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    Likely egg bound chicken, just making sure I'm not missing any steps

    My son found one of our almost 3 yo old hens (this one is some type of green egger) sitting oddly with her tail down in the run, not really moving. I checked her out and didn't see anything obvious. I put her in a warm Mg bath and could then see her backside pulsing when she came out. She's not...
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    Badly pecked hen

    I believe this hen is injured from pecking... it looks like the spots where the roosters mount and grab her neck and maybe she got injured and the others just went after her. Not 100% sure but the location of her wounds seems consistent with that explanation. It looks like they got one of her...
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    Hey everyone - been a crappy couple of days for me, you can skip this first paragraph if you want the TL;DR. I'll try to be brief. Sunday, came home to a dead hen. I have super healthy chickens, started with 10 almost 2 years ago then hatched 10 this summer. 6 of the hatchlings ended up being...
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    Kitty troubles

    I am a cat lover above all animals... Right now I have two kitties. My 15-year-ole Maine Coon, Maks and a 6-year-old black, long-haired semi-feral named Daenerys. I say semi-feral because she still, after all these years, runs from us in certain situations. She's very untrusting, yet she'll also...
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    Mites?

    My chicken hatched some eggs this weekend in the main coop (she wouldn't let me move her). I moved her last night and this morning I removed the old nesting pad from her brood box in the main coop. As we were walking away, I noticed that I had tiny grey green bugs all over my hand and arm. They...
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    Chicken math is...

    When you start with 10 chickens, for a whole year... That's enough, 7-10 eggs a day, more than your fam can eat and you just give away the extras. Then one goes broody. Instead of breaking the broodiness, you decide to ask a friend for fertile eggs. Only 4 maybe. But she thinks her rooster has...
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    Weird (or maybe not so weird) chicken behavior

    I have 10 color eggs layers, all bought together a year ago in April. One of my EEs hens has done something weird twice now, that I have witnessed. She stands really still with her back hunched and tail down. She acts like she's uncomfortable or in pain or something. You can see the feathers on...
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    Fully grown chicken pasty-ish butt?

    I have a full grown (8-9 months) EE who always seems to have a dirty behind. She's acting fine otherwise, laying, pooping, etc. Is there any need for me to clean her? I'm just worried it's going to build up and eventually become a blockage issue. Are some chickens just prone to having dingle...
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    One chicken acting odd/sick, hunched back, tail down, not really moving

    I have 10 birds, ~24 weeks, all laying as far as I can tell and the eggs have all been pretty much perfect. Since this morning (when I first went out about 30 mins ago) one chicken, who is usually one of my friendliest, has been standing in the area under the coop by herself. Her back is arched...
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    To Rooster or not to Rooster?

    I have ten girls. They're about 22 weeks. They get along wonderfully. My priest and his wife are looking to get rid of a rooster. I would eventually like to get a rooster to hatch my own chicks, however I am not going to be looking to hatch any for at least 3 years (when egg production starts...
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    20 weeks - first egg

    I just needed somewhere to share my excitement! I have the Hoover's colored egg laying mix, 10 pullets. Born April 24th (Pascha!) 7 are EEs and 3 have single combs and are olive/green egger hybrids (Helga, Luna and Hermione). The girls with the big combs have been looking bright red for a few...
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    Winter water...

    I live in SW Pennsylvania, it can get pretty cold here. I have a 5 gallon plastic bucket with cup drinkers. What can I do during the winter to keep it from freezing? Would changing it out, or adding a gallon of hot water every day keep it from freezing or should I get a heater. My coop is pretty...
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    Help me ID my colored egg layers!

    Hello! I bought 10 chicks, born on Pascha (4/24) this year. They are now 14 weeks old. I don't suspect that any of them are roosters, but I am a first time chicken owner. I ordered the colored egg layers from Tractor Supply (Hoover's Hatchery). Here's the list of possible "breeds" (yes, I do...
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    Dirty feet?

    Newbie to chickens! I have 10 chicks who are 7 weeks old today. They have been living outside in their coop/run full time for two weeks. I was just letting them go at the grass (10x10 run plus the space under the coop) but I was starting to get worried about it being muddy. So I put down a giant...
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    Chickens and ducks....

    No doubt this question has been asked and answered, but I wanna make sure I have the latest and greatest... I have 10 chick(en)s right now. I'm a newb. I REALLY want ducks. I will eat duck eggs every day. I want to add two ducks (probably next year). My question to you lovely fowl experts: do...
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    Afraid I made a mistake with a PP Defender coop/run...?

    So I bought this coop for my chickens. https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/producers-pride-defender-chicken-coop-2020-1168239n?cm_vc=-10005. I originally planned to get 4 chicks, but ended up having to order 10. Coop says for 10-12 chickens. I have all colored egg layers (Americauna, Olive...
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    New to chickens

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We live is SW PA, just moved from suburbs of Pittsburgh to a rural location about an hour+ away from the city in 2020 - specifically to grow our own food and become more self-sustaining. We got the first batch of chickens this...
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