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    Wheezing chick with crackling lungs - emergency ASAP

    4 week bantam chick was completely fine yesterday, now crackling in throat and gasping Nothing I can see in the throat and no discharge anywhere
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    How do you guys treat mites and lice in highly feathered chickens

    My chickens have a mild case of lice, and I’ve been trying to treat it with various powders and a spray but they don’t go away, I’ve also treated the pen and deep cleaned I just can’t reach all their feathers And if I drip them in something their feathers suction and they don’t get wet
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    Rooster with respiratory symptoms

    Got home and noticed all the feeders were empty, when I filled them up chickens were gorging themselves And I noticed one of the boys was frothing from the mouth a bit and panting He wears a collar which I instantly took off when this happened, but he’s been wearing it for several months with no...
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    Any idea on 6 week polish genders?

    Raising some Polish for a friend, any ideas on the genders? They are roughly six weeks old I suspect 2 and 4 are cockrels but I don’t really know
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    Emergency- wry neck please help asap

    She was fine yesterday but she sits like this and can’t move her neck, what do I do!! 😭😭
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    Ear infection in rooster?

    I have a cockerel who has ear feathers matted with some kind of discharge, from what I can see it doesn’t look too bad, some brown gunk around the ear hole but no viable swelling or complete blockage, he otherwise acts normal but he’s kinda a goofy bird so hard to tell Advice for treatment? If...
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    How close do you think she is to laying?

    Her comb and wattles are bigger than my adult laying hens if the same breed now so I’m wondering if she’s close to laying, she’s also been inspecting nesting boxes
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    Mouse in the pen

    I came across a mouse in my chickens feed, but when I came near it it didn’t run away it just sat there I poked it gently with a stick to see if it was alive and it slowly scuttled away, do you think there was something wrong with it? Should I do anything to secure the coop?
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    I decided to let my broody sit on some eggs

    I’ve noticed some of my older hens going broody and I decided to let one sit on the eggs to see what happens I want to test out the genetics of my white barred cockerel out of curiosity, he is the only one mature enough to try and mount the hens yet none of my hens have ever hatched eggs before...
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    Slightly purple comb tips on cockerels

    I have two cockerels who have slightly purple comb tips, no signs of respiratory or any other kind of distress, they seem perfectly healthy What might this be? I just posted the one with the most obvious purple Edit: it’s currently summer so I know it’s not frostbite
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    What colour is he?

    I have a 18 week old Pekin bantam cockerel and I’m wondering what colour he is When he was young he appeared buff mottled, then he lost his spots and now he looks like this What colour is he?
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    Pullet throwing up water

    My runty little pullet threw up some clear liquid, I’m assuming it was water, a lot of it too, then she seems totally fine This has only happened once, something to worry about?
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    What happens when you cross dominant white with black?

    I’ve heard many things and I’m curious what I’ll actually get, I have a cockerel who (I think) is dominant white with a few barred feathers and some pure black pullets, what would I get off I crossed them? And what would I get if I crossed him with the silvery hen pictured below?
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    I’m curious, why doesn’t this obvious cockerel not have pointed hackle or saddle feathers when my other does?

    He crows, mates and does all roostery things, so I’m curious as to why he still has rounded feathers at 17ish weeks old when my other has had them for over a month? I added photos of the buff who has pointy feathers Also a little side question why does my pure black pullet have one half blue...
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    Is this egg fertile?

    I was checking the fertility of my eggs by making pasta and I noticed this one, the photo isn’t the best but there’s a circular white bit with a ring around it
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    11 week frizzle bantams, pullets or cockerels?

    I asked about these guys several weeks ago, and I’d like an updated opinion, previously the black one looked like the only pullet
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    Ideas for building a chicken house for 20 bantams?

    We’re building a large secure fenced area for our birds, but our house isn’t big enough for them, has anyone got ideas on building a simple chicken house for 20 ish bantams? They also don’t fly and perch very high off the ground
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    Update on my cockerels and introducing my older hens

    So a while ago I posted a thread asking about which roosters I should keep, and you all told me to wait a while before deciding, I’d like to wait a little longer before a final decision but I need to separate some into a bachelor pen very soon, because my big buff cockerel went after my...
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    How to make nesting boxes more attractive to your hens?

    I have four hens and 7 soon to be laying pullets, I let my chickens free range and they have been laying in different spots every day, I have nesting boxes that they used to use, but don’t anymore We have many bushes in the yard and they are really tricky to find the eggs, I have to crawl...
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    Tips on finding missing chicken

    One of my girls has gone missing while free ranging this morning, last seen a couple hours ago, no signs of predator attack, no feathers pulled or loud sounds, I was home the whole time She’s slow moving and can’t really fly Our place has spots where she could hide but I can’t see her Any tips?
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