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    Is this a crop adjustment or something more serious? (Video)

    Peggy, a 1 year 10 month old Easter Egger, has been doing this thing where she opens her mouth wide and her chest heaves. This behavior started about a week ago, and she does it several times per day. She just came out of a brood, and otherwise she seems ok. She is drinking, eating, scratching...
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    Friend's chicken has purple on her wattles and face

    My friend just noticed her Buff Orpington has some purple on her wattles and face, comb looks fine (see photos). She told me the hen is eating, drinking, laying and very active and scratching around the yard. I've read that could mean oxygen deprivation , but I've never seen it in person before...
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    Will feathers lost in a dog attack grow back before a molt?

    We had a hen get attacked by a dog last week, and her whole rear is now bald. I'm not sure if the dog pulled out the feathers or it was a "fright molt". My question is, will her butt feathers start to grow in now, or will they have to wait until she molts? She didn't molt this year, and I'd...
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    An Omen in the Sky

    I was so down Tuesday night, earlier that day a dog somehow got into the backyard (surrounded by a 6 foot tall privacy fence) and attacked our chickens who were getting a couple of hours of free ranging. Only one was hurt, she lost most of the feathers around her rear, and some leg and wing...
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    Dog attack, I need advice/consoling

    We have an enclosed run, but we let our four chickens out to free range a few hours per day. The backyard is surrounded with a 6 foot privacy fence, so we feel safe during the daylight hours, at night they are in a very secure coop. Someone is usually out with them when they are out during the...
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    Softshell eggs every 16 days

    We are first time chicken owners and have an Easter Egger who has a weird egg laying behavior that I was hoping someone might shine some light on. She lays fine most of the time, pretty much lays every day. She's one year old, and is in a flock of four, all hens. Starting about two months ago...
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    Is this Fowlpox? Injury? Something else?

    As title says, is this fowlpox? The first two photos are from about 10 days ago, the last one from tonight. It was the best photo we could get at bedtime. Thanks, we're new chicken keepers.
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    Bedtime Bullying

    My first thread posted back in February was about a packing order/bullying problem. That sorted itself out over time, and the flock was all happy again. But here's the new problem: Our flock consists of two easter eggers and two wyandottes, all the same age, 11 months, and all raised together...
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    First Post and a Question About Behavior

    Hello everyone, it's good to be here! Here's my basic info: We have 4 birds, two easter eggers and two wyandottes. They are all the same age, 7 months. The two easter eggers have been laying for about 6 weeks, one wyandotte started laying about 3 weeks ago and the other wyandotte isn't laying...
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