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    Woo 1st Egg!!

    1st time chicken mom and we were surprised to get our 1st 2 eggs today!! The flock is around 19ish weeks and it’s hotter than the devil’s butt crack outside (N. Texas), so I just assumed they may be delayed but here we are! I was so worried they were gonna lay their 1st when we were on vacation...
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    Fowlpox??

    Well, when it rains it pours. Noticed these black spots on 2 of the cockerels combs and wattles and on one of my hens. They are almost 15ish weeks. Confirming it’s fowlpox and if there is any treatment protocol, keep reading to do betadine on the spots, and isolate or do nothing. We’ve got 27...
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    Sour crop? 1st time chicken mom! Help!

    Tonight I noticed one of my hens (13 weeks) wasn’t acting herself. I went out to give them some watermelon and she was willing to come and be curious but never actually went for the watermelon. They’ve been free ranging and are free fed (Nutrena Starter/Grower). I grabbed her (which she also...
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    Howdy! New Chicken Mom Here

    Hey y’all! I’m a mom to 2 humans and a new mom to 28 chickens in Texas! It was 30 but we lost 2 sadly. I intended on starting with 15 chicks and my husband decided to add 15 more by the end of the week so his chicken math was all out of whack! 🤪 They are now almost 10 weeks and so far doing...
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