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    Sore Bum

    This is my silkie hen - and she’s got a sore bum. She flexes it often as if she’s trying to poop. She has been pooping but she also does this between poops. It looks like it’s sore from being wet and dirty all the time :(. I’ve attached a photo for your review and help. I’ve cleaned her up...
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    Ruptured Crop - External Tear

    I have an 8 week old silkie who had a swollen crop I discovered two days ago. I have been trying to help her clear things out but I could never get it complete empty and it felt like there were gas bubbles in her crop. I could get food and junk out (and it didn’t smell bad at all so I don’t...
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    My Flock got attacked last night

    I'm not even sure why i writing this... maybe because I keep telling myself they're just birds... or that there was truly nothing I could have done... but my heart is so heavy just now. I woke up and got ready for work this morning and as usual I went out to the greenhouse/garden/coop complex...
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    When do you take action?

    Hey everyone-- Back in at the of March we took possession of our 6 beautiful lavender opringtons. They were bred locally and we were super excited to add these to our flock and continue fwd with them as breeding stock for our own. However, within the first two weeks we lost a peep-- which...
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    Lethargic Pullet Orpington

    This little lavender Orpington is having issues. About three weeks ago I noticed she seemed tired and lethargic and thought perhaps she was just going through a sleepy phase some animals get when growing. However, she hasn't improved. This is what I know: 1. She's coming up on 11 weeks old 2...
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    Found an ill pullet

    Hey all, We found our young pullet Pepper this afternoon like this. I've seen hot chickens before but not like this and maybe she isn't having heat issues at all. She has access to food, water, other hens who are acting normally. She was acting fine this morning when we saw her and the only...
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    Young Broody Hen

    I'm using tapatalk and did searches on the forums so I'm thinking its tapatalk not working properly as I'm certain I'm not the only one to ever a have this issue...so I do apologize for seeming to disregard the volumes of info on this forum but re asking something that has likely been answered...
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    New Rooster

    Hey guys, I got five new birds this year, all silver laced wyandottes. One of them is a rooster...planned and not by mistake. Anyway, Charlemagne, as he's now called, has come of age. He's crowing, has beautiful feathers and manages the flock, especially whenever he senses danger. He also...
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    Automation is key for me...

    So I put this in the Colorado forum already as that's where I live but wanted to share this with the great community. I love my flock and I enjoy them so much but my life and schedule is so crazy that anything that can be automated, should. I say this after realizing that life is a one way...
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    Pullet-Shut Door in Existing Coop

    My wife has been great about closing the coop at night-- she's done it without fail whatever night I'm not home, which is a lot as I work in the evening. We live on a property of a few acres near Denver and while my hobby is gardening, chicken keeping, homesteading and such, her's is traveling...
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    In Memoriam, Rosamond-- A Tribute

    I lost my favorite hen on Thanksgiving... my tribute to her.... Breakfast with Sybil, Blog Post in Honor of Rosamond.
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    I'm gassing the flock this morning...

    ...sounds awful but it's not as bad as it sounds. You see my sneezy chickens, I believe, have an infection and I have an ultrasonic humidifier going full blast in my coop with a water-oxine mixture pouring out of it. My coop is small and so I have a small ultrasonic in there doing the job. I...
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    The Bug Brigade!

    Today I introduced my small flock of five to the garden. It's our first garden at our current property and having this unusual power over plants (I blame growing up on a farm), the entire garden is teeming to the brim with plants and their respective fruits or vegetables. But the problem is...
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    Bad Weather in Colorado

    Hey guys.... so it's the May snowstorm we all expect tonight, here in Colorado... I live above 6500' and the snow is coming down-- several inches earlier today but more is expected tonight-- and its the water-logged, heavy snow, too. My two-month old chickens are in their coop outside-- but it...
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    Re-purposed material - a lesson in recycling.

    I got three buff orpingtons two weeks ago and they're growing like mad. I thought that may be pigs with wings, as this would mean I had to make good on a lot of promises I made in the past if they began to fly, but on closer inspection, they're just little dinosaurs growing like weeds. I meant...
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    New member from the Mile High State...

    G'day peeps! Just saying hi to the forum. I'm new to the BYC forums and to chickens. This weekend we got 3 buff orpingtons, which I'm pretty sure are actually three fuzzy pigs walking on two legs. Anyway, I'm in the greater Denver area and am really looking forward to having the chickens in...
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    We're new peep parents...first timers...

    We picked up our three buff orpingtons today at a swap meet in Denver. We chose to name them Edith, Helen and Sybil. No offense to anyone named these names. The coop isn't even built yet-- other projects took precedences. But we go to pick up some building supplies tomorrow so I have a...
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