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    Black Copper Marans Question

    We bought three Black Copper Marans from the same place, born Oct 11, 2022 (7 months old). We have what we believed to be three hens, but one turned out to be a roo (beautiful picturesque roo in pics). One of the hens is laying for certain (seen) and she’s the one with the lighter, smaller...
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    Scissor Beak small but feisty

    We have a scissor beak hen. We actually named her Scissor. Lol. My question is if she will for sure lay eggs? She also has foot deformities and well… bless her! :) Scissors beak is pretty bad, but we hand feed her daily and we make sure she has access to mash. We used to grind food for her...
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    HELP: Protruding and bleeding vent

    2 week old chick, had pasty butt for about a week, vent started protruding, but she began to poop and stopped getting pasty finally! Then, today, she was bloody around it. Pic of how I found her and after I gently cleaned her up (and her resting after). Put tiny bit of Vaseline on it. She...
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    Weird egg?

    I we have one hen that has been laying brown eggs for about a month, relatively consistent in color, but do vary in size some. And we have others that are getting close to laying - we are waiting. So, not positive who this came from. But it’s… super odd?! Any ideas?
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    Integration chicks with roo

    Oh we started with four chickens, three were supposed to be pullets with one rooster. We ended up with three roosters and one hen. So… we got a couple more hens close to laying. We have the three girl with our polish roo. Only one is laying but another is due soon. We allow the other two...
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    New and Loving it

    Hello! Nice to meet everyone! We are new to owning chickens and wanting to start a mini homestead. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We have had chickens since April. Somehow ended up with too many roosters and trying to navigate that because we love them all so...
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