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    Out of my small flock of 8, 2 are sick. YIKES!

    Sick Chick #1 I have a VERY LETHARGIC 9 month old Bielefelder pullet that has been separated in a dog crate inside our house for almost a month. She's getting worse, and now she won't eat. I suspected a large parasite load, since while I was holding her on my lap, a couple of tiny critters were...
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    31 weeks old & ZERO eggs (Bielefelders & Australorpes as of Nov 21st.)

    This will only be my 2nd Winter as a Chicken Keeper. So there's that. I lost all of my first batch to predators, mostly...but EXTREME hot weather played a role in 2 more hens untimely deaths. They were around a year and a half old, and were just a barnyard mix. Prolific layers, and VERY...
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    What could cause this??

    One of my hens is pretty consistently laying an egg with a weird big end. 2 days ago it was perfect, but then today's offering was her worst effort yet. It's rough, discolored and sometimes a bit misshapen, even slightly pointy. It's been going on a couple of weeks at least. Never anywhere...
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    Broken cockrell's leg already splinted, but blisters?!?

    I've got a young rooster, a 24 week old Black Copper Maran mix with a DIY splint on a broken leg. There was some skin injury below the knee, which we treated woth Neo-sporon and gauze wrapped around it...then the popsicle stick treatment. He's developing water blisters on the effected foot. One...
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    1st time Broody Hen's EXTENDED(!!) hatch!

    I have an unusually long hatch going on. This little gal started her project with three eggs in the clutch. The first one hatched on Labor Day and the second one nine days later. Yes that's right. 9 days. When I would check in on her, and/or handle her several days in, I found an extra (4th)...
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    Newbie intro from OkieHoma.

    I combined questions 1-3 with a brief intro. I'm brand new to chickens. I bought some hatching eggs from a local farmer and incubated 35 in early March. I had 7 duds, and 2 quitters if I remember correctly. I just finished sending all but one roo to Freezer Camp. It's like summer camp for...
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