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    Crop issue, seems serious

    I have a light Brahma that has had a large crop for a few days now, but I just noticed that she now has troubles standing/walking and is trembling slightly. I’m wondering if she has an impacted crop, but when I feel it it’s squishy and full, not hard like a rock. Trembling may be due to...
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    Starting Breeding Flock

    Hello! I am thinking about starting a bantam breeding flock to breed for the standard of perfection and hopefully show stock eventually. If anyone has tips, articles to help me learn, or a breed I should start with that would be greatly appreciated! Feel free to bombard me with info!! I might...
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    Lonely chick with weak legs?

    Hello, I got chicks yesterday, some from a fleet farm and some got brought home from I believe a runnings. There’s one chick in particular, an Appenzeller Spitzhauben pullet that is acting strange. She cheeps louder than the other 10 chicks combined and constantly, but she doesn’t usually go...
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    Showing hens in 4H

    Hello, I’m wondering if anyone has a sort of guide for preparing and showing hens at a county 4H competition. For goats/sheep there are guides for how much to feed and how to care for their wool, etc. but I haven’t found anything like that for poultry. Any tips would be great, thanks!
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    Birchen modern game bantams

    Hello, I have two questions. First, I found a pair of game bantams and was wondering if it is alright to keep a male and female together. I knkw generally you want a ratio of one male to a bunch of females depending on breed, but would it be okay to just have one and one? Also, is there...
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    Duck Coops and Tips

    Hello, I have recently been thinking about getting some ducks. My problem though is where and how do I house them? I do have a barn and I could turn a small space of that into a duck coop, but I’m not sure the specifics of the coop. Would it be a problem to have a wood floor? Or does anyone have...
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    Hen or Rooster? Chick update

    Hello, I posted a thread maybe close to a month ago wondering if one of my new Olive Egger chicks was a male. I read about the males having a dog on their head, but I’m not sure the parents lineage so I was informed it cannot be determined if it’s accurate or not. Here are updated pics of my two...
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    Using Herbs for Chickens?

    Hello, I was reading an article that was an interview of Lisa Steele I believe. She was talking about using herbs for her chickens, which I’ve been wanting to try. I ended up buying French Lavender, lemon grass, oregano, parsley and mint. Does anyone have experience with these? How do I...
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    Can these chicks be sexed yet??

    Hi everyone, this is my first time asking a question on here! Anyway, I just recently got a few chicks. There are two that I am wondering if they are going to be roosters or if I’m just overthinking. First, I read that Olive Eggers can be sexed by males having a white dot on their head. I am...
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