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    Predator? Confused.

    My chickens only free range when I’m outside. I’ve seen every predator possible in our yard including very high hawk activity, foxes and a weasel kill a bunny in front of me. Today I was cleaning the run and the girls were out about 50 feet away. I heard one cry out and a rustling of feathers. I...
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    Coccidiosis help please!

    Yesterday I noticed bloody diarrhea under the roost in the morning and went to look at the girls and found Ruth one of my light Brahmas huddled and fluffed up. I’m assuming with the presentation that this is coccidiosis. She was not eating or drinking. We separated her in her own pen with her...
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    Bumble Foot?

    I’m assuming this is bumble foot? It doesn’t appear to be deep or too painful for her. It seems like I could pull the lesion off but it may bleed if I do. Should I soak this and try to remove it? What should I put on it and do I wrap it? She’s not limping. She’s a Brahma and she is very heavy. I...
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    Feather pecking questions

    I have 5 Hens and one recently had some loose droppings. It’s been raining a lot and I think she had been drinking some puddle water. The loose droppings resolved but we had to give her a bath and some droppings were so matted under her vent that we trimmed them back a bit. She’s a Brahma and...
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    Green egg layer now laying Blue

    I read on the forums that when this happens it’s a lack of the brown coating over the blue egg. The causes have been suggested as genetics, diet and faulty system. So I’m just curious if anyone has any experience with this and if in fact there is anything I should be doing to support her. Thanks!
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    Loose droppings and a shell less egg

    Good morning, My 10 month old Australorp has recently started with the following symptoms: loose droppings, frayed looking tail feathers, aggression to a new layer, minor oddities on her egg shells and then this morning a shell less egg under the roost. Something of note is that for the past...
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    Aggression towards newly laying pullet

    I have four 22 week old pullets. 2 Sapphire Sky and 2 light Brahmas. I also have a 10 month old black Australorp from my original flock that was killed by a bear. She and one other survived the bear attack but the other just passed away unexpectedly at Christmas so she is the only older pullet...
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    Pullet losing nails

    Hello! My 21 week light Brahma pullet lost a nail on her middle toe about a month ago. I had gone in to clean and noticed a bit of blood on their platform. I inspected them and found her toe nail missing but it was no longer bleeding and I did nothing since I did not want to disrupt a scab or...
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    Help- All the sudden very unwell

    My 8 month old Buff Orpington has had an on off poopy backside for a couple weeks. I had cleaned her up and it seems to improve but a few days ago I realized it was poopy again. Her droppings under the roost had not seemed bad but I did find two loose ones this morning. Then tonight she dropped...
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    Feather sheath flaking?

    My coop and run have had a dusting of some flakey looking stuff in a few areas for a while now. Mostly the areas that my four 15 week old pullets hang out and roost at night. After googling I think the flakes look like they could be old feather sheaths which I think is normal but I want to just...
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    Poopy Bum Question

    Hello! I noticed yesterday that my 7 month old Buff Orpington had a little bit of poop down her bum. So today I checked her over and some poop was caked in the feathers around her vent. I cleaned her up and she is otherwise acting normal eating drinking well. Environment wise, we recently...
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    Saddle feathers question

    My almost 11 week old Sapphire Sky has some new feathers that I’m assuming due to location are saddle feathers? My other sapphire sky same age doesn’t have these that noticeably or sticking out. This isn’t a cockerel right? Sorry for another post.. I’m just so knowledgeable!
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    Questions about being broody

    Wondering if my pullet (8 months) is showing signs of being broody or is just irritated lol. The last two mornings when I opened the run for the girls to free range a bit and get out of the way so I can do chores one has stayed in the coop in a nesting box. They are usually waiting at the door...
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    Unimpressed chickens- bored in the run

    I just put this new ladder, platform and roost on one side of our run to add more usable space and break up visualization while we integrate chicks and their cage is in there for look don’t touch. I also thought it would long term be nice even when we remove the cage. My two big girls are...
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    What is a Sapphire Sky?

    Hello! I purchased two chicks from TSC labeled Sapphire Sky pullets. They have crests? on their heads (look like Mohawks) and can potentially lay green eggs. Curious if anyone else has these? Did they in fact lay green and if anyone knows what birds likely make up this hybrid? Thanks!
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    Look don’t touch question

    After we lost 4 chickens to a bear attack at the end of summer I purchased 4 new chicks (2 light Brahmas, 2 Sapphire Olive Eggers) to eventually join our two remaining girls (black australorp and buff orp). The big girls are now about 26 weeks. The chicks are almost 7 weeks old. At 5 weeks we...
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    Early Brahma Gender Guess

    I would appreciate any opinions on the gender of my 5.5 week old light Brahma. I know it’s early but she has some pink/reddening of her comb and it is wider than my other Brahma chick’s comb. I heard that Brahmas are notoriously slow to mature so it has me worried. She is bigger with bigger legs...
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    Advice for hot wiring a coop against bears

    We had a bear attack a little while ago and we have repaired the coop and now we are looking to add electric wire. We are hoping to just hot wire the coop and not do a fence. I’m looking for advice on placement of hot wiring to best deter bears and also wondering if the wire needs to constantly...
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    Bear attack not all chickens accounted for…

    I had a bear break into my coop last night. I had 6 hens. I have found 2 areas with high number of feathers and I can tell each one is one of my 2 Easter eggers. One of my Australorps and Buff Orpingtons came back after awhile of me calling this morning. So I am still missing another Buff and...
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    18 week Buff Orpington is this a Rooster?

    Thelma is really confusing me. Her feathering doesn’t look rooster ish to me but her waddle/comb and thick huge legs seem suspicious to me. She’s extremely friendly and loves humans. These are our first chickens so I’m just going off the things I read online. No crowing, no eggs no signs...
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