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    Other than Egg Bound, what would cause a chicken to walk like a penguin?

    I have a Red Star hen that has been walking like a penguin for more than 2 weeks. Abdomen feels distended. She's eating and drinking and poop is a mixture of runny and soft. If she was egg bound she'd be dead already. What could be the cause? I haven't felt inside the vent yet as it would be...
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    Miserable adult hen with a dirty ass

    I have this hen with pasty butt/vent gleet. I cleaned her off with water and a towel a few days ago but she's a mess again. She's very lethargic and looks miserable. The vent itself doesn't look blocked. She just stands there with her eyes closed. I did some research and it seems there is little...
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    Possible frostbite on rooster's wattle?

    I have a rooster that has a black patch on his wattle. Today, I noticed it's starting to split a bit. Could someone confirm? I'm surprised because it's not cold here in southern Japan but we have had some minus 2-3C nights lately. And any insights to what can be done and what would happen if...
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    Severe feather loss

    We have one hen that looks in bad shape. She has lost at least 50% of her feathers. This hen brooded for a long time and did a poor job. One egg hatched but we found the chick dead. Nothing else hatched so she just sat there for 6 weeks. In the end, we had to force her out, take the eggs, and...
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    15 new pullets not sleeping in the coop with the flock

    Our original flock is 14 hens and one rooster. They are about 7 months old. We bought another 15 chicks (all hens) and introduced them to the flock when they were about 3 weeks old. This was 3 weeks ago. We partitioned a section of the run to keep them separate for a week and then let them out...
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    Growing Edamame (soy) and peas for SHTF chicken feed

    I have formulated a semi-decent recipe based on what grows well here and the land I have available. My recipe is: 24% brown rice 24% winter wheat 24% peas 24% edamame (soybean) 3% dried seaweed 1% oyster shell Works out to be 20% protein and 5.8% fat (a little high). The calculator I used...
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    Homemade Feed Recipe

    Over the next year, I would like to be completely self-sufficient when it comes to chicken feed. This is because I think we're headed towards a total collapse of western civilization. But that's a topic for another day. :D Being 100% self-sufficient means growing everything you need. These are...
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    $90 for 5 lb of grit.

    I really need an alternative for grit. A 5 lb bag is $90 here in Japan. :( https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Manna-Pro-Poultry-Grit-5-Pounds/dp/B000QFSAJW Can't even find a domestic supplier.
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    Storing soybeans after boiling

    Greetings from southern Japan! UK expat lived here 25 years and now getting into some serious gardening with my father-in-law. I built a big coop (100sq ft) and we have14 heans and a rooster right now. We actually also have another 4 hens and 4 roosters because we didn't know what we were doing...
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