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    What is digging by my coop?

    Hello! So recently I have noticed a number of small holes all around my coop! They don’t seem to be going anywhere, just holes. There is dirt everywhere and these holes are becoming a nuisance. I noticed them about a month and thought it was the dog or squirrels. Please help!
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    purple comb discoloration, underweight, no appetite, strange behavior

    hey, so i noticed my hen’s (who’s name is chicken, so creative i know) usually erect pretty comb had flopped over. then the next day, i noticed it had white splotches on it. then i noticed it had purple edges. so i went to go check on chicken, who is at the top of the pecking order, and she...
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    I guess I have a rooster now!

    Thank you all for your replies on my inquiry about his breed! I went to my neighbors house (far away, almost a half mile) and asked them about the rooster. They said he just wanders and they don’t feed him. My closest neighbor besides them that has chickens is over 5 miles away. He just pranced...
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    Random Rooster?

    Hey! What type of rooster is this? He came to my farm a bit ago and started crowing at my hens in the morning, and now he’s become bold and is hanging out with them.
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    Long long time overdue…

    My sick fluffed up hen that I posted about a while ago died a few weeks ago. Her name was Helen. I opened the coop door to find her laying with her face in the dirt, eyes dull and half closed. Her comb and wattles were a deep purple red. I left to go get something, and when I came back she...
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    Chicken fluffed up while standing, tail down and not moving + pale comb

    Hello! Lately I’ve noticed one of my hens has been acting strangely. She has had her tail down and has been fluffed up while standing, with a thousand yard stare. She is also drooling and has a pale comb? She just stands in the outside run pretty much motionless, staring and drooling. When the...
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    New Chicks!

    Hello! I recently went to my local feed store and saw it was chick days. I looked at my coop and went, “hmm, I have more room for chickens.” and that is the story of how I purchased these little fluff balls. They are Rhode Island Reds like my current flock, and I bought six. They arrived at my...
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    chicken chomping at air after drinking?

    Hello! I recently refilled my chickens waterer, and after one of my hens was drinking, she started chomping on the air after drinking. I know other chickens just do the little air nibble, but she’s full on chomping and moving her whole head. Is this abnormal?
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    Winter Storm Incoming

    Hello! I live in Southeast Kansas, and we are currently in a winter storm emergency. It is super humid right now and extremely damp as it has been raining. My coop is protected from the north wind by a metal barn, and the windows face the south. I am worried about how cold it will get...
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    Chicken poop on garden?

    Hello! I have picked out a plot for my garden to be erected in the spring, and I have been putting my chicken’s soiled bedding and roost poop on it. Will plants be safe to plant there come spring if I till it up? Or will they get burned? Anyone who has done this please help!
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    Black Poop?

    Hello!! I know I seem like I come on here with lots of concerns, but it’s my first time with chickens. I’m a bit of a novice. 😂 Anyways, I noticed my chickens have really dark almost black colored droppings, and they’ve only laid two eggs today instead of the usual six. The droppings are...
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    Blood stained egg?

    Hello! I have some hens who are just shy of one year old. They have been laying for quite some time. Today, when I went to collect the girls’ eggs, I noticed one of them had a fairly large bloodstain. The egg is fairly small (see picture below) and is in no means larger than usual. I haven’t...
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    Chicken Salad! (no chicken murder)

    I had some pumpkins that I hadn’t gotten around to carving before Halloween had come and gone. So, I took one of the pumpkins and sliced it in half and scooped the guts out, took about 3/4 of them and puréed them all up for some warm feed in the winter (get to that later,, savoring fall while I...
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    Is My Coop Adequate For A SEK Winter?

    As we approach winter, I cannot help but wonder if my coop will be adequate for my chickens in a southeast Kansas winter. We don’t get the blizzards of the north, but it sure gets cold and we get a couple of hard snows. So, without further ado, here is my coop! It is 6 feet by 8 feet, which...
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    Fun Chicken Game for Cage Raised Chickens!

    Hey!! I have to cage raise my hens because I have multiple hunting dogs that would love to eat them. I often have trouble finding things to keep my girls busy. My run is made out of an old turtle or fish trap, that just so happened to fit my coop! It is about 9 feet long, and 3 feet tall...
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    Chicken limping extremely bad, falling on herself and staying sitting.

    Hello! I have some 20-21 week old Rhode Island Reds. They all were walking fine until one day one of my girls started favoring one leg and limping badly. I thought maybe she stepped on something and I examined her foot and nothing seemed amiss. Fast forward a week or so and she is now falling...
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