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    Fowl pox? Favus? Fungal infection?

    I noticed this on one of my birds combs today. Any ideas on what this is? Fungal maybe? TIA
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    Vacation advice

    Vacation advice… Long post sorry! We currently have 4 hens. We will be going away for a week in April. Currently our hens have a 5’x8’ chicken coop (7’+ tall) w/ their nesting boxes and roosting bars and an automatic door that opens up to an attached 4’x4’ covered “porch”/dust bathing area and...
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    Guess that sex! Speckled Sussex with bright red comb… Rooster?

    Hello everyone, I raised two speckled sussex chicks this year the same hatch date… They are about 10 weeks old. I kept one and my MIL took one. My mother in law’s comb and wattles are much bigger and redder than the one we have. Any guesses on if the se of these two? 🤷‍♀️ (first two picture are...
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    Lavender Orpington broodiness

    Looking to get a Lavender Orpington this spring… Is her broodiness going to make me lose my mind!? 🤣 Are the lavenders less broody than the buffs? I’ve had a buff in the past who I swear was broody ALL SUMMER! Thanks!
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    Welsummer vs Barnevelder temperament

    Hello! I am trying to decide between welsummer and barnevelder chicks this spring… anyone have had both and have a preference? (Or have had either one and loved them ☺️). Specifically looking for which is more docile (my daughter likes to chicken snuggle 😂). quieter? And preference for less...
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    Bantam chick gender guess 😄 Mille Fleur D’Uccle

    Hello everyone! Any guesses on the gender of my 3-4week old Mille Fleur D’Uccle chick!? I’m hoping for a hen as he/she tends to stay very bunched up with head in! I’ve heard cockerels tend to stand more upright 🤷‍♀️
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    Very bloody dropping chicks

    Hello, I picked up a few ~4 week old silkies yesterday. They are alert and eating and drinking well. I did notice a little bit of blood/pink in their droppings yesterday occasionally but nothing out of the normal range to me… but this morning, one had a stool that was all blood. They were not...
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    Sleeping standing/ lethargic hen… worms?

    Hi all! We have a four month old olive egger in our small flock of five who we found yesterday sleeping standing up with her head tucked under her wing and very lethargic… I spectated her from our flock in a separate run with electrolyte water and feed and ran to the co-op for dewormer and...
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