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    Rooster Breed

    We got several chicks this spring in a few different breeds. I ordered all pullets but one was mis-sexed and we wound up with a cockerel. I’m trying to figure out if he is a brown leghorn or a welsummer. I know the easiest way to tell the two apart is earlobe color and his are definitely red...
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    Accidental Rooster!

    Looking for some help regarding an accidental rooster we acquired. Long story short (hopefully) - we bought a somewhat large number of new chicks (all pullets) to add to our flock this year because the demand for our eggs has grown so much. After a few weeks it became very obvious that one of...
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    Brooder ideas - low dust

    I have 32 chicks ordered and set to arrive the middle of March. This is the most chicks I’ve raised at one time before, the most up until now was 18. I’m looking for ideas for a new brooder to accommodate more chicks, but also have a couple other issues I’m trying to work through. In the past, I...
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    Prolapsed vent - egg stuck OUTSIDE

    When I went out to close up the coop tonight, one of my girls didn’t look right. She was standing up on the roost and was fluffed up and hunched over, similar to the position they have when they’re pushing out an egg. Her back end looked a little bloody and as I looked further, I discovered she...
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    Consistent slab-sided eggs

    I have 14 hens, all 1 year old. For the last 1.5-2 weeks, one of them has been laying a slab sided egg every day (I’ll attach photos). The side that is flat is thinner - I’ve accidentally cracked that spot just by gently touching it before. I’m not certain which one is laying them, but I do...
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    Anyone have success free ranging with labs?

    I have two chocolate labs, littermates that are 2.5 years old, and currently 14 one year old chickens with 10 chicks in my garage in a brooder. Chickens share a run with our two goats. I always hoped to be able to free range my chickens, especially in the spring/summer when I’m outside a lot to...
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    Fluffed up, lethargic chickens with watery stool

    Can anyone provide any insight on what could be going on with two of my chickens? This started a day ago - yesterday one of my black australorps was lethargic and standing, not moving, with her eyes closed. She didn’t come running when I came over which is unusual for any of my chickens, and she...
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    Lethargic chicken, standing with eyes closed

    I noticed yesterday that one of my black australorp chickens did not look well. She was fine when I went out in the morning, but by mid-afternoon she was laying in one spot, looked very lethargic, and didn’t come running over like all my girls usually do. Watched her further and she declined...
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    VetRx

    I have a chicken who has an extremely mild sneeze at the moment. She only sneezes a couple times a day, if that. I was given some VetRx by my mother in law who stopped keeping chickens last year, and I’ve been looking at putting a bit of it in their water to see if it will eliminate this little...
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    Chickens abruptly and significantly dropped egg laying

    This is my first flock, first winter (16 chickens - orpingtons, australorps, brahmas, and Easter eggers). I don’t supplement light, so naturally egg production decreased, but never stopped except for the Easter eggers. However, with days starting to get longer again, their laying had started to...
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    Chicken coughing or sneezing?

    One of my brahmas has started this strange cough or sneeze sound. It’s hard to describe - it sounds more like a high pitched squeak, and she does it primarily when she eats or drinks. The first time I noticed it, I was filling the metal can I keep in the coop with feed, so I thought maybe it was...
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    Winter coop problems

    I have a couple different questions regarding our winter coop. My husband and I were both around chickens growing up, but this is our first flock and first coop we have set up. We are located in northwestern IL. Our winter has been very mild up until the last 5-7 days. We got our first...
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    Pullets not laying in nest box and possible bully?

    This may be lengthy, but hoping a few will read it all and help me out… Our girls just started laying about a month ago. The first 2 eggs were found on the coop floor (cracked - appeared to have been laid from the roost) and the next 2 were laid in our goat hut, as they share a 50x50 outdoor...
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    Adding ventilation

    Essentially - we have a 12x8 shed for our coop. When putting our thoughts together for design, I was a little unsure of the best way to incorporate ventilation because the coop sits between our post frame building and our timber so I wasn’t sure how the wind would end up being a factor. We wound...
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    Integrating chicks that are two weeks apart

    We have 17 chicks total. We had to get 3 of them two weeks later than the rest due to a hatch issue at the hatchery. The first batch (14 chicks) are 6 weeks old, the second batch are 4 weeks. We set up a separate brooding area for the 3 that came later since the first ones were already...
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    Transition to coop/outdoor run

    Looking for info and tips on transitioning my chicks to their outdoor coop and run. They are 4.5 weeks old, so I know I have a little bit still but want to be prepared. They have an open brooder (the “walls” are hardware cloth), but it is in our climate controlled garage free of drafts. I had...
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    Taking chicks outside/taming them

    I’m brand new to this site - Been around chickens growing up but never had my own so this is my first flock! I am working on taming our 14 chicks (2.5 weeks old). I had planned on interacting with and holding them more early on, but I have a 19 month old child and it has proven to be difficult...
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