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  1. MarlaMac

    Give me the truth about roosters

    So, we have a rooster, Rooster Cogburn. He is a good flock manager - he keeps the girls in line, he leads them to and fro, he responds to let the girls know where he/the flock is after they lay an egg, he alerts to threats, he is great with baby chicks being raised by broodies (he actively...
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    Today is a day of celebration

    Our 17 week old cockerel, Clark Gable, found a flock of his own and will be heading to meet his 12 ladies on Sunday. So VERY thankful. Time was closing in on him as he has started chasing my big girls. He was a single hatch and since he was 5 weeks old he has been in charge of our 6 pullets...
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    Rooster's feet

    Good morning. My rooster's right foot looks big and puffy. It has been this way for a few months. We kept checking for bumble, but there is never any lesions. Does this look like the beginning of gout? My chickens free range the entire day. They are feed Kalmbach non GMO flock maker. 2x a...
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    Chicken resting on haunches

    Hello. I have a Black Australorp chicken who is occasionally sitting on her haunches. I noticed this twice today. Once when she was drinking and again when she was eating. She is between 2 and 4 years old. Her comb and wattles look good. She is eating and drinking. I haven't noticed her...
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    Which antibiotic to buy

    So, I am running out of my stock of antibiotics I purchased before the OTC ban went into affect. I am looking at Jedd's now just to have something on hand when/if my birds get sick. Jedd's offers many antibiotics/antibiotic combos on sight. I want to have something effective, but I don't want...
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    Corid protocol

    I just finished 5 days of Corid treatment @ 2 tsp per gal of water. I am now going into a week of rest (alternating daily plain water/poultry cell water). @azygous said in a different post, "The protocol is five days on Corid, one week rest and then five more days on Corid." My question is...
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    Yellow urates; red comb and wattles

    All my chickens are australorps. 21 (now 20 - 13 layers, 1 rooster, a cockerel and 6 pullets). They eat Kalmbach flock raiser 20% protein (roosters in flock). They get treats 2x weekly - 4 eggs shared among the of them with chicken probiotics on them (use a splash of olive oil to adhere the...
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    Lost our first chicken overnight

    Been tending chickens for 4 years now. Lost our first overnight. She had been sick for a while (probably longer than we knew). Had been finding soft shell eggs in the coop. Finally found one still part way inside her. Starter her on calcium and amoxicillin 3 days ago. Heat has been...
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    Weird poop

    Found this in the coop today. I am sure it is from one of my 6 almost 9 week old blue Australorps. I first thought cecal poo, but it awfully light for that. 92 degrees here with 45% humidity, so feels like 98. I am sure they are drinking lots of cool water and I also put cool water in their...
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    Blue Australorp 4.5 weeks old

    Of the six, sexed babies I got a few weeks ago, this is the only one that gave me pause, but I am pretty sure it is a girl. Wattles/comb are pink/fleshy in color Legs are not noticeably bigger than the others I got at the same time. So I got so pictures out of my little babyroo who is now 10...
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    Raising babies with an older cockerel

    I have six 30-day old Blue Australorps. They spent the 1st 2 weeks of life in our coop extension in full view of the rest of the flock. 14 hens, 1 rooster and a single hatch that has turned out to be a cockerel. All Black Australorps. When this young single hatch was about 4 weeks old, mom...
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    Cuteness overload

    My baby blues (australorps) at 30 days old. They are getting big. Today, they ventured to the other side of the coop and didn't want to go back into their enclosure. :) :)
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    Soft shell eggs

    I have a flock of 14 hens, one rooster, one 7.5 week cockerel and six 24 day old pullets (🙏). All are black australorps, except the 6 24 day old pullets. They are blue australorps. We have been finding soft shell, shell-less and rubber eggs for a few months, but I have never been able to...
  14. MarlaMac

    prolaspe in new laying EE

    My daughter is dealing with one of her hen's. She does't know if she has even laid an egg yet, but found her with a prolaspe yesterday. They were out of town so my other daughter tended to the chicken. She was able to get the material back inside the chicken. It came back out so she repeated...
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    Baby Blues

    These are my now 23 day old Blue Australorp chicks. Getting big and just before that awkward, gangley teenage stage. And their 7.5 week old companion. We were hoping "April" would stick. Renamed to St. Augustine. Will need to rehome. :(:(
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    Allowing 21 day old chicks to intermingle?

    I have six 20-day-old blue australorps. They have been in a separate part of our coop since day 1. A few days ago we integrated a 6 week old lone hatch, broody raised black australorp with them. That relationship is going very well, albeit, the 6 week old is missing the free range freedom...
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    Chicks and breeze

    I have 6 19-day-old blue australorp chicks. They are in separate part of my coop with a run we just build yesterday. I also have a 6 week old black australorp single hatch (probably a cockerel) in with them. The 6 week old was left by mom about a week ago and had been hanging by the chick's...
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    Integrating chicks

    I have a 6, almost 7, week old single hatch chick raised by a broody momma who is currently the youngest of my flock of 14 hens and a rooster with the exception of 6 babies I picked up to place under a broody hen, which didn't go as planned. These 6 are currently 17 days old. I am now brooding...
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    EE Girl or Boy - 22 weeks old

    My daughter's chicken. Thought they had all girls. This one is Dandelion. Hackles look a little boyish, but I have no experience with EEs. No crowing. Is this a girl or a boy? It is the one in the forefront with the two chickens in the picture. Thank you.
  20. MarlaMac

    7 days old chicks get new "toy"

    These are my week old today Blue Australorps. 6 girls (🙏) to add to my existing flock of Blacks - 1 rooster, 14 laying hens, one 5 week old unknown sexed hatch - still hoping for a girl. Today they got their first "sand box". Dirt from our property, which they have had small amounts to...
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