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    Limping Chick

    My little 2 week old Mini (Salmon Faverolle) is having a tough time. She was on the brink of death when we got her from the hatchery but I hovered over her for days (and nights) making sure she ate and drank. She isn't growing as quick as the other chicks but she is eating and drinking on her...
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    4 day old chick has matted feathers over open eye

    We just received 10 chickens from a hatchery (originally ordered 6). Four showed up near death, and we lost 2 :( Anyway, today I noticed there is one with what looks like matted feathers over an open eye but it’s kind of hard to tell what’s going on and if her eye is possible to save. I want to...
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    Not sure it’s the right decision

    Hey all, I have a chicken, Ophelia, who has been acting ill for a month and a half. No signs of sickness (runny nose or eyes, cough etc) or mites (been checking all my chickens often and clean coop obsessively). She has her tail down, has a really pale comb, isn’t laying any eggs, sleeping...
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    Bumble Foot with Green Swollen Toe??

    Noticed one of my chickens a little more lethargic yesterday. Not moving as much. Today I saw her limping. Her right foot is the first pic. Little black spot. Does it look like bumble foot? That’s not even the one she’s limping on. Her left foot (remaining pics), has a similar little black spot...
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    5 month old copper Marans. Gender?

    These two I suspect of being males. They’re 5 months and no crowing yet. Blossom is the black one and Lilly is the blue one.
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    Gender of 12 week old blue and black copper Marans

    Any idea on genders? I have my guesses…
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    8.5 week Blue and Black Copper Marans Genders?

    I have five 8.5 week old chicks. Do you guys have gender guesses?
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    6.5 week old - what genders??

    Hi all, Curious about my black and blue copper Marans. Male or female? Lilly looks like a cockerel to me ugh.
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    Are these French Blue Copper Marans?

    I got them from a feed store and couldn’t resist getting some. I have five. 3 lighter gray and 2 black. 4 of the 5 have lightly feathered feet. I have posted one of the lighter grays and one of the black. Are the BCM? If not, any guesses?
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    What’s with the small one?? And are they Blue Copper Marans?

    I’ve raised a few chicks now but none has quite been this slow behind her sisters in terms of growth. They are all supposed to be blue copper Marans. Do they look like it?! I got them from a feed store so I wonder. My little one seems much smaller than her sisters (they’re about 2 wks old now)...
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    Wheezing Chickens

    I noticed one of my light brahmas wheezing this morning so I immediately separated her and gave her a piece of bread soaked in olive oil. I haven't noticed it working yet. Any other suggestions? Here are a couple of videos to show you what the wheezing is like. She wasn't happy in the cage...
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    Beginning of Scaly Leg Mites

    I was doing my last application of poultry dust for a mild case of northern fowl mites (fingers crossed they’re gone!) and was checking my hens feet while I had a hold of them. I noticed one that made me wonder about scaly leg mites. Does this look like the beginning stages? This would be my...
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    When is the right time to isolate a dying chicken? If at all?

    Hi all, I have the sweetest hen named Pepper. She’s only 2.5 but she has had some issues and a while back laid a few lash eggs which I know means she won’t be around a ton longer :( Lately she is much more lethargic, falling asleep standing up, ankle deep in snow even though I have plenty of...
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    Problem with crop??

    Below are pics of my hen, Cinnamon, yesterday when her crop was looking extended and then another I took this morning after a night of no food or drink. Does she look normal this morning? I didn’t feel anything either (felt on right side of chest for lumps, bumps, dough-Iness) but not 100% sure...
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    Impacted or sour crop?

    She’s looking a little bulky up front. It seems to come and go but something noticeable for a couple days now. Concerning? I also have a pic of my barred rock for comparison.
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    Injured Hen with No Obvious Trauma

    Hi all, I have a two year old hen that started limping yesterday. There are no obvious signs of trauma, but it looks like her leg is crooked now?? She has been fine until yesterday but she did spend more time in the coop with the other chickens instead of going outside as we are in the middle...
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    15 week EE and Light Brahmas. Are they all still female??

    Just wondering if my girls are still girls! I have 4 EE and 4 LB.
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    11 week old chickies. What gender??

    I have eight 11 week old chickens, 4 EE and 4 light Brahmas. I asked about them at 8 weeks and it was guessed all pullets. Do they all look like pullets still?! (Fingers crossed!!)
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    Enough ventilation?

    I have 21 chickens and so I need 21 feet of ventilation?? I definitely don’t have that much, or even close. I do have two windows across from one another but they won’t be open in the winter. The pic shows one side of the ventilation. The opposite side has the exact same size for ventilation. Do...
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    7.5 week old light Brahmas

    I know it’s hard to tell so young, but any idea on these 4? 2 on my legs, 1 next to me (no other chicks in photo), and 1 with EE.
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