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  1. MaggieRose2001

    Entire flock Sick - I FEEL HOPELESS!!! Swollen Faces - Yellow patches - Lethargy

    I have been searching the web and this site and can’t seem to find a diagnosis. It started out with a move to a new house and barn. We cleaned and disinfected the barn and moved everyone in. At first everyone was doing great. Then one month in everyone stopped laying. Not just slowed down - but...
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    Black bumps on toes - is this bumble foot?

    Hi. I have a rooster that is limping and when I inspected his foot, I noticed he had hard lumps on each toe along with a black spot - on both feet. I just treated my first hen with bumble foot - but that was on her toe close to the pad of her foot and it was only one spot. So i am not sure if...
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    Emergency! PLEASE HELP!! Prolapsed Vent? Gleet?

    I’m having a terrible month - owned chickens for a year and never had any problems. We just bought a home a month ago and now all my chickens are getting sick and having problems. I just found my polished hunched and not looking well this morning. Checked her over and found a prolapsed vent. I...
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    Chicken Attacked by Fox and Now Sick

    Will chickens get sick after being attacked? Does it lower their immune system? I was letting my birds free range while I was outside working in the garden and a fox got one of my birds with me just 20 feet away! I didn't think they would have the gall to attack with me there. Anyway, luckily he...
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    Critically Injured Chicken - Internal Injuries? What do I do?

    We were moving a 50# wood box this morning and it slipped and dropped on my blue Cochin - pinning her. Why is it always your favorite birds that stuff happens to? I thought we had shooed all the chickens out but she must have snuck back in. I thought she would die immediately or short there...
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    POSSIBLE SICK CHICKS. PLEASE ADVISE.

    I just brought home baby chickens yesterday from a local farm. When they were in the box the whole way home, they weren’t chirping just huddled. I figured they were cold - it was a 2 hr drive. At first I thought they were just cold and stressed from the ride home - but they aren’t snapping out...
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    Moving to New Home - Did I Take on TOO Much - HELP

    Hi. We just purchased a new home and we close in 2 weeks. Our 10 chickens are currently in a Coop we built for them a year ago. But we have finally found a home to buy and are moving. Here is my concern: The house has an existing barn that had all kinds of animals in it - it has a chicken...
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    Sudden Chicken Death - Why???

    Well, This isn't an emergency - my chicken just died. But I would like to understand why and what happened and what I could have done. 7:30 - 9:30 - I let all the chickens out to free range while I clean their coop, refresh feed and water and so forth. Dottie is out scratching and pecking with...
  9. MaggieRose2001

    Buff Orpington Stopped Laying Suddenly

    Hi, My Buff Orpington, Alice, stopped laying a few days ago. Is this normal? She is about 11 months old. She has been laying throughout the winter and has always been pretty consistent. Then suddenly she hasn't laid in 4 days. She doesn't show any signs of being egg bound. My chickens were...
  10. MaggieRose2001

    WANTED: Olive Eggers & French Black Copper Marans

    Hi, I live in Maine and I am looking for an Olive Egger and a French Black Copper Maran. I would like baby chicks 1-5 days old. I only need 1 of each, but I am willing to buy two marans if they are a straight run because I am ok to get a rooster. I can buy any chick hatched before 4/19 because I...
  11. MaggieRose2001

    Bully or Normal Behavior?

    I don’t know if I have a bully or if this is normal chicken behavior. I have 10 chickens all the same age (26wks) and of various breeds. My Wyandotte ( Dottie ) is picking on everyone. Especially Alice - my buff Orpington. She has had a bloody comb for the past week. Dottie pecks anyone who...
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    Newbie getting ready for winter - Insulating? Closing down Windows?

    Hi. This is my first time owning chickens. We built a coop this summer. Now that it is getting into the 50's here in Maine, I am starting to become concerned for winter. I know there are a lot of posts concerning this - but I was hoping to get more specific help concerning my coop. After all my...
  13. MaggieRose2001

    Fermented Feed in the Winter

    Hi. This will be my first winter with my chickens. I feed them a fermented whole grain chicken food and I was wondering if I could continue doing that in the winter. I live in Maine and water freezes after a couple hours. I just didn’t know if it would be wise to feed the chickens wet feed in...
  14. MaggieRose2001

    My chickens don’t have combs and wattles and aren’t laying yet. Why?

    Hi. I am a new chicken owner - so this might be normal and I just don’t know it. But my hens are 20 weeks old and they still don’t have combs or wattles. Their flesh is more pink than red. My speckled Sussex has black on her comb / face. Also, they aren’t laying. I’m not too concerned about...
  15. MaggieRose2001

    Deep Litter in Run and How to Keep Clean

    Hi. I am a new chicken owner and my chickens have been in their coop/run for a couple months now. I am wondering what do people put in their runs and how do you keep it clean? We have 10 laying hens - they all have names and my daughter bring chairs into the run and hold them a few times a...
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    Fermenting Homemade Whole Food Chicken Feed

    Hi, I am new to raising chickens. My chicks are 8 weeks old and I have 10 of them. They are currently eating up the last bits of chick crumbles the feed store sold me when I bought the chicks. However, after doing more research, I want to feed them a whole food unprocessed feed instead of...
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