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    17 week old Pullet, yellow watery stool, panting and drooping wings please help!

    17 week old Sapphire Splash, not yet laying, but squatting and getting red. Her “sis” is already laying. Today I found yellowish watery stool with a red smear this morning and kept an eye out for anyone acting sick. The red smear looked sort of jelly like and it bounced a little when I smushed...
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    Flock management: bullying? Pecking order?

    I would love some help brainstorming about my flock, current coop and run set up, and support for my ever-insecure new chicken mama brain. Essentially my 12x17 week old mixed flock of hens are FINE right now. We had a rooster who was rehomed last week and they relaxed so much after he left...
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    Coop-obsessed pullets!

    tried posting on another thread but didn’t get any bites… so here’s a new one! My mixed flock of 13 are 16/17 weeks old. Everyone’s getting very red and the rooster (crowing 17 weeks etc) is beginning to mate them. He’s being rehomed this week too so the long term flock will be 12. I’ve...
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    Rehome- Beautiful Mystery Rooster in Southwest WA

    This good boy needs to find a new home, hopefully with the of space to live out his days. He’s great with his 12 girls (brooder mates) and would make a great free range king, but we too live close to others and have too many predators for free range. Sold to us as a Delaware, clearly not. 14...
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    5 week olds and nipple waterer

    My 5 week olds all know *how* to use their nipple waterer in their coop, I’ve seen them each do it successfully and teaching each other- about a week ago when I was sure, I removed their other small gravity waterer per the advice on BYC. For the past week though I really am not seeing them use...
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    I’m thinking I didn’t get what was listed…

    Howdy! Our 5.5 week old Delaware sexed pullet from the local Wilco Farm Store is not feathering out as expected. Not seeing neck barring or smut, no black tail feather- pure white, yellow legs and a large-ish yellow comb that’s beginning to pink. Beginnings of pinks wattles. What do we think...
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    Noisy? Bored? Cramped?

    Hey all! Thanks in advance for any replies and ideas. First time chick raising. Currently I have 13 3-4 week old chicks in our 2x6 stock tank brooder inside our basement, and am planning to move them as soon as the younger ones hit 4/4.5 weeks and have more feathers. I thought they’d make it...
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    Help me decide- Grandpa’s Feeder or other brand?

    I am planning the chicks transition out into their permanent coop and run and trying to not learn lessons the hard way by researching my options now. They will have a full predator and hopefully pest proof covered run where the food and water will remain outside the coop. Feeder options have...
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    Chick with pulsating tail/rear end - weird behavior. Please help!

    1.5 week old Sapphire Splash chick. I’ve noticed for a few days now that her tail/butt is like pulsing when she’s resting or standing still. I can’t see that she’s obviously hurt, no drooping wings or similar. I’ve checked her vent and it looks normal to me. She’s eating and drinking but...
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    Finally saying hello!

    Newbie Chicken Mama here raising my first flock of 13! We live in an unincorporated spot in Southwest Washington state and are finally realizing our dream of raising laying chickens! It's been a bit surreal seeing how crazy the whole country is going for chickens right now, and trying to...
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