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    Young Pullet acting unusual

    Hi everyone, I have a young pullet named Munchkin, she is a mixed breed and was hatched on April 23rd so almost 6 months old. She started laying small blue/green eggs about a month ago and had been laying regularly the last 2 weeks almost daily. Over a week ago she switched laying spots to my...
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    New to Quail, how can I help this little one?

    Hi! I'm very new to quail, I purchased a dozen hatching eggs from a local, reputable hatchery, listed as assorted coturnix quails. Out of 12, 10 hatched and 1 passed the day after hatching who happened to have spraddle legs. They hatched May 17th and all but one are doing very well in the...
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    Query Ascites?

    I have a 1 year old hen, Fetty, likely mixed barred rock who is presenting with signs that point to ascites. She is currently laying, seems the largest of my hens, top of the pecking order and preferred by the rooster. She still acts alert and active, eats plenty, drinks well and recently has be...
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    Weird Egg- membrane on the outside?

    I just found this egg in the coop, laid in the sand litter. I have 5 ameraucana hens that would be laying this colour and have been getting about 3 or 4 each day. One hen was previously sick in January and suffered a frostbite injury to her foot however has been doing alright now. I'm wondering...
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    Pullet in rough shape

    Hey everyone! I have a pullet who is really under the weather...here comes a mouthful, apologies in advance. On Sunday night we returned after a full day trip away from the homestead and when closing up the coop later than usual my husband found one of our bcm pullets sitting outside the...
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    SUPER speckled egg, whats up?

    Hey! So some of my spring chicks finally started laying, two days in a row I have gotten a brown egg that is so speckled it is almost white! The speckles fade when I hold the egg and come back once it is left alone. The brown is quite dark under the speckles but its hard to tell. What is going...
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    Spraying for lice in -30 and below

    Hi all! Looking for advice on continuing treatment for lice. Just over a week ago I did a thorough spray of permethrin spray which the bottle said was 1% permetherin so i did a 1:1 with water. I need to go ahead a do a follow up spray however the last 3 days and the next week or so we have a...
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    Help with Mites/lice treatment

    Bit of a quick Hx on the situation: I have 25 chickens, 10 were integrated after and 1 month quarantine and treatment for black mites. Only found on 2 out of 10 but treated all with a garlic juice + essential oil blend, sprayed to vent and under wings every second day, missing a couple...
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    New chickens have mites

    Hey all! We picked up 10 pullets today. I inspected them at the breeders, didnt notice anything until we were on the way home and I picked up a feather one dropped on the floor. No less than 5 tiny mites were crawling on the feather and then onto me. Black, red and black with grey all present...
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    Could they be molting?

    Hi all! I have a fairly young flock, most around 5-6months old, a have 5 slightly older brown hens that we had acquired and integrated into the flock. They came to us around 28 weeks old and have been with us since end of July. A couple weeks ago our egg production went from 20 a week, to 9 a...
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    Any breed guesses?

    Hi all! I am wondering if anyone recognizes any of these chicken breeds. I have some speculations but I am very new to chicken keeping and definitely am relying on plenty of google searching. They are all around 5-6 months old. Pictures 1&2: I have no idea what the two completely solid...
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    Hello!

    Hi everyone! I live in Manitoba, Canada and recently started chicken keeping since moving to an acreage. We currently have 21 chickens we raised from chicks currently between 5 and 6 months old. We have 10 cockerels right now but will be reducing this shortly as we have quite a bit of fighting...
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