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    Chick's head, wings & feet are growing but not body.

    The poor litlle thing is about a quarter of the size of her siblings but her head, wings and feet are growing but not her body. Her wings are almost dragging on the ground. Will she die if this continues? Do you think she's in pain? She eats and moves around but can't get on roost with the...
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    Something wiped out 2 of my coops!

    Some time yesterday something dug under the fence around my four coops and then tore into two coops. It ate maybe 3 young chickens, then mutilated some, but the strange thing is that when it got into the second coop, all it did was kill all the chickens -- it didn't eat or mutilate them -- just...
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    Can I bathe a new mother hen?

    Five little chicks hatched this morning and I'd like to wash the mother hen because she's been pooing all over herself for 3 weeks now. I can't imagine it would be good for the babies to be under all that nasty mess. So is it okay to take her away and give her a bath if I make sure she's good...
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    What to do with an extra roo?

    My cute little chick grew up to be a gigantic rooster in a hen house that already has a beautiful bantam roo. They get along now but I'm very afraid that as this giant matures he's going to take tiny Napoleon out. What do I do with him? I refuse to eat him or put him on Craig's List for fear...
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    Can I let a hen stay broody in an unheated coop?

    I'm afraid she'll freeze or at least get frostbite. Should I move her into the garage or try to stop her from sitting on her egg? (She keeps moving it too).
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