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    Meet Sunny Cocka-Doo

    Sunny Cocka-Doo is molting currently, but is enjoying his 1 acre wooded fenced lot with his 13 hens. 6 RIR, 3 GLW, 3 WLW, 1 Copper Maran.
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    Prolapse or Swollen Vent? Baby Chick

    This happened overnight and chick is still pooping, eating and drinking. It is lethargic at times and not running around with the other flock. Any recommendations? I have tried to push the tissue back in, it doesn’t appear to go back. It also appears to be leaking fluid. I’ve put witch hazel...
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    Missing Flight Feathers

    My Buff Orpington has lost her flight feathers and haven’t shown signs of coming back. She started laying about a month ago and approx. 1 year old. It is effecting her from getting on the roost and I have been putting her in the coop each night since she for some reason can’t figure out to...
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    Navigating the Feathers: A Chicken Farmers Resilient Odyssey

    Owning and caring for animals is a journey filled with responsibility, pride, joy, and occasional challenges that come with a hefty price tag. My venture into chicken farming began as a dream of homesteading, self-sufficiency, and passing on essential skills to my family. Picture this: April...
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    Chicken Head Injury

    When putting up my chickens tonight I was missing a pullet (17 weeks old) and found her tangled in the poultry netting by her leg. The older hens must have laid into her head and has cause bleeding from pecking her head. I have cleaned and applied vetericyn and poultry cell to her water...
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    GLW Cockerel or Pullet?

    I believe this to be my future roo. Anyone want to share their opinion?
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    So God Made a Farmer by Paul Harvey

    For whomever needs to hear this today. Just remember, so God made a Farmer. And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, "I need a caretaker" so God made a Farmer. God said, "I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, milk cows, work all day in the fields, milk...
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    Wyandotte Pullet or Cockrel

    GLW approximately 12 weeks
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    Introduction of Flocks

    I currently am working on adding to what is left of my flock. I am left with two hen’s from my first flock (Buff O & Copper Maran) and both are roughly 1 year old at the end of 2023. My new Wyandottes (11 of them) are 3 months old at the end of November. Currently, the two hen’s from Flock 1...
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    Paralysis - S-Shaped Neck, Falling Over

    5-6 month Buff Orpington Hen was bit by a dog on her back 2 months ago. She healed fine and in the past two weeks has been deteriorating health wise. Plumage is shiny and feathers are not falling out, eyes & nostrils are clear, no signs of external injury. Started with a limp, then neck s-shaped...
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