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    What if it's not molting?

    This is my first winter with chickens and yesterday I noticed one of my hens looks like she mostly has down (spelling?) left, except on her head. They're 8 and a half months old. The others are also losing feathers, but only on their backs. It looks as though the feathers broke off. I know it's...
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    What if it's not molting?

    This is my first winter with chickens and yesterday I noticed one of my hens looks like she mostly has down (spelling?) left, except on her head. They're 8 and a half months old. The others are also losing feathers, but only on their backs. It looks as though the feathers broke off. I know it's...
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    Squeaking chicken

    I have 8 21 week old hens, and one 21w/o roo. One of my EE was shaking her head and letting out a high and low "EEP!" like the squeak that goes along with a sneeze, but I don't think she was sneezing. She did it (roughly) every 5-7 seconds about 7 times, and after each one she held her mouth...
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    Ohmygosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    OHMYGOSH I just walked in on Hamlet (My roo) and Parndora (One of my SS hens) doing the unspeakable act and I was wondering how long until I should expect an egg? I'm not sure how long they've been squatting, but this is the first time they've let him do this.
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    How much should they eat?

    My chickens are 18 weeks old (Not laying yet) and they haven't been eating as much since we started giving them scratch (A few weeks ago) and they do seem a little small. They're Easter Eggers and Speckled Sussexs. What should they look like now?
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    Waiting the unwaitable wait

    My 5 EE hens and 3 SS hens are 18 weeks tomorrow, and I'm so excited!!! How long after your chickens started squatting did your hens start laying?
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    Will they share?

    I have 8 16 week old pullets and 3 nesting boxes, and I was wondering, if 4 hens lay overnight what happens? Will they lay if there's already an egg in the box? I suppose this is a silly question seeing as you put golf balls or ceramic eggs in the boxes to show them where to lay, but now that...
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    Some silly questions

    My chickens are 16 weeks old tomorrow (YAY!!) and I've noticed some of them losing tail feathers. I know that less hours of daylight and molting can cause a disruption in egg laying, but can them being colder also do that? When do I know when to turn on their heat lamp in their hen house? And...
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