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    Hen slightly twisting neck, lethargic, distancing from flock

    Honestly, though, why does stuff always happen to the friendliest chicken in the flock? Background: So, my hen is about 1.5 years old, buff orpington, got her from a friend, but originally from a hatchery. I feed my flock Dumor laying feed. 2 other hens and a rooster in the flock. Symptoms...
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    Lice? Davis Pure Planet Poultry Spray?

    *sigh* So, I think my hens have lice(not 100% sure what parasite it is). Has anyone had experience with this Poultry spray? Would it be helpful to try and get pics? My broody hen is prob infected, and her comb is kinda pale, is that a really bad sign?
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    Stacking straw bales around coop for winter?

    My coop is not good for winter weather at all right now, so I'm starting to think about winter-proofing. I read somewhere that you can stack straw bales around the outside of the coop for some insulation, but I was wondering if the straw would mold, since it would be directly on the ground and...
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    How much space do Cornish cross need? And how long in the brooder?

    I was wondering how much space Cornish cross chickens need in a Saladin style tractor. Also, how much space do they need in the brooder? And how long would they be in the brooder for before movin to the tractor?
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    Hen doing egg song to call me outside?

    So, one of my three hens(her name is Faith) will do what I can only interpret as her calling me outside. She will stand near the front porch(where I usually enter and leave the house from), and do something that sounds a lot like the egg song... until I come out onto the porch, and then she...
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    hen's breathing is "clicking", rasping-- respiratory infection?

    I am going to copy and paste this, to make it faster: 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She is a 1-year-old Buff Orpington hen. She doesn't feel lighter than the other hens, but i checked her crop, and it is more empt than...
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    hen's comb turned purple-- went away after a few hours

    This morning when I let my hens out, one of them had some dark reddish/purplish-ness on her comb. Of my three girls, she is the only one who has a comb which is big enough to flop over. About half of her comb(all of the part that flops over) was purple. This is actually the second time this has...
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    How big should chicken saddles be?

    I see patterns saying that they should be 8" long(the measurement from neck to tail), but that seems kinda long to me. Is the saddle supposed to go over their tail a bit?
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    How to help a hen recover from enthusiastic rooster?

    The other day I got 3 BO hens from a friend of mine. They all have some missing feathers, but one of them is worse than the others. The skin is all healed, she just has to grow back feathers. What I was wondering was- do I have to do anything to help her recover, or should I just let her be...
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    Mixed breed/Asian breed? Any idea as to what's in it?

    I previously had this hen: She laid creamy-white eggs. Any ideas as to what breeds she could be related to?
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    Hello fellow chicken lovers and owners!

    Hi everyone! (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I previously had chickens, in Christmas of 2017 to December of 2019. Then, unfortunately, we moved and could not bring our chickens with us(we rehomed them). So, I have a bit of experience, but I'm not a chicken-keeping...
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