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    Injured rooster

    I went out today about an hour ago to the change water and my rooster had himself wedged in behind the waterer head down. I don't know how long he was like that but when I pulled him out the other rooster went at him and he jumped back in his hiding spot. When I pulled him out again his comb is...
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    To insulate or not to insulate

    I live in Ontario Canada and we can get down to -30 celcius on the coldest nights. I've just expanded my coop. I will add a picture. I have fixed where you can see light shining through in this picture. I have some OSB sheets that I'm going to put up inside and I'm wondering if I should put in...
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    Chick eye injury

    I have a little bantam chick that is the single hatch of this one hen. It's not more than a week old right now. It has an eye injury. I'm not sure how it happened or who did it. It was partially closed for a few days and I've just been monitoring but now its fully closed. I let the hens hatch...
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    Young rooster leg injury, limping, curled foot

    I have a young rooster that's about 9 months old. About a month ago, one day, he was just limping. I didn't notice anything prior to this. He won't or can't open one foot. He still eats drinks and poops normally. He crows and dust bathes. Acts normal just with a limp. He moves around alright but...
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    Is this viable or is it a blood ring?

    I didnt realize this egg had anything going on with it. There was nothing visable when I collected it a while ago. It's been hot this week and it was left on the counter in the house. Is this a blood ring forming or does it still look viable? The little embryo is still in there and wiggly. Im...
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    Bantam cochin hen off balance

    I noticed yesterday that one of my bantam cochin hens isn't doing too well. She's a year ish old. She's off balance and not moving around a lot but alert and not making any in pain noises. We just got rid of her bumble foot, so I've been up close with her for the last few weeks. She seemed fine...
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    Bantam Cochin D'uccle cross chicks.

    This was my first time with cross breed chicks. I've only hatched straight D'uccle before I got the Bantam cochins. The rooster is Duccle, and my hens are D'uccle and Bantam cochin. Looking at the combs, it seems to be like all the plain brown birds are hens, and all the white mix are roosters...
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    Products like Prid for bumblefoot in Canada

    Hello! I have a hen with bumblefoot that im treating. I saw some articles and videos that mention Prid drawing salve works really well but I can't find any in Canada. I'm not sure it can be purchased here. I'm just wondering if anyone knows something similar I can get in Canada.
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    Mother hen attacking other nesting hens

    So I'm not sure this can be helped but here we go. I have two hens with 7 chicks sectioned off in my coop. Theyre coparenting the chicks together I guess. The area they're in isn't very big and I dont want them to get over crowded feeling or too confined plus they can't get out into the run but...
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    Should I assist hatch?

    I have one egg left out of seven. I had two broody hens and when their chicks hatched they abandoned one nest that had two dudes and this one other egg that seems viable so I put it in the incubator. The last one of the chicks hatched last night it was pretty shrink wrapped after it pipped and...
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    No veins should I keep incubating?

    Hello everyone. I have two broody hens sitting on eggs. I've been trying to pull out new eggs that keep getting added to the pile but a few have slipped by and I'm wondering if I should put them in the incubator or if they're no good. I dont want to put them in if theyre going to explode. Theyre...
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    Hen pecking chick vents until bloody. Wound care help please.

    Hi everyone. Looking for some advice. One of my Duccle hens hatched out her first chicks. She's 6 or 7 months old. The chicks are 10 days old today. Everything was going well until tonight I hear what sounds like distress from the chicks. Mama hen has pecked two of the chicks around the vent...
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    Ventilation help for canadian winter

    So here is my coop currently. I am going to be adding insulation for the cold canadian winter. This will be my first winter with chickens. My question is should I cover my current vents on the left and add vents up near the triangle parts of the roof? I could also put roof vents because I'm...
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    Young pullet having trouble walking/standing

    I have a young bantam cocchin pullet who is having trouble walking and standing. I just noticed it yesterday. Not sure her exact age maybe 6 weeks. She's still eating and drinking fine and is in good spirits. I am wondering about vitamin deficiency or coccidiosis. It seems like I can't treat...
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    D'uccle sexing help 3-4 weeks old

    I think it might be too early to tell but I'm new to chickens so here we go. I got 7 little D'uccles I'm curious about the sex of. I just got combs shots of them. Any guesses? I think #1 is a rooster for sure.
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    New member

    Hello everyone. I am new here and new to chickens. I have 7 Mille fleur D'uccle chicks that are 2 weeks ish old. I don't really eat eggs all that much and I didn't want meat birds. I have just always wanted to have chickens. I have raised ducks from day olds and had button quails when I was...
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