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    Legbar gone mad

    Hi all! I have a beautiful and very snuggly cream legbar hen (Maizey) who absolutely hates one of my other chickens. My poor little white silkie (Butterbean) gets penned down and her head plucked bald and scalp injured every time they are near each other. She nearly scalped my little fluffy...
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    Mystery chick

    Hi all, I had a free chick added to the ones I picked up because it was a mystery. It was hatched from eggs in her polish and silkie pen. I grabbed 3 nice looking polish chicks. (Not show birds, just fun pets) And she gave us another one we couldn’t figure out. Solid black, with a little...
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    Broody mama question

    Hi all! First time doing chicks! One of my tiny bantams went broody, so we stuck some silkie hatching eggs under her. Should I leave her in the nest box with all the big girls or move mama and eggs to their own space?
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    Polish chicken mites

    Hi all, For whatever reason, my poor Polish chicken keeps getting mites on her. I have treated them all with Permethrin, cleaned the coop, sprayed the perches, and retreated several times. Lately, I only find them on my Polish’s crest/neck/back. I DO treat them all. I just never see them on any...
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    Chicken sneezing

    Hey y’all, still a total newbie. I’m worried about one of my girls. She started sneezing yesterday. Today her tail wasn’t quite as high as normal. Still having the occasional sneeze. She’s still moving around and her comb is bright red. But, I’m kinda worried. What can I do to give her an immune...
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    Rooster bald butt

    Hi all! I’m still a chicken newb. My Rooster has a bald butt. Not red, no signs of mites, no leaky poo mess… just bald. Could it just be molting?
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    Heating water without power

    Hi Al! I have no power by our run. We live in Central NC. It doesn’t get crazy cold here, but it does get cold enough to freeze the water. … basically, I’m a looking at 20/30 degrees with no snow. Would a black rubber bowl be good enough?
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    Open air coop question

    Hi All, I am trying to figure out my run. I have a 4x8 walk-in coop that is basically 3 sides with a front that is mostly hardware cloth (nesting box is on the front and is solid in that place) It has a 7 or 8 foot long roost. My plan is to add a run off the front that is predator proof and...
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    Rooster names

    I named this one Elvis. Anyone else see the resemblance? Just me? … he also escapes a lot. To which I laugh and say “Elvis has left the building!” We have another Modern Game Bantam Roo who is a lemon blue. They get along fine. Trying to decide what I should name him. Roy Orbison?
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    Bantams scared too use nest box

    My super tiny Modern Game Bantam hens were happily using my nesting box. But, my 5 1/2 month old Olive Eggers are exploring the boxes constantly right now. And the 2 tiny hens are afraid to go in there. I put a box way up high in the coop (has 6 foot ceilings) and the littles are going in and...
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    Funny pecking order

    I inherited a small bantam flock that had been decimated by predators. So, there were Modern Game Bantams (3 Roos and and 2 hens) and One hen that is an OEG bantam mixed with a Cochin Bantam named Camilla. The little mix hen is at the top of the pecking order. I added two 5 month old Olive...
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    Rooster Midwife

    I have Modern Game Bantams. One of my Roos is so attentive when his favorite hen lay an egg. She does the egg song before laying. He rushes right over like an expectant young father. He clicks and chatters what seems like encouraging words. He climbs in the nest box and gets it all ready for...
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    Hello!

    I’m new here and brand new to owning chickens. I inherited my friend’s modern game bantams when she had to move. I currently own 4 MGB’s (3 lemon blue, one splash), one Cochin bantam/Old English Bantam mix, and 2 olive eggers. Oddly, two of my Modern Game bantams are Roos and they don’t fight...
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