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    Chicken attacking one specific flockmate

    I need advice. We have 9 chickens and have had them for 2.5 years. They all grew up together and have had no issues that entire time, very peaceful flock. We went out of town this past Sunday-Wednesday. They were let out for a few hours Sunday morning and were let out Wednesday at 3pm when we...
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    Letting a broody lay eggs

    We have a hen that went broody 2 months ago and we broke her because we don't have a rooster. She is broody again and we are considering letting her hatch some eggs - A friend has roosters and will give us some eggs. I'm trying to figure out how to set her up for success. We have a coop that is...
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    Yellow gunk on head - help!

    Can someone help me figure out what this is? Our sweet Susan looked normal yesterday, but my daughter let the chickens out after church today and Susan's head looked wet and lacking in some feathers, with this yellow stuff all around her head. I thought it could be pollen at first, but I don't...
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    Bi-Annual Coop Clean -- delay due to molting?

    Quick question that I would love feedback on. We are doing deep bedding in our coop. We started it in Nov last year and then deep cleaned it and emptied and re-filled at the end of April this year. We take the shavings and toss handfuls on top every few days in the interim. I planned to deep...
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    Comb partially ripped off - healing question

    Yesterday my daughter discovered one of our birds had her comb ripped partially off. We have no idea what happened or how. It was ripped from the back and hanging over/in her eye and her head was covered in blood. It was still actively bleeding. There was much panic and I wasn't sure what to do...
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    Possibly nothing? Barred Plymouth Rock Leg

    My daughter brought me one of our plymouths and is very concerned about her leg. There's a spot that is black that didn't used to be black? They're just now laying eggs and maturing fully and I didn't know if it was a normal change and can't find anything online? The chicken is acting normal...
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    Fake egg, nesting box Q

    We just finished our external nesting boxes attached to our coop. We had temporary milk crate ones in the coop for 2 weeks until these were built. We bought ceramic brown eggs to help them know where to lay.. and they kept kicking them out of the crates? Last night we had the nesting boxes...
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    Nesting box question

    We made our coop last September and knew we would add the nesting boxes later. Well, later has come 🤦🏻‍♀️. I intended us to have already build external nesting boxes that we planned to add - but it's been so rainy and we have been really busy. If I used milk crates for nesting boxes in their...
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    7 week old chicks

    Curious if anyone can give insight on one of my buff Orpington chicks. They are just over 7 weeks old and one of them has a bigger comb that has red in it. She looks identical to the others in every other way. We bought all sexed chicks from a hatchery and already have one definite rooster in...
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    Poop on chickens neck?

    My chickens are 7 weeks old and one walked under a roost in time to get cecal poop all over her neck area... do we wash this or leave it? I'm not sure what to do. Her feathers are brown there now and it isn't dry or anything.. help? I've looked all around and can't find an answer 😅
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    Question about chickens being outside in coop

    Our chicks are 5 weeks old (as of this past Tuesday). They spent 8-10 hrs outside for a week or so before we moved them outside to their coop 3 days ago. They've been outside in the upper 40s and a lot in 50 degree weather with overcast skies and cold ground/grass. They seem pretty much fully...
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    Deep Litter Q, Grit Q, and a few others

    We have finished our coop and run and our chickens are moving out there today from the brooder (they've been spending 6-10 hrs in the run the last week or two already). I have a few things I still have questions about and want to focus on, now that we have all of that taken care of. 1. I want...
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    Roost question -placement

    We are finishing up our coop for our 3 wk chicks. I started to do the roosting bars today following guidelines I'd read online and then started to doubt myself partway through. I would appreciate feedback. We have an 8x4 coop. The front wall is 5ft tall, the back wall is 4ft tall. We have...
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