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We have a Cochin Rooster “Coach” and he’s a big beautiful boy. However, we also have two frizzles and one silkie in the flock. Our silkie and smaller frizzle showed signs of over mating and feather loss. So I’ve tried 4 different types of mating saddles. Our chickens have a lot of room and...
One of our chickens is showing signs of being sick. She’s in the run alone tail down and droopy comb. She has green poop coming out her butt. How do I know what to treat her with? Should I isolate her now?
The two black chicks are 10 weeks old and Easter egger mixes as the rooster was one of 10. The white chick is a rooster and 8 weeks old but I just can’t tell with these other two. Anyone think they know???
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Our last egg to hatch with our broody hens seemed to have leg issues. She moves but doesn’t stand fully up. This morning I noticed mom wasn’t helping her at all and then pecked her twice so I removed her and now she’s in our house in a brooder. I gave her so chicken vitamins in her water...
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We have a Sizzle hen and a Silkie/Amerucana hen that both have one chick. The Silkie/A mix "Glow" has a 9 day old chick and we set up our brooder in the coup so the flock knows she's there. We have been opening the side door so she plays with her chick in the coup a few times a day and its...
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It's our first time hatching eggs. We have two silkies that have been very broody. Over our snow fall we failed at removing eggs and have a rooster. By the time we went to collect eggs the one hen had 4 eggs that were all fertilized. We decided to let her have them and marked them...