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    Please Help! Guinea Attacked - Hole in side of head / bleeding / lethargic

    Hello, I posted in the Emergency/Injury section this morning but no one has responded. Maybe its bc its not regarding a chicken? Our male guinea was attacked by the other male guinea. He's got a hole in the side of his head. This morning I irrigated it with water with a little bit of...
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    Chicken wings injured by Rooster

    We have a Wyandotte rooster that has injured a black Australorp Hen by mounting her. His claws have removed feathers and bloddied her wings. What should I do for her? How do I file down his claws to prevent him from doing this again?
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    Guinea Attacked -medical care? Hole in head/ear

    One male Guinea attacked another. There is a small hole in side of head of victim. How do you recommend I treat this? I’m concerned about infection. Should I bring him to the vet? Is there an over-the-counter antibiotic I can give him and if so where can I buy it? How do I attach a photo on...
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    What predator may have attacked guinea fowl with no evidence of struggle?

    We had started allowing our guineas to free range without any problems in our open back-yard field next to our house. They have been great about returning to the coop all on their own in the early evenings. Our field is surrounded by other paddocks. And our farm is surrounded by farmland on...
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    Chicken - Lethargic and diarrhea

    Our one year-old hen is acting a little abnormal this morning. She’s not as interested in food or foraging this morning as normal. She keeps closing her eyes, lowering her head and lowering her tail feathers. When we put her on a fresh patch of grass she’ll perk up and eat a little, then return...
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    Sick chicken - lethargic, diarrhea

    Hello, we have a one year-old Australorp seems sick this morning. She seems lethargic and her poop is abnormal. See photo. Sometimes she just closes her eyes and lowers her head and tail feathers. Now it has plenty of water. I gave her some rescue 911 in her water. I also fed her some hard...
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    Bad idea to buy a goose/gander pair at same time from hatchery ?

    Hello, We are looking to buy French Toulouse geese that we may eventually breed. Is it a bad idea to buy a male/female gooseling pair at the same time from the same hatchery from an inbreeding perspective? We are in the process of planting an orchard. Next summer we plan to get ducks. The...
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    Chicken Breeds that survive cold and heat? Wyandottes vs Australorps vs Rhode Island Reds? Other breeds

    Hello, We live in NJ. We have 3 Columbian Wyandottes and last summer we added 4 Black Australorps chicks. So far the biggest risks to our chickens are the summer heat and red-tailed hawks. Last year we lost 2 Wyandottes in July to the heat. All got through the cold winter no problem. I am...
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    Lame guinea - foot atrophy w black spots - photos attached - HELP?

    Hi, We are building a bigger coop for our guineas but in the current coop size we have a male that is bullied. Today I noticed he is not putting weight on one leg. He holds that leg up and its shaking. The foot on that leg looks a little smaller than the other leg. I soaked it in an epsom...
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    Integrating guinea flocks

    We have 3 separate guinea flocks. 8 guineas are in a 8x10 coop and large run. They are 1.5 yrs old. 6 guineas are in a smaller coop and run. They are 6 months old. 7 guineas also in smaller coop and run. Also 6 months old. I’d like to integrate these flocks into 1 big flock. I’ve been...
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    How cold is too cold for chickens? Guineas?

    Hello, We 1.5 yr old Wyandottes. Some were molting in Oct. many feathers have grown back but their comb is still pale. We have 6 month old Australorps We have 1.5 yr and 6month old Guinea hens. All are in wood coops. How cold is too cold before we need to provide heat?
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    Is my chicken dead?

    She was walking around just two hours ago. I had her in a chicken tractor. I did chain up our dog just outside the tractor. Could he have literally scared her to death? She is soft but unresponsive. I noticed her comb was a little pale yesterday. Today was not very hot. She had water and...
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    Broody hen / Bullying

    We have Wyandotte hens. Hen A went broody so I put keet eggs under her. After a few weeks I noted hen B kicked hen A off the nest. Hen B hatched keets and we separated hen B and the keets in a separate coop. She’s been with them 3-4 weeks. Today I tried taking hen B from the keets and...
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    Dead Chicken - Heat? Water? Fighting

    We have 5 Columbian Wyandottes in NJ in a 6x8 coop. Their coop has an underneath run. They were all fine this morning at 9am. We gave them fresh cold water and let them into their underneath run. I put a few cold water bottles out. I checked on them at 1pm and found 1 dead. 😭 she was...
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    What happened to this Guinea keet?

    We left this morning and one of the eggs had a little beak poking out. I came home today and found the keeet had hatched. It was on its side and out of the nest. The hen was just scratching about. I’m not sure if something went wrong with the hatching or if the keet is abnormal or if the hen...
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    What happened to this Guinea keet?

    We left this morning and one of the eggs had a little beak poking out. I came home today and found the keeet had hatched. It was on its side and out of the nest. The hen was just scratching about. I’m not sure if something went wrong with the hatching or if the keet is abnormal or if the hen...
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    Jersey Giants vs Australorp

    Hi, We have 5 Colombian Wyondotte hens and are adding to our flock. We’ve got alot of hawks. So I have not let our white hens free range. I’ve heard black hens are less likely to be attacked by hawks so I was considering adding either Jersey Giant or Australorp hens. We may eventually add...
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    HELP!! Chicken hatched a keet!!! Now what???

    Hi, We have 5 wyondotte chickens. One chicken was broody so I threw some Guinea eggs under her and it worked!!!! A keet just hatched! There are still 10 more guinea eggs under her. We keep hens in 1 coop and Guinea’s in a separate coop. We also have a small Producers Pride Farm House...
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    Chicken - Mouth breathing / Slight pale comb

    Hello, We have young Wyandotte hens that just recently started laying eggs about 2 weeks ago We noticed today 1 hen that is slightly opening her mouth a tiny bit when she inhales and every few minutes she stretches her neck and opens her mouth wide. Her comb is slightly more pale than the...
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