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    One slow chicken

    I have a hen that is not quite normal. Early on in her integration, she was pecked in the back (while outside in the run) and ever since then, has not developed "normal" chicken behaviors. She is not getting outright bullied any more, just routine pecking order stuff, but she is definitely...
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    Integration not going well

    I have 9 hens who are about 9 months old, all laying and have established their order. I had 3 babies I started to integrate. I have a separated front part of the coop that I usually keep food and supplies but to do my integration I used that section to integrate the babies. One of my babies...
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    Is there something wrong with her beak?

    I have a 6 week old chick that is struggling. I have her hatch mate, who I think may be a roo and it's way bigger than her. I thought it was just that that one was a rooster but now the size difference is glaring. Her feathers also have not come in like the others. Someone on here mentioned...
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    Blue laced red wyandotte and orpington Mix

    I have 2 BLRW. I'm pretty sure just by size and stature one is a roo, but do they have distinctive feather patterns between roos and hens like a darker chest (had that experience with a wrlsummer)? I also have a black and buff orpington mix chick. It's chest is buff for sure and there's some...
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    Dying chick

    I have 4 chicks that are 3 weeks old. Everyone's been great. Tonight I found on laying on its side kicking its legs like spinning in a circle. When I picked it up, it is constantly extending its legs pushing back. I separated it and gave it some egg yolk which it ate a little. It's head will...
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    Who's egg is this?

    Could it be? Is this a welsummer egg? It doesn't look like any of my current layers and I've been impatiently waiting for my last few to start laying. I didn't get to the coop last night and my barred rock was laying late afternoon, so I'm not sure if she was laying on this one then or if it...
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    Fall integration

    I was planning on getting some new chicks to add to my existing flock in the spring. I impulsively and stupidly set a small clutch of eggs to hatch and got only 1 to hatch. So then I ended up getting that one some pals, and now I have 4 chicks that I will need to integrate into the coop...
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    Is this splay leg?

    I have a new chick and I'm not sure if this is splay leg? It's a little clumsy but otherwise walking okay. Just wondering if this level warrants splinting? Sometimes it looks like it is standing normally so I'm not sure..
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    Does she need a bath?

    A few of my hens regularly spend the night cuddled together on top of the nesting boxes. Last night, someone laid 2 soft shelled eggs (mine are all very new to laying, so I'm not concerned about that). I found one just sitting there and then the membrane of another with a yolk spot on the box...
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    Nesting boxes- will it mess them up

    My hens have just started laying. I have a buff orpington who has had no issues with the boxes. Now, my Cochin, is a biiiiig girl and while we made our nesting boxes big she is having a bit of difficulty. I'm not exactly sure how high we made them (I'll measure when I get back out there), but...
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    My chickens are backwards and can't tell time!

    I have 9 hens. 6 of those are standard breeds that "should" lay around 20 weeks (I know this is very individual per bird). Everyone here is around 21 weeks. My Buff Orpington was the first to lay (from what I understand they are slower to develop, so I was already shocked she went before the...
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    Broody already or just practicing?

    My first hen, Idgie, just started laying a little over a week ago. I have several others that I think are getting really close. One other hen was checking out a nesting box and Idgie jumped in the nesting box with her and started growling very lightly. There's no egg in there, she used that...
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    Hen sneezing and wheezing?

    Posted this in the illness thread also. I'm new to chicken keeping and one of my hens is doing this. When I filled their water last night I mustve bumped one of the nipples and the entire bucket drained. Idk if that would have anything to do with this or not..
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    What is wrong with her? Sneezing and wheezing?

    Im new to chickens so I have no clue where to start with this. I filled their water last night and just noticed that somehow one of the nipples came out so my bucket had drained so they were without water for a few hours. Not sure if that's why she's doing this? She is drinking and is...
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    Can I see your aviary/ground pen?

    We currently have 13 quail. We are new to all poultry and quail peaked our interest when we were researching our chickens. We Built a stacked pen with 2 separate pens. The top pen is full of our first hatch and we gathered enough hatching eggs to do another hatch and that group is down below...
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    Hen doing something weird

    I have a hen that whenever she gets pecked (nothing violent, just like normal pecking order stuff), she bocks loudly (expected) but her head jerks down under her body and looks like it is stuck and then she backs up furiously, kind of trying to shake her head at the same time. It stops when she...
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    Black Orpington Cockerel: NE, IA, KS, MO, CO, SD

    Is anyone interested is a black (bbs) orpington cockerel? I in Eastern Nebraska but willing to travel some. Also, will be traveling up to SD and through western NE to Colorado in the next few weeks and would be willing to meet somewhere along the way or while we're in CO or SD. I'm really...
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    Rehome Black Orpington: NE, IA, KS, SD, CO, MO

    Is anyone interested is a black (bbs) orpington cockerel? I in Eastern Nebraska but willing to travel some. Also, will be traveling to SD and through western NE to Colorado in the next few weeks and would be willing to meet somewhere along the way or while we're in CO. I'm really hoping to find...
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    Anybody else stalking their chickens for first eggs?

    Here's my top 3 contenders... Splash Marans, Buff orpington and Welsummer. Theyre all 18 weeks tomorrow so I know I might still be waiting for a bit, but I am getting antsy waiting! Come join me as I obsess over watching for my first egg! Let's see your contenders!
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    Brooder bedding

    I've just put my eggs into lockdown for my 2nd ever quail hatch so I'm prepping my brooder. Our first hatch we used pine shavings as the bedding. Last lot we got from the feed store the pine shavings are much much finer. Almost sawdusty. I currently have sand in there because I put that in...
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