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  1. balletchickenmom

    Help! Chicken acting strange! Egg bound?

    Hi! My buff Brahma is acting very strange. She’s been isolating herself and picking at her feathers a lot and sticking her tail up like this and falling asleep. Any thoughts? She’s lethargic and won’t eat or drink and is wobbly when standing
  2. balletchickenmom

    First time hatching! Pullets or Cockerels ? 12 weeks old

    Help me identify what sex each of these backyard mixes are! Rooster was an Ameruacana and two have copper maran mothers, two have buff Brahma mothers and 1, has a Cuckoo Maran mother.
  3. balletchickenmom

    Question on vaccination timeline for baby chicks

    Hello! I plan on Vaccinating my new chicks when they hatch (we have everything already set up), however, I know it needs to be done within 24 hours of birth. Our hen is hatching the eggs, and I know that we shouldn't move her and or disturb her during the process so the chicks hatch...
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    Need advice!! Allowing hen to hatch chicks (our first time doing so), and have location questions

    Hi ya'll! ALL advice would be super helpful. Initially my boyfriend and I were going to incubate eggs for hatching, but then we got a broody hen and we decided to let her sit on them. The two of us have been going back and forth on the best way to let her have the chicks. We're probably on day...
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    Help! Hen Balding for weeks-Mites?

    Hello! This Hen has been balding for weeks and I’m trying to narrow down what’s causing it. She is currently laying normally (our most consistent layer) and is behaving totally fine. We do have a Rooster that loves her, so we initially got her a mating cape (pictured cause it’s cute) but that...
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    Favorite Layer Organic Pellet Recs?

    Hi Everyone! I was hoping you could shed some light on which organic layer pellet food ya'll use and what ones you've liked/disliked for your flock!
  7. balletchickenmom

    Very Strange Egg-First Egg (I think) of 2-3ish year Old Copper Maran + Other Egg Color Questions!

    Hi! Many questions here about egg color So I am relatively new to chickens; we started our flock last June-ish. We ended up purchasing 4 older chickens to start, 3 barnvelders and 1 copper maran—Harriet Sr. (We now have 9 chickens, 4 older hens and then 5 pullets. The older hens all started...
  8. balletchickenmom

    Help! Please! Mareks? Vent Gleet? Impacted Crop? 6 month old Chicken

    So this chicken has been quarantined now for a couple of days and is progressively getting worse. She is lethargic, wobly, her wings are drooping and I have had to bathe her bottom (It's yellow-orange-ish) has insane discharge attaching to her feathers. I broguht her inside 3 days ago because of...
  9. balletchickenmom

    Hello from Nashville! Posted in the emergencies-chicken illness thread if you can take a look.

    New to BYC, new-ish chicken owner, constantly using this place for help! https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-puffy-somewhat-lethargic-6-month-old-cream-leg-bar-with-pasty-butt%E2%80%94have-tried-many-things-but-not-much-improvement%E2%80%94help.1609001/
  10. balletchickenmom

    HELP Puffy, somewhat lethargic, 6-month old Cream Leg Bar with Pasty Butt—Have tried many things, but not much improvement—Help!

    Hi, this 6 month old chicken has been exhibiting these symptoms for the past week-week and a half. She's been puffed up, lethargic and I have noticed a pasty butt on her vent area. I have separated her and she is now inside so I can monitor her progress a little more/see if she was just cold...
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