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    Swollen Left eye/head

    Hi Everyone, My best buddy bird, Sharon has a swollen left eye this afternoon. She is a Whiting True Blue, turned 2 years in March, weight is normal. Her eye is swollen, I noticed this morning. It wasn't there yesterday. I saw her rub it on her shoulder once like to itch it. She can open it all...
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    HELP! Polish Rooster with Bleeding Blood feather.

    Hi I have a 10 mth old polish Lucian, who has a broken blood feather, or maybe 2. I rinsed the area with a diluted chlorhexidine solution to try and see better. I couldn't get it to stop bleeding with pressure I put septic powder at the end of the maybe 1/2 " shaft where the blood was pouring...
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    Question About Wind Break For Winter

    Hi Everyone! I was looking for any thoughts on my plan for a wind break to winterize our run. Currently. I have a 34 ft x 10 ft run. 10 ft of the 34ft is under the 10'x10' coop. I plan on putting a heavy-duty clear-ish (w/white fiber reinforcement) tarp all the way around the perimeter of the...
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    Need to Rehome Lucian The Golden Polish

    FREE Looking to re-home a beautiful and sweet Golden polish Cockerel. Almost 7 months old. He's being bullied by my other 2 Bielefelder cockerels. West Virginia, will drive if needed. (Listed in the WV thread, also)
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    Chicken Doing a Crop Dance

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Amberstar, Seems about the same. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. See video 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? 2 days 4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? No 5)...
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    Accidentally received 2 25lb bags of Layer feed and have 3 cockerels.

    I get a subscription of 4 25 lb bags of Scratch and Peck's Grower mash for my flock of 24 Pullets and 3 cockerels. And provide oyster shell and their own egg shells on the side free choice. That said, they accidentally sent me 2 bags of their layer feed in this month's order. Thankfully, they...
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    Soft shelled egg dropped in run and the cannibals ate it before I could stop them!

    So my almost 20 week old Chickens were excitedly congregating around something in the run and when I got close I realized it was a soft shelled egg..Shooing them from it only made them more excited to get it down their gullet before I could take it from them... I believe I read that when this...
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    What the heck is going on here?

    So, I was in the coop, here it was about 7 pm. and noticed one of my RIRs on the roosting bar, and it looked like she was about to pass an egg, so concerned, I watched her. At first a small dribble of clear liquid came out. And then it really looked like she was pushing. So, with some...
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    Question about Whiting's True Blue and True Greens Eggs

    Hi everybody. I was hoping someone might have some experience with these 2 breeds... I have 5 of each, and they will be 17 weeks old this week. I think I know which ones are for sure True Greens, Bird -wise, however, some of them are laying already, and I'm not sure if it's just the greens, or...
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    Golden Polish: Pullet or Cockerel?

    Lucille is my Golden polish, (Named for my Grandma) she was the "Mystery chick" sent with my Murray McMurray order in March. Born on March 6th, so in her 12th week now. You notice I keep calling her "she"..I've read they are difficult to sex, but I know someone here will know. She's not crowing...
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    Chickens in the Run... Sorta

    Well, it's Sunday and decided that I'd let them in the run, (currently it doesn't have the metal roof, or even the ladder for that matter). BUT, it meant that I could forgo hauling them from their coop to the temporary run for today. Read: big dog kennel! Obviously, I'll be out here with them...
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    Anyone wanna go in on a 9 Chicken combo box to go?

    So, a little background, (and in case you missed it, I'm trying to be funny...😁) I have 27 12 week old Chickens, 2 are Roos. I'm currently building their run, so what you are seeing in this picture is a temporary run so they can be outside while I'm building. Today, I added a bigger tub (a...
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    Question for other West Virginians

    Good morning Everyone!, This question is for West Virginians particularly in the Harpers Ferry/Martinsburg/Kearneysville area. I'm planning my coop and outdoor setup, but I'm just moving to the area (from Central Maryland) How would you describe our climate? Where I lived in Maryland Summers...
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    Finally a Homesteader!

    Hello Everyone! I'm super happy to have found this forum. My Family and I just purchased our 7acre homestead in West Virginia and we have so much to do! We have baby chicks coming in early March. So we have some scrambling to do to get ready, but still very excited to be able to put sustainable...
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