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    Chick unable to walk

    Hi! So I have ten chicks in a brooder I made and I noticed one is not walking or standing much. The chick is a few weeks old I got it at Tractor supply about a week ago. Most of the other chicks kinda walk over him/her. I included pictures of the chick standing outside the brooder. It is not...
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    How to make chickens get along??

    Hello, I read some posts on getting chickens to get along but most seem to say it’s just pecking order or to rehome the chicken. I’m looking for any advice, so, say what you feel but I really hope to find a way to keep my chickens while also keeping them alive. I have six chickens, one rooster...
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    Limping chicken

    One of my chickens started limping and has some discomfort on her leg. I checked her leg and she doesn’t have any bruising or anything out of the ordinary on her leg. She stays in a coop with other chickens and I haven’t noticed any bullying she also is currently raising a chick. Is there...
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    How long before egg starts developing?

    This feels like a really stupid question but I’m scared. This is my first time hatching eggs. I have a broody hen who’s been sitting on 12 eggs and we don’t want any more so we marked them. I’m trying to check for any unmarked eggs twice a day but haven’t been able to go this often. I just...
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    Raising chicks with mom

    I have a broody chicken with a bunch of fertile eggs. What can I expect when they hatch? Can I leave the chicks with her? there’s three other chickens and a rooster living in that coop too. I know chicks require different food so I’m nervous that when I try to give them food the other chickens...
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    All my chickens sharing a box

    Hello! I’ll try to keep this short but no promises. So from the beginning I had one chicken Henrietta and four nest boxes. Henrietta picked her box and continued to lay there for months. I got two new chickens Anastasia and Thumbelina. These two shared a different nesting box for a while before...
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    Found a baby turtle…

    I found this baby turtle by my house mind you I live in a more wooded area with no near by water. It seems too young to let free but I don’t know anything about raising a turtle. I think it might be a water turtle since it enjoys the water but I also read that most turtles enjoy both. I do know...
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    My supposedly broody hen’s laying anywhere and my other hen is eating it!

    Hi, so my hen which I don’t know her breed but when I bought her full grown the seller said she’s broody. I introduced her to my flock and waited to see when she lay. It’s been like six months and last week we noticed she was extremely dirty back there so we cleaned her and saw that she was...
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    What do with aggressive rooster?

    I’ve had my chickens and rooster for six months now and since the beginning he’s been aggressive. He was gifted to me along with a smaller rooster and a hen. The smaller rooster, who was also much kinder died last month, though. Leaving me with the bigger, aggressive one. Now things that might...
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    Hi! New here

    I’ve been raising my chickens and two rabbits for a couple of months now and every time I google something a post from here shows up and I thought it’s about time I get it! Anyways I also have a TikTok: small_farm2
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