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  1. HeidiGretchen

    Bad leg - injury at joint?

    Brought this chick home just now to try and help it. What's going on with its leg? It holds it out to the side, never putting weight on it, and te foot appears to be turned a bit sideways. It hops around on the other leg. When my husband found it at the feed store, it had no water and terrible...
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    Wound on neck from mating

    One of my female ducks has a wound on her neck from the male holding on while mating. The wound appears to be scabbed over, but in the morning when I open the coop, it looks as though it has been bleeding. Once she takes her morning swim, it looks better. What's the best way for me to protect...
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    Bug infested hen?

    My 3 1/2 year old Lavender Orpington started showing pretty bad feather damage in the last 2 weeks. Broken off wing feathers and her fluff falling off in chunks. Saturday morning when I let the chickens out, she was staggering some and looked off balance. I separated her into a crate in the...
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    Rats? Racoon? What killed my young chicken? (Pics may be considered graphic)

    In 3+ years, the only predator to get into my coop was a cottonmouth. But this morning, when I opened the coop, I found 3 young (2 1/2 months old) chickens dead. 2 were clearly killed, the 3rd may have died of a heart attack or broken it's neck in a panic. The 2 killed were laying where they...
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    Sudden decline/death in hen, causes?

    My 3 year old black australorp hen - Peng - died unexpectedly. Thursday morning she seemed fine/normal. Thursday around 5 I found her (and our five 2 month old chicks) hiding between the dog crate (for the young chicks at night) and coop wall. I slid the crate out a bit just in case Peng was...
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    Breed?

    Bought these 2 out of the Assorted Bantum box at TSC 5 days ago, and they were discounted so they're older. They're super small - much smaller than the week younger Wyandottes we got at the same time. What breed do these look like? Thank you!
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    Wyandotte chick < a week old, can't stand, head rolls aroumd, gets stuck on her back

    We picked up some chicks yesterday, and as soon as we got them in the brooder we noticed 1 had pasty butt. I cleaned gently, and it looked like her vent was protruding so we kept checking her and the others. At one point, we found her soaked and on her back. She'd fallen into the little...
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    5 month old rooster with 7 week old chicks?

    Our hens hatched chicks which resulted in too many roosters. I'm looking for homes for several, and have someone interested in taking one, but her flock is all so young. She says she has sex linked chicks that are almost 7 weeks old. My roosters are 5 months old, and are already mating with our...
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    Momma hen pulling her own chicks feathers out

    I have 3 hens who've hatched chicks in the last 2 weeks. One of the mommas has started attacking her own chicks. I had noticed her behavior was off within a couple days of hatching - her chicks are just over a week old. I told me husband that she acts like she has post-partum psychosis. But...
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    Extra eggs got left under my broody hen.

    Right before an out of town trip, one of my hens went broody. We marked the eggs - she started sitting on a day where 6 eggs were laid, so we let her keep those 6. Those eggs should hatch around 6/23. My husband was supposed to be getting eggs while I was away for 10 days. Long story short, he...
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    Benton/Malvern AR - Polish Crested Rooster re-home

    *He's mean, so best for a flock that aren't pets. Hoping to find a new flock for our Polish Crested Rooster. He'll be 2 years old in May. He's excellent with the hens - he makes sure all the girls stay fertile and doesn't tear up their feathers. The exception is out Barred bantam, and she...
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    Wrinkled egg, watery white, sick?

    When I gathered eggs this afternoon, I had 1 white egg that had a hard but wrinkled shell. When I cracked the egg, the white was very watery but the yolk was normal. The shell was maybe a little thinner than normal, but still hard and firm. I haven't noticed any of my hens acting sick or...
  13. HeidiGretchen

    Hen's tail feathers fell out - just molting I think?

    I'm fairly certain this is just molting, but figured I'd ask my favorite more experienced chicken people. :) My 14ish month old bantam hen had ALL of her tail feathers fall out. Not picking pr plucking. Just fell out. One of my kids was holding her and gently petting her and the last 5...
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    Hen's tail down, not energetic, watery and green poop, not laying

    Probably giving too much information, but this is my first "sick" chicken and I am trying to learn. Willing to try anything. Thanks for your help! 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She's a Golden Laced Polish Crested, just...
  15. HeidiGretchen

    Did my chickens kill a young hen in the coop?

    This morning, I found my 11 week old hen dead in a corner of our coop. I'm assuming our other chickens attacked her, but maybe not? They have not bothered her before, so I'm confused. Extra details... We have 9 original chickens - 8 hens, 1 rooster, who are all around 1 year old. We let our...
  16. HeidiGretchen

    New Member :-)

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We've had our chickens for 1 year as of this weekend, although my family did raise chickens when I was growing up (not that I remember much about them, lol). (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 11 chickens - 8...
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