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    Lone Orpington in a flock of Brahmas - good or bad?

    Hi! Low stakes question - I'm usually here when there is an emergency so this feels nice for a change 🙂 I've got space for two new girls in my flock of big breeds. The four current members are all brahma of different colours, including one rooster. One of the new girls will be a buff cochin...
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    Heavy breathing - gapeworm or respiratory illness?

    Hi, my 1.5 year old brahma Cookie is breathing heavily, in a way that's making her whole body pulse. See video for an example from the front. See how her whole neck is inflating. From the back, her butt is also moving with her breath, and when she lies down her whole body is well... pulsating...
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    Help, I need sheep proof chicken gates!

    Hello everyone, I recently got a small herd of tiny sheep that graze in the same large area where the chickens free range. Well, turns out sheep and chicken body language is a bad match, and the sheep's tendency to flock, play and seek food with great determination is hard for the chickens to...
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    Broken shell fused with mucous membranes in uterus - what now?

    Hi everyone, Me again, it feels like, with endless health issues 😞 This time it is Penelope, a 1.5 year old Araucana. It's a long story, but due to a nasty infection that hit her really hard and fast, one of her eggs got too fragile and her internal organs too swollen - so it broke inside...
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    How often do your chickens die? Aka - am I just unlucky?

    Hi! I'm not sure if this should be in flock management or disease and injuries but it's a general question not a specific case, so I'm putting it here. I've had chickens for two years and started as a complete beginner. I have 13 hens and one roo, started with four but expanded pretty...
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    Is this a bumblefoot kernel?

    Hi, Dealing with bumblefoot for the first time and would love some advice. Tonight we got Ursula from her perch and did the soak and scab removal. I find it difficult to know if what I got out was what people call the kernel, or if it was just a thick scab. Picture attached. Beyond this, there...
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    Do your chickens nap more when days are long around summer solstice?

    Hi everyone, My chickens look tired and nap a lot during the day... like proper head under wing napping not just chilling. And I've been wondering... how much sleep do chickens need at night? I grew up at 58 degrees north where the length of the day varies wildly between summer and winter. Now...
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    Are my neighbour's goats mistreated - should I intervene?

    Hi goaty people, I would love your advice! I have never had goats so I don't know what's acceptable, but I think my neighbour is mistreating his animals. Basically, stakes them out using a central stake, in the middle of exposed fields, without any shelter from sun, baking heat (it gets up to...
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    What the heck just came out of my chicken?

    Checking the coop this morning I found something strange in the droppings. Next to a bunch of normal poop was a white one, 3 to 5 millimeters thick and about 4 cm long. It's white and has the look and consistency of cooked egg white. I cut it open and it looks homogeneous throughout, but...
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    Is there ANY chance of recovery? Silkie with paralysis and rapid decline

    Fellow chicken-lovers, I am still a relative beginner, and I feel like we are having really bad luck lately. Two months ago, our Brahma Astrid died - described in detail here. We also had one hen, Sumo, prolapse then get egg bound this weekend past (seems all good now!) - and now our little...
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    Giving propolis to chickens?

    Hi, Does anyone have advice or experience using propolis to treat sick chickens? There seems to be plenty of research showing that adding propolis to feed is clearly beneficial to both broilers and layers, but I can't find anything useful online or on the forum about using it as a natural...
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    Mystery malady! Slimy poop, not drinking

    Hi, Our girl Astrid is sick and we can't figure out what's up. She's a 9 month old free-ranging Brahma who normally eats a layers mix of pellets, some grain, and occasional veggie and mealworm treats. Pictures attached of the lovely lady and her latest poop. Four days ago she woke up very...
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    Hedgehog visit and sudden rooster death - is there a connection?

    Hi! Since about a week ago, a hedgehog has taken up residence in our yard. S/he is behaving a bit unusually in that they're frequently out during the day and now 💯 unafraid of me, but they don't seem disoriented, in pain or obviously unwell. But, two days ago my rooster suddenly fell sick and...
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    Rooster dead over night

    Hi everyone, I wonder if you have any ideas about the death of my rooster, Goldie. He was an 11 month old Appelzeller. Yesterday afternoon, I thought he looked a bit droopy but he was still eating and drinking and mounting hens so I just kept an eye on him. By bedtime, I was sure he was sick...
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    Hello from the French Pyrenees

    Hi! I'm a first time chicken mama living with a mixed flock of Brahma, Faverolles, Araucana, Grey Gauloise, Appenzeller Spitzhauben, Silkie and what in France is called an Azure (although she lays pure white). Currently 11, all younger than a year. 2 roos, 9 hens, but looking to add some more...
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