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    Why? would she bleed and die while laying?

    Okay, I've only done this chicken thing for 11 months now and it's just killing me. I lost my roo for some mysterious reason and now one of our pullets, Hershey, was dead this morning curled into her nest box. She had just layed her first egg two days ago. It looked like she was trying to lay an...
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    First ever dead chicken

    I went to let the flock out of the coop this morning and our rooster, Einstein, was dead! We don't know what happened...the girls are all fine and perky. I posted a couple weeks ago that the girls were pulling his crest feathers out, but that behavior had stopped and his feathers were all...
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    My bald roo

    Okay, I need some help. My nine year old is frantic about this and I am at a loss. We have been raising 12 chicks who are now 3 months old. They are a variety of breeds and one is a white crested black polish who turned out to be a roo (oops). My hubby says get rid of him but my son loves him...
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    Question about worming & parasites

    My ladies seem to be doing just fine, but I am reading things here and there about how I need to worm them periodically and treat them for lice and other external parasites. How often do I worm them? I found wormer at the local feed store, but the bottle doesn't say how often to treat them. And...
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    New from Central Iowa

    (1) I got my first hen, Jenny, in November 2009 from www.freecycle.org. My hubby says she is the most expensive free chicken in the world. I didn't want her to be lonely, so I bought a buff orpington, Omelet, to keep Jenny company. And I was thrilled to be getting two eggs most days in the...
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