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    Help- Eye Issue

    I just went out to check on my 2 Polish chickens, and the right eye on one of them looks frozen shut/closed....It does not look swollen, or injured, no blood, it's just closed. I am in NH and the temp. are in the teens.....They are in a closed coop....Any ideas? Is this common? Will it...
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    Using straw or hay?

    I have a 11 x 12 stall/shed that I am using for the chickens this year... there are 1 polish, 2 silkies, 3 golden comets, 2 barrockeds, 4 crossbreeds... This is my first year with chickens and want to make sure that they are warm... Do people use straw or hay to keep them warm? I have 3...
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    Help- Polish hen getting beat up

    I have 2 barred rocks, 2 black sexlinks and 1 polish. They are 7-8 months old. The polish is very docile, and keeps to herself most of the time (as she lost her polish partner a couple months back to a fox or hawk)... The polish is the loner of the bunch. Occassionally the other hens will...
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    Soft eggs

    Question.... First time chicken owner here....I have 2 silkies, 2 barred rocks and 2 polish. They are just about 5 months old, and yesterday I got my 1st eggs :-) So question....One egg that was laid this morning, had a very very soft shell. I compare it to the likes of a water balloon.....Is...
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