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    Hen or Roo?

    I have a 3 year old Rhode Island Red chicken. Pretty sure she's a hen, but she is so much bigger than our other RIR girls and has been since they were chicks. We don't have a rooster, could she have decided to take on the roll? She has done the dance at me with her wing down but doesn't flog me...
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    6 New chicks' possible breeds?

    My Black Australorp went broody. Since we don't have a rooster, I got her some hatching eggs. The person I got the eggs from has Blue Australorp hens but her rooster is a mystery...she knows he is half Blue Australorp but unsure of his father. Possibly silkie since he has 5 toes and some...
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    Broken egg under broody hen

    I got 8 hatching eggs for my broody hen Saturday. I just went to check on her (monday) and there were only 7. One had been cracked, crushed and is all over the other eggs. I removed her and the eggs, took out all the egg goop and replaced the eggs on clean shavings and put her back. Should I...
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    New Black Australorp chicks - Gender guesses?

    Here are our 5 new black australorp chicks, they are only 3 days old but I thought it would be fun to start guessing gender and do a photo shoot with them. 🐣 They weren't really in to posing for pics but my daughter has been wanting to do the cupcake liner skirts 😆
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    Will my chickens kill my maple tree?

    I am wanting to move the chicken run to a new part of our yard...the problem is the new run area would include one of our maple trees (around 10 yrs old). My husband is concerned the chickens would damage the root system of the tree and kill it since they spend the majority of their time in the...
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    Help! Broody Hen!

    I have a Black Australorp hen, she was 1 yr this spring. She is 1 of 3 BA we have plus 3 RIR hens & 3 new RIR that are just now 24 weeks. She's usually a very sweet girl and a good layer. Until about 2 weeks ago, She has gone broody and sits all day on NOTHING! That is unless she gets a chance...
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    Weird egg

    I just collected this egg with no shell and what looks like an umbilical cord, is my hen ok? We are in the process of switching back to layer feed since we have added 3 new chicks to our flock. They are getting 50/50 chickstarter & layer feed now and are allowed to free range most days. The hen...
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    Found in the nesting box, what is it?

    When I went to collect eggs today, I found these weird pink fleshy looking things in the nesting box too. I have three Black Australorps (1 year old) that seem to be laying consistently and four Rhode Island Reds (2 years old) but I think only two of them are laying right now. Any ideas to what...
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    Who's laying

    It is time to introduce our newest girls to the flock and sadly, that means we need to identify & remove our non layers. Sad but their purpose is to provide eggs or meat. We have 4 RIR that are turning 2 this spring and 3 BA that will be 1 yr this spring. We have been getting 4-5 eggs a day...I...
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    Raw Chicken Butt

    One of our girls has had an issue with poop collecting on her fluffy butt feathers, getting heavy & ripping out the feathers. It's been a while and I thought her feathers would have grown back by now. I noticed she had a red baboon butt so I took a closer look tonight and she had a huge...
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    Newest chicks

    This is our third year getting new chicks. We originally thought we'd get 5 Rhode Island Reds, then the next spring we decided to get 4 Black Australorp chicks. We lost one of the RIR chicks on the first night but the others grew up to be amazing layers, we recently lost 1 BA to a predator but...
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    How to tell if my hen is still laying?

    I have a Rhode Island Red hen - Becky. She will be 2 years old this spring, last year she started laying soft shelled eggs from the perch at night and then brittle shelled eggs after I started supplementing her with Calcium tablets. I stopped because it wasn't helping that much, she dutifully...
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    What breed to add to our flock?

    We have 4 Rhode Island Red hens (almost 2yrs old), and 3 Black Australorps (almost 1 yr old)...we lost a BA pullet this past week to an unknown predator. So I was planning to add 3 more chicks to our flock this year. Would like to be getting similar amount & size of eggs from them as our RIR &...
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    First loss

    I just went out to count & lock up our girls for the night, and one is missing! They always go in on their own, I just count to see all 8 are there and close the door until morning....they love free ranging in our yard and hanging out under the bushes. I grabbed a flashlight and searched the...
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    Chicken breed?

    I saw this hen online and she's so beautiful, what kind is she? (I know the colors must have been enhanced some)
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    Hen making weird noise while trying to lay

    Just noticed my hen Penny (RIR) making a weird noise while trying to lay. It sounds like she's straining to get the egg out ...Is she okay?
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    Bare belly, redness & crusty feathers

    I have a 1 yr old rhode island red hen that has lost the feathers on her belly, the skin is red and the feathers look crusty. I checked her and did not see any mites or other bugs. I checked our other girls and it is just her. She acts normal, eats, drinks, perches at night and still laying eggs...
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    Introducing 4 pullets to 4 1yr old hens

    I have four Black Australorp pullets (hopefully) that are 5 weeks old. I need to integrate them with our four 1 yr old Rhode Island Red girls. Sooner rather than later because their brooder is smelling up our sunroom! I let them all free range in the backyard together with supervision. So far...
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    Chick integration with existing flock?

    I have 4 RIR pullets that will be 1 yr old on April 6th. I also have 4 Black Australorp pullets (I hope)they are 2 weeks old. Right now they are in our brooder in the house. But they are stirring up quite a bit of dust and may be messing with my husband's allergies. We have taken them on field...
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    Brooder bedding question

    I have four chicks in our swimming pool brooder inside our house. Currently using pine shavings as bedding but it is so dusty and my husband thinks he may be allergic. What are non dusty alternatives I can use that won't be expensive? The chicks are 2 weeks old.
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