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    A poem to my chickens

    A poem to my chickens I love my chickens it's true and many say they understand but I'm not sure they do how many chickens do you have I ask and they say just 1 or 2 and they ask how many I have and I say feels like 200 but maybe just 22 but chickens seem to multiply every time you avert your...
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    Gender ratios need a second opinion

    Hi, need a second opinion on gender ratios Currently I have a flock of 11 hens (no roosters) that share a coop and free range with my 8 ducks including 6 duck hens and 2 drakes So oldest drake is a year and half and has never went after the chickens and isn’t to aggressive with the duck hens...
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    What breed/gender are these chicks

    I got these chicks at a poultry show raffle there about 3-4 weeks old I was told one is an olive egger, one is a black copper marans, and one is an unknown breed all of them are unsexed Chick 1. Non single comb, 4 toes, slightly feathered feet Chick 2. Single comb, 4 toes, slightly...
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    Help! Yellow skin on hens vent and wing pits

    I have 4 hens who I’ve been treating for lice we sprayed with permectrin a little over a week ago and today I noticed that 4 of the 5 hens we treated have yellow gunk around there vent and under wings (where we sprayed permectrin) along with poop stuck to there vent 3 of the 4 are acting...
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    What breed is this chick

    I got mystery chick she(?) is still very young but wondering if you guys have any guesses on breed (or gender but my guess is she’s to young to tell)
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    Age, breed, gender?

    any guesses?
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    Sick hen?

    I noticed one of my hens is acting weird. Do you guys have any thoughts Her poop looks odd ill post a picture in the morning she's straining and squatting like she’s trying to poop but can’t and when I picked her up to check it looked like she had something fleshy come out of her vent, but it...
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    Feather picking?

    I’m not sure if this is just my hens picking at each other or if it’s something more what do you guys think Also I just noticed it in the last couple weeks except on the hen in the last picture who has been missing some feathers since I got her a few months ago
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    Building a quail coop and need some advice

    Currently, I’m buildings a third coop that eventually will be used for Coturnix quails and I need some advice to make sure my plan sounds ok to you guys with quail I was planning on building a coop/run set up inside my chicken run, the run is 11×12 currently, and I was thinking of walling off a...
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    questions about quail

    I live in Seattle and thinking about getting quail does anyone know what the laws for keeping quail in Seattle are? Edit: Also in Seattle your allowed 8 poultry do quail count for that or are they counted separately because there game birds Thanks in advance :)
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    What is the most popular chicken breed where you live

    As the title says what is the most popular breed of chicken in the country, state, or city that you live in Where I live in the US I’m gonna say Plymouth rocks, Rhode Island Red, Easter egger, and Orpington
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    Help! Dead bird

    My 3-year-old Orpington Goldie passed away today very suddenly no idea why could you guys, please help me figure out what caused it? She was fine Saturday but seemed off yesterday evening and then passed suddenly today Sunday evening when I went out to put the birds away (they were free ranging...
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    Possible sick hen

    Possibly sick bird or maybe just molting any ideas i got her a couple days ago from someone who needed to rehome her with a couple of other hens the person I got her from said she was just molting which is probably right but I figured I’d ask people on here who have more experience with sick...
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    Who is your oldest chicken (or poultry)?

    I’ve seen a few of these threads but most of them are kinda old so thought I’d start a new one Who is/was your oldest chicken (or other type of poultry) My oldest hen Brownie will turn 11 in a couples months and currently living out her retirement as a house chicken
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    Need some advice on an older chicken

    This morning I noticed my oldest hen Brownie who is 10 years old has a cataract in one eye and maybe something forming in her other eye otherwise she seems happy and healthy and neither eye seems infected but she is definitely not keeping up with the younger birds in my flock the way she used to...
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    Looking for chicken breeders in Seattle area

    I’m looking for show quality birds in Seattle area I can’t keep roosters where I live so I’m looking for hens or sexed chicks I also don’t have a huge preference on breed although I am looking for bantams Thanks in advance
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    Obsessively broody hen any ideas

    So I have a very broody hen who is currently on her 4th night in broody jail due to me trying to let her out today and she went straight back to the nest this is roughly the 8th times she’s gone broody since late May (so about every couple weeks) usually 3 nights in jail works for a while before...
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    Missing feather tips any ideas

    So for the last few months I’ve noticed that a few of my birds who are lower in the pecking order where missing the tips of there feathers I didn’t think a lot of it because there’s no blood or bald spots just raggedy feathers but after watching one hen go after another one and pull out some...
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    Missing feathers

    So I have a hen who is very clearly the bottom of the pecking order and missing quite a few of her wing and tail feathers although otherwise she’s not badly injured but she’s been in the flock over a year and still is pretty badly picked on my question is would it do any good to separate her so...
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    Can call ducks live with full size ducks

    Hey so I currently have 3 duck hens a Rouen and two Muscovy’s and my friend needs a home for there call Duck would it be ok to add a call duck in with bigger bird Also all three of my ducks live with my chickens
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