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    My chicken ate a piece of glass...

    I don't know who lived her before us, but we have tons of little pieces of glass all over the yard. For all I know, she's chowed down on some before, but this is the first time I've ever witnessed it. It seemed to be a pretty sizable piece. It seemed to go down fine. Think she'll be okay...
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    Does DE do a good job of worming?

    I have a chicken who eats like she's famished but doesn't seem to gain any weight... in fact, she feels like she's feather and bones. She has great energy though. Due to her feathers, you'd never know she's lacking in weight. I'm not certain it's from worms or parasites but I thought it...
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    Buff eating a lot but super thin

    My 10 month old buff Orpington looks and acts like she's in tip top shape but when I pick her up she feels like she's all feathers. Her breast bone is prominent and she hardly has any meat on her bones. My two girls live in the city and due to the season (getting dark early) and my schedule...
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    How did I get a speckled egg???

    I have 2 girls, a buff Orp and a black Cochin. Both are now laying. My buff's eggs are a pale tan and slightly rounded. My cochin, who just started laying in the last couple weeks, lays a darker egg that's slightly pointy on one end. This morning I went out there to find an egg that looks...
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    Will chickens eggs get bigger?

    I have 2 girls who are about 9 1/2 months old. My buff started laying about 3 months ago and my black cochin just layed her first egg earlier this week. I'm just wondering... I know the girls are only about half the size they'll grow to be, so will the eggs get bigger as they grow? Or do they...
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    Need some advice

    I have a 7 1/2 month old chicken who has had a bad limp in one leg the last few months. She recently started laying eggs and it appears she's also gone into a molt b/c her throat area is bare. A few nights ago I noticed that she is no longer roosting and is instead sleeping on the floor of the...
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    confused about eggs, sleeping, feathers...

    I have a SLW who is a little over 7 months old. I had given up hope that any of my girls were going to lay this year b/c there is barely any light. But last Sunday when I was cleaning out their coop I saw 2 eggs! I figured out that it was my SLW. She has also be limping for quite some...
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    Is it common for chickens to cut down on how much they eat in the fall

    My girls are now 6 months and used to be little piglets getting bigger every day, now they rarely eat their feed. I have had to wet it down to get them to eat a bit. I'm not home with them all day and I rarely get home before the sun goes down but in the last week I've noticed that in the...
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    limping chicken with "slightly" droopy eyelid??

    This morning I noticed my SLW favoring her left foot. I picked her up and checked her out and I couldn't see anything obvious. When I let them out to free range she mainly stayed in one spot. She's normally the one to run around like crazy. She appears to be eating and drinking okay and is...
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    Worrying about my girls in the cooler weather

    My girls are about 6 months old and fully feathered. The weather is getting cooler and wetter here in Portland and I just worry about them being cold. It's my first time as a chicken owner so I'm sure I'm being ridiculous. They'll be okay, right? They've got a little hen house to go into...
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    is there anything wrong with using corrugated tin for a roof?

    We used it on their hen house and now we are thinking it might be the cheapest material to use for their run. We had wanted to use the corrugated plastic stuff but we stupidly built their home under a pear tree and those pears would take the roof out in no time.
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    My girls seem bored in their run. Suggestions?

    I let my girls out every evening for a few hours, but during the day when I check on them as I'm running errands or what not, they're just sitting there looking so bored. What sorts of things can I throw in there for entertainment? I do put some greens in on occasion. Do I just need to be...
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    Best roofing material?

    Currently our run is protected by hardware cloth and plastic. We plan on covering the run with those plastic corrugated roofing panels but are finding it's plenty expensive. What have others done?
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    Laying Gravel and Sand: How much?

    As fall approaches, so will the rain here in the Pacific NW so we have decided to go the gravel and sand route... My question is, how much gravel and sand do we need for the small 4 by 7 run?
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    3 1/2 month chicken walking around with mouth open

    I have a 3 1/2 month old black cochin who has taken to walking around with her beak parted open on occasion. I immediately thought gape-worm and checked her throat a couple days ago but I couldn't see anything. Is this a normal behavior? Should I be concerned? Thank you!
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    Anyone had their chickens lose a toenail?

    I came back from 2 days of camping and noticed my 14 wk old buff sitting down a lot when she was free ranging. Just seemed weird to me so I checked her out. Then I noticed what looked like some dirt/mud caked on one of the tips of her toes so I pulled it off... and it immediately started...
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    So many flies... ugh

    What in the world do you do about all the flies? I feel like I'm pretty good about raking up the poo in their run... and then I "lightly" sprinkle some DE over it... which I ran out of this evening. I've also been sprinkling it over their bedding in their henhouse. Should I be dumping the...
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    Free ranging when it's sprinkling or damp?

    I live in Portland, Oregon and we are having a very fall-like summer... cool, overcast days... very bleak and dreary, with the promise of warm weather always on the horizon. Anyway, my girls love to free-range and I'm wondering if it's okay to let them out when it's sprinkling. Often, it's the...
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    Just lost another chicken... :(

    I've lost 3 chickens since becoming a first time chicken owner in May. I'm sick of it. It's just tearing me up. This time it was my favorite girl... my Ameraucana. I went out of town for a weekend (boyfriend was home taking care of them) and when I returned she was all puffed up. She...
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    edited: RIP sweet Patsy, Ameraucana with puffed up chest/head

    I just returned from a 3 day weekend and that's how I found my 14 wk old Ameraucana. And, she is more sleepy than usual. Seemed that there were some long thin white strands in the stool. She likes to be held and when I was holding her she hid her head in my chest and started trilling...
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