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    My hen just laid 7 eggs

    Okay, not really. It seems that she is egg bound. She laid a monstrosity earlier today that proved to be a shell-less egg matrioshka with 4 layer. Yep. An egg in an egg in an egg in an egg! Weirdest thing I’ve ever seen! About an hour later, she looked like she was going to poop and 3...
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    Eye injury from hawk attack

    Hi! 2 days ago, one of my hens got attacked by a hawk. Fortunately I have a noisy flock, so when I heard the ruckus, I came running and not much damage was done. She has a few scratches around her face and lots of missing back feathers, but not much else. The problem is that she won't open...
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    Can my Cornish Cross chicks go outside?

    Hi! I have 2 Cornish cross "chicks" that are about 3 weeks old. They are huge compared to the rest of my 2-3 week old chicks (a mix of Tractor Supply dual purpose breeds and packing peanuts from a friend's Ideal order). The Cornish Crosses are about 10 times bigger than everyone else and they...
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    Can a chick get a prolapsed vent?

    I have a nearly 2 weeks old chick that trills every time he needs to poop. He strains and strains and it looks like his vent kind of inverts about 1 cm out of his body. It looks like a little straw or hose is coming out of his little butt. After some trilling and straining, a small bit of...
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    Will 11 week old Leghorn Roos kill each other?

    I've got 9 Leghorn roos in with 9 red broilers in a chicken tractor and they are all 11 weeks old. The Leghorns have gotten significantly more aggressive recently. Will they kill each other at this age or just annoy each other? I'm hoping to wait until this weekend to slaughter them.
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    Question about Leghorn roos... Will they kill each other at 11 weeks of age?

    I bought 10 red broiler chicks back in May and the hatchery added 9 Leghorn males for warmth. They are all 11 weeks old now and have been crowing for at least a month. This past weekend, I was hearing a lot more squawking and screeching than usual and told my husband that I thought we might be...
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    Cockerel's broken beak won't stop bleeding

    I've tried styptic powder, but he just licks it off. I don't want to poison him. Is there anything else I can do?
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    A skunk got away with my chicks

    Last night, a skunk dug under the wall of our portable coop which was housing a broody hen and her 7 chicks (they were a week old). The skunk made off with 4 of the chicks, but left everyone else relatively unscathed (Momma has a cut on her foot, but that's it). Tonight momma and the other 3...
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    I wasn't quite expecting to see this in the coop today!

    It was a pleasant surprise though! My BO has been sitting on a clutch of eggs, but I guess I miscalculated their due date! We have 4 chicks so far, one egg that is chipped and cheeping (so cool to hear an egg cheeping!), and 7 more that may or may not be doing anything. Here's the proud...
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    Need advice on getting hens to incubate their own eggs.

    Any info would be greatly appreciated. =)
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    I want my hens to do it themselves... Need advice

    Hi! I have 9 laying hens, 5 that are going to turn 1 year old next month and 4 that are going to turn 2 years old in June. I also have a rooster who seems to be enjoying the pleasures of all but 1 of my hens (she chases him around the yard!) I really want my girls to incubate their own eggs...
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    I wish I understood my Buff Orpington

    I think I have a defective BO. She's sweet in that she never pecks any hairy or furry creatures that roam the yard with her. She's cool with my kids picking her up and carting her around the yard (but then, so are the Dominique, the Speckled Sussex, and the Easter Egger). But when it comes to...
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    Listless 13 week old pullet

    My 13 week old Welsummer pullet is acting "not quite right" today and I was wondering if anyone had any advice. I noticed a mound of diarrhea in the coop this morning and then saw that my Welsummer was just sitting in the dirt, alert, but just sitting there, while the other chicks ate. I let...
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    Today (I think) is merge day...

    I've got 4 one year old laying hens and I plan on introducing 6 nine week old chicks. 2 of the chicks have been in a dog cage in the run for about 3 weeks and the rest are in the chicken tractor with the others that are destined for the freezer camp. A Faverolle was getting pestered so much...
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    Please tell me one of these Brahmas is a girl!

    I'd got four straight run Light Brahmas and we only plan to keep one girl. They are 9 weeks old. As it stands now, I'm not sure what I've got. I *think* I have 3 boys and 1 girls, but I'm not sure. Can someone help me out? Brahma #1 Brahma #2 Brahma #3 Brahma #4 And a...
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    Accidentally caught my chicken's foot under the chicken tractor... What should I do?

    What I've been fearing since the first day we used the chicken tractor came true today. One of my little ones (8 weeks old) got his foot caught under the outside wall of the chicken tractor as it was being moved. It doesn't look horrible, but it does look painful. 2 toes are bloodied and one...
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    Quick rooster breed question

    I have a mixed batch of 6 week old hatchery chicks right now. The plan is to keep one female of each breed, one male, and eat the rest. My known males are White Plymouth Rock and Salmon Faverolle. Unknown sexes so far are Black Langshans and Light Brahma. At first I thought I would keep one...
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    What can cause a squishy crop?

    I haven't seen my Sussex eat in 2 days, yet her crop feels full and squishy. She's walking fine and doesn't seem distressed, but I do see her shaking her head some. Is there anything other than sour crop that can cause something like this?
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    Can worms mimic other problems?

    I lost my hen, Trixie, to something yesterday. It seemed like it could have been either sour crop or egg-binding, though she didn't completely exhibit either. She didn't walk upright like a penguin... She didn't shake her head around... Anyway, today, my Speckled Sussex,Susie, is acting...
  20. tiny529

    ARGH!!!!

    I lost my 11 month old Easter Eggers, Trixie, today to either sour crop or egg-binding, I think. She'd been sick for 2 days and though I tried everything I could find online, nothing seemed to help. The problem is that Trixie seemed to be the "bedtime" leader. I'm not sure if she was the top...
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