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    Bad weather preparation tips!

    Before I start i just wanted to say if this is in the wrong area for asking, I'm sorry lol. For people who get tornados or worse weather and have chickens, what do you do to keep your flock safe? I'm not in an area with tornadoes but we've gotten warnings before. I just want some suggestions on...
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    Possible egg bound? (Emergency

    This is my first time dealing with an egg bound chicken and it's late at the time of me posting this. I believe I caught it early but I've given my chicken an empson salt bath though I'm pretty sure I didn't get her vent under water at all times She was standing like a penguin at the time of...
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    Emergency? - chicken pimple/ingrown feather?

    Yeah I don't know how else to describe what I found on my heads head beside a pimple. She had all her head feathers plucked out and she is regrowing them, but I'm just courious on what the white spot on her head could be. I didn't want to touch it before getting advice. What i also think it...
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    How to regrow feathers

    Hello evryone! With the colder seasons approaching, I want to make sure my chickens are warm. Throughout the day, whilst I have a heater for them during winter and probably on the colder nights in fall. I have noticed that three of mu chickens feathers aren't regrowing. I know the girls are all...
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    Burying chicken wire or laying it on the ground?

    i had seen a article saying that burying chicken wire 8 to 12 inches down beside the chicken run was a good way to detire predators and I was wanting to of course do this but currently I have my chicken wire laying on the ground inside the chicken run. Which way is better basically, I haven't...
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    Picked raw / how to properly apply bandages / Help?

    Currently I am on vacation and my neighbor is watching my chickens. Today she called me and told me that my year old buff orpington was on her side and refusing to walk. We were able to get her up and walking again by removing her mating saddle but her back is bloody. She's being bullied and...
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    How to help feathers regrow

    Two of my buff orpingtons backs, sides, and head had been basically plucked clean almost and I'm trying to encourage new feather growth. I had gotten a mating saddle (idk if those are consaverial but they are the only way I've seen that protect birds backs) for them and I haven't seen any new...
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    How to stop chicken diarrhea

    Bit ashamed in asking this but yesterday i noticed tgat my chickens poo was really liquidity. It doesn't seem bloody or anything but i began to start the slow process of cleaning their run up. Im hoping this will help but I want to make sure she will be ok. (Unfortunately i do not have any...
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    Egg being kicked out of nest

    Currently my golden laced Wyandotte is broody, and for the past two or three days she has been keeping a lot of eggs under her and none of them escaped. I had taken them all away and left her with a ceramic egg so she wouldn't be over flowing with eggs. But today we had an after shock from a...
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    Molt Questions

    I think this question is in the right place but if it isnt ill just delete it and try again . I have a few questions regarding molting for chickens, mostly about early signs, care tips, and why it wouldn't be happening. My chickens are almost a year old and quite honestly i though i would see...
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    Opinion on this coop design

    I plan on building my own coop since my current one is just crap. I found this one on esey but i would like some opinions on it. I wont be building the run attachment to it since i already have one and the coop will technically be inside of their run. If there are suggestions about adding...
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    Dust baths

    Because spring is coming closer everyday, i wanted to upgrade my coop with a dust/sand bath. Only thing is, i dont know what to use or whats safe for my flock. My girls enjoy the dirt baths so i decided to try to give them something hopefully better for them. If the chicken breeds matter here...
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    Chickens eating butt of rooster

    My silkie rooster is the big man at my coop, and he got an injury on his butt. It seems to be a blood feather but I dont how to keep him from being eaten alive from his girls. As much as i say i hate him, hes my baby, he is the last surviving chicken from my first batch of chicks and I dont...
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    Does my Chickens waddle seem infected?

    I was checking on my chickens and one of my buff orpingtons was hanging out close to me and being affectionate. But when she tilted her head i noticed a scab and some inflammation. I think its infected, im no vet by any means, Ive had seen infections on chickens on their eyes on youtube but this...
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    Comb, wattle, and face is pale!

    I was checking on my chickens and noticed my bantom hen was looking pale, I looked it up and it could be a multitude of reasons and i dont know which one it could be. Or how to help her. Im rather concerned about her. im sorry if she creeps anyone out. Shes a bit creepy
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    Roo ripped his own feather out

    My silkie roo ripped out one of his feathers with his feet. He has a no crow collar because hes a loud man Anyway, I am making a saline solution, i have no clue when he did this but he is fine! Im also getting a poultry spray to spray the wound. Is there anything else i should do? Im not...
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    How to keep possum away

    I had a possum come inside my coop tonight. Me and my brother chased it out the first time then we sprayed it to get it out the second time. No lives were lost but food was stolen. Thankfully it was a baby. But i dont want these little bastards back. We already plan on upgrading the door to...
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    Chicken losing feathers

    My buff orpinton has been losing some feathers on her back but i didnt think much of it besides bullying. Maybe my rooster was making her his favorite but today i walked into my coop and saw her head was missing a lot of feathers. She seems fine besides her losing feathers but how can i stop...
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    Possible frostbite? First time

    Just got home and i noticed my rooster had some black on the tips of his comb. Its been pretty cold recently but today he just seemed very out of it. I managed to catch him and take a photo. If it is frost bite how can i help him? I dont want him in any pain
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    Chicken Temperature

    Winter is coming and fast for New York. I have a heater and water heater getting set up but i want to know when i should generally take my chickens inside because their health and safety are at risk Of course i will be taking them in if there is a blizzard, or sudden freeze. But what chickens...
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