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    Dust bath ideas

    Is it okay to use an old tire as a dust bath? I am worried about chemical fumes affecting the chickens.
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    Lethargic Chicken

    I’m a first time chicken owner, so I’m learning as I go. I am worried about one of my chickens. She’s very lethargic. She will stand in one place and seemingly stare into space for quite awhile. She eats and drinks normally. I have checked to see if she is egg bound, and she’s not. Her comb and...
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    Egg bouund

    How can you tell if a hen is egg bound? I have a hen that is displaying odd behavior. She keeps running up and down the ramps into the nesting boxes, frantically, and scratching in the nest the repeats running up and down the ramps into again. Multiple hens use the nesting boxes so I can’t tell...
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    Arthritis?

    I have a Wellsummer hen that is 22 weeks old. When we got her (about 3 days old) she had deformed toes, one on each foot, that curled backwards. It didn’t seem to bother her. She moved around normally and perched on things with no problem. Lately I have noticed that she’s been lying down a lot...
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    Bird Flu

    Does anyone know if there are any precautions we could take to prevent our backyard flock from getting the bird flu?
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    A cackling bay chick

    I have a 2 week old Jersey Giant and lately she has been cackling just before she’s about to poop (as though she was going to lay an egg). Is this a normal behavior or is it a sign of a problem developing?
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    Bumblefoot?

    Can anyone tell me if this is the start of Bumblefoot? I got this Sapphire Gem at approximately 3 weeks old and I noticed a slight swelling in the pads of her feet. It’s not red but it looks like a dark spot in the middle. I can’t tell if it’s just the color of her feet or if it’s what you call...
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    Hi! I’m Mamaof13.

    I’m a new chicken owner and I have 13 chicks. Most of them are 1 week old, but I have 2 that are about 3 weeks old. My husband and I are in our 60’s and we are raising them for the eggs and as pets. We live in a rural area of Tennessee and have a lot of land for our babies to roam. I will...
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