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    Sick hen, when to cull

    I have a sick 4ish year old EE that I have been treating for 3 days. I'm sure it's time to cull her but I'm struggling with the decision. She's my favorite and the head hen. I noticed over the past couple weeks that she was laying less but I thought it was her age. Then a few days ago she...
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    Crowing and odd eggs

    I have a ~3 year old EE that I has recently crowed a few times. The past couple weeks she is laying less, and her last 2 eggs were not normal. A fairy egg, then a shell-less egg. Do I need to worry?😔 I'm afraid she has a reproductive disease.
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    When to treat a sneeze?

    I have a hen that has been sneezing a bit more than usual for maybe 2 weeks? Otherwise she is fine. Acts well,eats and drinks. No other symptoms such as runny nose, eye bubble, cough or wheezing. I do have some antibiotics somewhere, but I don't want to give them unless she really needs them...
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    How broody to add day old chicks?

    I have a BO that has been semi broody all spring-fussy, puffed up all day, low cluck. She is 1. This past week or so she has increased her broodiness it seems and is on the nest most of the day unless I move her (even when i put her out she sits on the ground puffed up and mad). I am considering...
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    Chicken poo/compost tea in the garden

    Hello group 🙂(I posted this also on a gardening page and didn't get any feedback) I am growing my first real vegetable garden this year. I also have a few chickens so I make compost. I am also "brewing" some chicken poo compost "tea". The google just says to use as needed....but how do I know...
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    2 eggs within 2 hours-pic

    So just some helpful info, I only have 4 girls so I know them pretty well. Little bit was in the nest earlier. I come out to give treats and she doesn't look right. I grab her and she lays the small egg as I hold her. Back to acting herself. I check the box and she had also laid the other...
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    Broody behavior in "sisters" ? ?

    So I have just 4 girls and 2 are "sisters". They are the same breed and same age and very attached. Winnie and Sarah. Sarah started laying a few weeks before Winnie and Winnnie would yell the whole time unless I put her in the coop so she could see. Well, now Sarah seems to be thinking about...
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    Tell me about bantams

    So we just have 4 girls in my backyard on roughly half an acre. My husband is not an "animal person" in the way I am. He likes them in small doses, I would take 10 of each 😆 Butttt he has been actually saying maybe we need one more chicken. So Im just thinking maybe 2 bantams? That way it would...
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    Should i stock antibiotics?

    With the news that supply stores will no longer sell antibiotics sometime this year, should I purchase some while I can for "just in case"? Amazon has tylan, does it cover a lot of chicken illnesses?
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    9 month old molt?

    I have 4 girls. One is 2 years old and she is in a full on molt. The rest of the girls are only 9 months old- got them as days old chicks the last week of march. Today I noticed tons of feathers from one of my young girls in the coop and later in the run. I thought they didn't full on molt at...
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    Safeguard pellets for roundworm

    I am struggling to find dose info for safeguard pellets for roundworm. Found a roundworm yesterday and tsc recommended the pellets, said it was all they had that was chicken safe. How many pellets and for how many doses? I only have 4 girls.
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    Water belly or just fat?

    First off, I am a worry wart, I hope I am blowing this out of proportion in my mind. I have a roughly 7 month old breeder quality (or just not hatchery) barred rock. She is a big girl compared to our hatchery buff orpingtons. I have to trim and clean her booty sometimes cause it gets dirty easy...
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    What should i expect (egg-spect)

    Daylight savings has me thinking about eggs. I have one mature hen and 3 that are about 7 months. I know adults will stop or almost stop laying in the cold months, but I have heard that newer layers will sometimes lay through their first winter. I live in Southern TN, very mild falls and winters...
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    No molt yet but new feathers?

    Hope I'm in the right place. New chicken mom as of this year. I only have 4 girls, 3 from chick age and one I got as an adult. The oldest, Momma, I was told is 1.5 - 2 years old so I would think she should molt this year. She came to me with lots of missing feathers on her neck and back due to...
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    Keeping a super fluffy booty clean

    So my little bit grew up to be a big, floofy girl. Her ba-donk-a-donk is worthy of a rap song. I was worried that she was getting diarrhea based on her dirty tail feathers, but after monitoring her it is obvious that's not the case. So is it ok to give her a butt fluff trim? Just enough to keep...
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    Pullets get fussier/noisier before beginning to lay?

    I only have 4 girls and I'm waiting on my last one to start laying. Today I went out to feed them, check the coop, etc and Little Bit, the last to lay, was pretty verbal. She has always been the quietest and lowest on the pecking order, so it is out of character for her to just watch me and fuss...
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    Small comb

    Little Bit is my barred rock, she is about 5.5 months old. Her comb hasn't changed much since I got her at about a month old. It has always been deeper red so much so that I worried she was a he for a bit. The guy I got her from breeds barred rock that are higher quality and the adults I saw all...
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    Speckled egg a problem? New layer.

    My buff orphington Winnie just started laying less than a week ago. All eggs have been small and brown so far. Today her egg had purplish looking speckles and she laid way later in the day than usual. Google says it can be a problem, so when do I worry? She eats layer feed, shells on the side...
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    Peanut shells

    My husband eats a lot of peanuts and boiled peanuts so I wondered if the girls can eat the shells. The Google suggests only if you grind the shells up first....what do yall say?
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    Look at them legs

    Do these legs look OK? They aren't lifting but some at the "knuckle" seem thick. Sorry it's hard to get good pics.
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