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    What breed of chicken is this and what can i do to adjust her behaviour

    We were doing a rescue transport(dogs) 3 weeks ago and rescued this chicken froma gas station parking lot in the city. Can anyone tell me the breed? Also her leg was injured, she was limping, we quarintined her for 2 weeks from our flock or 15 , her leg is much better, but still has a slight...
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    feather plucking?or molting ?

    we have 8 hens and a roo. have had about a year now.I noticed about 4 weeks ago that the 4 red sexlinks were loosing their feathers on their backs and you can only see small white feathers on their backs, then yesterday i noticed the bannys necks and chests are almost bald. Whats this, molt or...
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    Help worms

    I was just out doing my mid day watering on our small flock of 9 and noticed a worm in chicken poo. It is around the size of dental floss and 3 inchest long, round not flat. Is this a roundworm? Can i just worm them or do we need to go to a vet? Are we gonna get sick from eating the eggs? Any...
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    Handling the extreme heat with my chickens

    We have a small flock of 8 hens and a Roo, only had them 6 months or so now. Well it is really hot right now where we live and there is an EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING both Thursday & Friday . Heat index between 105 - 115 degrees. I noticed today they drank a lot of water and seemed to stretch their...
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    Just got 4 new hens and noticed they are debeaked .

    We ordered 4 hens from Southern States, they are 17wks old and once they were here and out of the cage i noticed they were debeaked, our other chickens are not and i see they have to eat and drink differently. This appears to be rather cruel to me and i wish it wasnt done, regardless it was and...
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    newbie from WV

    Hello all, came across this site searching for more info on chickens. My kids and i recently aquired 6 young chickens from a neghibor ( the kids heard they were to end up as the neghibor's dinner) .. we are learning as we go...So far so good. I think.. We constructed a 4x8 house for them and a...
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