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    Hen acting strange after laying soft egg

    I found this soft shelled egg in the coop this morning, and this hen acting strange. I’m not 100% sure it was her who laid it, but it seems like she is. It was laid on the poop shelf while she was roosting, which has only happened when I got the first egg ever laid, which was also a soft shelled...
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    How to get my chickens to use nipple waterer?

    When I moved them to the run from the brooder, I took a 5 gallon bucket and drilled holes for the little cups waterers to go into, but they got so dirty so fast. Even with me wiping them out and dumping them every day they would get so nasty, and in the summer mosquitoes would lay their eggs in...
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    He’s a rooster, right?

    I got him from a friend about a week ago, and he said he’d heard him crow. I haven’t heard it yet. He looks like a rooster to me, but I’m new to chickens so what do I really know lol. He is somewhere around 15 weeks. What do yall think?
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    Deep bedding vs Deep Litter?

    Can someone help me understand the difference between these a little better? I've been using coffee grounds for my bedding and I'm just not loving it as much as I initially was. The grounds don't provide enough traction for my chickens when the jump off the roosting bars, and they seem to slip...
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    Chicken acting strange?

    I’ve got one chicken who is acting strange. She’s 19 weeks old, and may have laid her first egg this morning/ last night. I’ve got a 8 chickens, 7 of which are female and 1 is a male. I found my first egg this morning and she is one of three that I suspect laid it. She’s been totally fine until...
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    Pale comb one minute and bright red the next?

    I’m probably overthinking this, but I just went to check on my chickens one last time before bedtime and noticed one of my 19 week old pullets with a yellowish tinge to her comb and wattles. I wasn’t able to get a photo of it at its most pale because once I turned the light on in the coop and...
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    When to switch food and provide oyster shells?

    My 7 chickens are now 18 weeks old. Two of them are cinnamon queen, two are black sex link, and three are americanas. The cinnamon queen and black sex link, to my understanding, are pretty close to laying age. I heard one of them the day before last singing the egg song, but I’m not sure who it...
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    Mixing 6 week and 11 week chicks?

    I have 7 11 week old pullets, and I have a friend wanting to rehome his six week chicks. I only want one, who he says he believes is a rooster. (Hopefully he’s right, but it’s okay if he isn’t lol) would it be a bad idea to mix them at this age, or would they be similar enough in size? Would it...
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    Red poop! Help!!

    While checking on my almost 10 week old chicks this morning, I noticed two spots of poop that have red in them. I know this can be a sign of coccidiosis, but can also just be their intestinal lining? What does this look like to everyone? Should I treat with Corrid? I have 7 chicks, I don’t know...
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    Is it okay to allow my chicks to free range?

    I’m new to chicken keeping, and have 7 chicks who will be 9 weeks in two days. They’ve been in the coop and have had access to the run since day 2. They put themselves up at night reliably and let themselves out in the morning. I’ve been letting them out while I’m at the coop cleaning it, doing...
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    Can I feed my chickens wheat?

    I work in agriculture, and my customers are cutting their wheat right now. Basically every field has a spill of grain just sitting on the ground and is going to start rotting. Is this something I could give my chickens and save a bit on feed costs? It is straight out of the combine, there is...
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    Six week old chick standing with head tucked and tail feathers down

    my chicks just turned six weeks old on Thursday. I just went got them from their brooder to move into their coop and once I put them in there, I noticed she is standing with her tail feathers down and her head kinda tucked in her neck. I haven’t seen her eat food or drink, but she ate mealworms...
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    Best dust bath to provide? Mite prevention?

    My girls will be moving into their coop soon, currently the run is all grass, so not much dirt to dust bathe in yet. What should I provide them with in the meantime? Top soil mixed with sand? I see conflicting opinions on DE, so not sure what to do there. What is the best to prevent mites? I see...
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    How many chickens can I comfortably fit?

    My coop is 8x8 with a 12x16 run. I’ve currently got 7 chickens, how many more can I comfortably add? According to the 3 sq ft per chicken in the coop and 10 sq fr per chicken in the run, it would be about 19. Is that correct? They’ll be able to free range in the evening and weekends when I’m...
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    Is this enough ventilation?

    my husband and I have just built an 8x8 coop and I’m wondering if I’ve got enough ventilation. The top half of the Dutch door we are adding a hardware cloth screen so that I can keep the top main door open when it’s hot out and have more air flow, and the windows open. Is this adequate? I’m...
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    Three week old chick has bleeding feathers

    While giving my chicks some outside time to peck around in the grass, I noticed one of them has some bleeding tail feathers. None of the others have seemed to notice and no one has tried pecking at it. It’s covered by her wings most of the time because of where it’s at. Should I address this or...
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    Suddenly Lethargic chick

    Ive had my chicks for two weeks on Thursday. I had one chick pass on Friday very suddenly after acting very odd and lethargic, she had a droopy wing and would open and close are mouth, occasionally it looked like she was adjusting her crop, her eyes were closed but still had the white membrane...
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