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    Solved BYC Facebook Admins

    Hello! I follow BYC’s Facebook page but am unable to post anything because my Facebook account is relatively new. I have only been on Facebook for 3 months. All of my posts are automatically declined and the reasoning is that the moderators limit posting by new members to reduce spam. I need...
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    Chick unable to walk properly, need help identifying disease/injury/deficiency

    I have a young chicken, about 2 months old. Last week he and one of his siblings began walking on their hock joints. I brought them indoors and made sure they had access to feed and water, they were eating and drinking well. I couldn’t find any injuries. I lost one of them 2 days later. He...
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    Broody egg hoarder hen! Let her hatch all of them of or downsize?

    My bantam hen has managed to collect 16 eggs. Only 4 are her own. I was going to allow her to hatch her own 4 and was reluctantly going to allow her to hatch another 4 that were in the same stages of development.. but in the passing week she has managed to take in more eggs from other layers—...
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    Broody hen saving a lost bird’s fertile eggs

    I lost my favorite hen to a hawk yesterday. While searching for her, I found a nest of her eggs. I don’t know how long they have been there, but there are 8 eggs. I have a broody hen and would like to know if I can put Dolly’s (lost hen) eggs under Lolita (broody). Dolly was my favorite chicken...
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    WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS Injured rooster… should I put him down?

    My rooster, Pepper, flew into my 8 month old Pyrenees puppies’ pen and they nearly played with him to death. They have been around chickens their entire life and are not aggressive towards them, but they get very excited anytime anyone or anything enters their pen. In this case, my rooster was...
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    Odd looking chick.. is it ok?

    I brought home a Phoenix chick yesterday and just want to make sure it’s ok. I realized when I bought it that it was nothing like it’s siblings.. it was very small in comparison and has very short/rough down while it’s siblings were very fluffy. It is lacking down around its eyes and it’s legs...
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