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    Hen suddenly lethargic, empty crop ??

    I've got a welsummer hen about a year and a half old that I noticed just falling asleep standing amongst the flock. She was like this several times throughout the day and did not resist at all when I picked her up, where she normally doesnt even let me touch her. Her comb and wattle are still...
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    Appenzeller Spitzhauben boy or girl?

    Just under 3 months old. Has the darker tufting like the 2 females I have (both male's are almost all white) but then it has the bright red little wattles coming out sooner than the 2 adult girls' did at this age.
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    Only 1 chick survived hatching with broody hen. Is it easy/ok to purchase a few more to add?

    I had a hen go broody so we gave her 6 eggs, only 2 hatched and one of the chicks died after a few days. So I have just 1 chick about 1 week old and a hen doing a good job taking care of it. I was thinking of buying a few more chicks to give her. I see someone near me with day old chicks...
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    Otherwise great rooster singling out 1 hen to abuse. What to do?

    I've got 2 roosters and 8 hens currently, mixed breeds. Both roosters are great and get along fine, however one of them started singling out one of my 2 lavender amerecaunas over the winter and constantly chased her off and swatted at her. I found her dead with no sign of illness or physical...
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    Pastey Butt and swollen vent in pullet just coming in to lay

    I did a search and most topics on pastey butt are with baby chicks, however I have a 10 month old pullet that I think just started laying (it's either her and her sister or just one of them starting to lay). She has the classic build up of poop all around her vent and the area looks slightly...
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    Can saddles stay on all winter?

    I have one hen with a very bare lower back and during the winter months when the birds are more confined, all of the hens seem to love taking turns pecking at the 2 rooster's lower backs as well, causing bleeding and broken feathers. It drives me absolutely nuts. I purchased saddles and have...
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    Mother killed first hatchling so I had to pull remaining 2 eggs. Looking for best advice as I havent done this before (pic of eggs)

    Made this thread earlier today and was advised to remove the remaining 2 eggs which have started to hatch...
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    Need quick advice! First time letting broody hen hatch eggs...first egg just hatched and very bloody-headed chicken laying on it's back (pic inside)

    Not sure what to do here. I noticed the first egg hatched an hour ago and she was sitting on the baby and I heard it chirp a couple of times. I checked on her 20 min later and she's not sitting on it and it's laying on it's back, barely breathing, with a bloody head like this. Anything I can do...
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    Looking for advice on Coop + Run size for my situation (10-15 part-time free-range birds)

    I am trying to decide between coop and run sizes. I live in New England and I have several acres of free ranging available to the birds, with a 2 acre field surrounded by woods on all sides. I typically let my birds out of their run 3-5 times a week, in the afternoons for a few hours, mostly...
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    A Management + Inury question regarding rooster with bloody quill and cannibal hens chasing him around

    Noticed my rooster was being chased around the run by my 5 hens this afternoon and each one was taking turns lapping up blood coming from the top of his back near the base of his tail feathers. They wouldnt leave him alone and kept pecking at the bloody area. I was able to grab him and it...
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    Can I add a larger rooster to a mixed flock of hens that includes a bantam sebright?

    I've got 5 hens - 2 barred rocks, 2 olive eggers and 1 sebright. I'm looking at an Appenzellar Spitzhauben rooster to add to the flock for protection when free ranging. Is this ok? Just worried about having a larger rooster (really only a medium sized breed) with a tiny bantam...hoping he just...
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    9-10 week old Barred Rock Genders?

    I thought I had a male and female BR for the longest time but now they look so similar I am not so sure. Both 9-10 weeks old - What say you? BR #1 BR #2 BR#1 in foreground BR#2 in back BR#1 on left BR#2 on right and a bum shot if that helps. BR#1 on left and BR#2 on right (90% sure)...
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    Will 4 hens with 2 roosters work out if one rooster is a tiny bantam?

    I have 6 chicks at 6 weeks old and I'm almost certain 2 of them are roosters - 1 barred rock and 1 bantam. The BR rooster seems to take charge when I let them run around the yard. The bantam roo likes to puff up and act tough in the brooder some times but he's a little baby and follows the...
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    My first 6 chickies - breeds and sex?

    Hello, this is my first time having chickens and I'm curious about what you guys think. I got 6 chicks, 3 different breeds - barred rocks, olive eggers, and bantams. I'd like to know what breeds you all think the OE's are mixed from as well as the breed of bantams. The OEs were sexed as females...
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