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    Hen laying on top of waterer....

    hey! so my memaw has 4 chickens (3 hens and 1 roo). she called me this morning to ask why one of the hens continues to lay her egg up on the waterer. I have no idea how to answer that haha so if any of yall have any suggestions or info on this I would really appreciate it :) thanks <3 kelsey
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    Red, swollen, bald butt! what to do???

    Hey yall! My 1 yr old hen Sunny has had an issue for a few months. Her butt is red until she dusts then it goes back to normal color. I thought it was mites so dusted her in DE and put a box of DE mixed with dirt. Seemed to help with the reddness. Only now Im more concerned because her feathers...
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    Rood Roo

    okay so i have a rooster that i have raised from the egg, he started out so sweet and loved to be picked up! but all of a sudden he began to flog me and will NOT let me pick up one of my hens! i dont want to sell or cull him because he is a pet, is there anything i can do to change his...
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    I need help my hen went broody in the spring, hatched chicks and now again in the summer! Whats wron

    Anyone know??? She hatched chicks when she went broody in about the begining of spring and now again!!!! How can I get ehr out of it and whats wrong with her??? Thanks <3 kelsey
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    Setting eggs today (3/30) anyone else???

    Hey, Just want to know how many people are setting eggs today? I have 12 under my broody hen Robin! Im sooooooooo excited!!! <3 kelsey
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    Can I....???

    Hey, I am not new to chickens at all but I am new to the whoel chick process hehehe, so I have a hen that just went broody a couple of days ago and we dont have a rooster anymore so the eggs arent fertile so I put fake eggs under her. I am hopefully going to be getting a chick or two Friday or...
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    Please help!!! An eye pecked and smushed!!

    So today I woke up and went to feed the chickens and get the eggs. When I went to get them I saw my hen laying so i said,"hey Robin!!" she looked at me and her eye was swollen and smushed like flatter than the other eye that hadnt been messed with! So my instinct was to go get my mom but she had...
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    criple aracana need help!!!

    hi everyone! i have a question, ok so i am adopting a "criple" chicken (she can walk without pain) and when she was hatched her legs were fine but a few weeks later she had legs that look weird like she was walking with her legs bowed out and wabling (sp?) around. she doesnt seem to be in any...
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    Rooster croowing,next door neighbors complaining!!!!! HELP!!!!!

    Ok so, it has been a week sence my neighbors complained to our other nieghbor (sherif) about our rooster (my baby boy Braveheart) crowing at 4:30 in the morning and all day. To stand up for him,one he is young and just started crowing and is starting to get the hang of it and two it is his job...
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    what does a 20 week old chicken look like???

    so i have 5 "babies" that are very adorable, and i was wondering if: 1:do 20 week old hens lay???? 2:what do they look like???? i have NO clue if this is the right subject to be posting my Q's on but i would like to know if any of you guys could post some pictures of 20 week old chickens if...
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    serogant hen

    so i have 6 chickens and we have decited to hatch soom eggs! we do not have a rooster but we have a hen that think she has fertilized eggs! so we went to our friends that have a lot of chickens and roosters! my question is, how long does it take to hatch them under "mama" and can she reject them...
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    this is an emergency!!!!!!!

    hey everyone!i am a young farmer and we r havin problems w/our new chicken tht is the oldest of the flock! she looks like she is drunk but also looks like she is dying! we hv little missters out there to spray them cool whn it is extremily hot which it has the last couple weeks! she has 1 "room"...
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    egg yoke color wierd!!!!!!

    hey hey everyone! i have 3 golden comets and 3 barred rock chickens and 2 of the golden comets are now laying eggs with a very pale egg yoke and they tast fine but it concernes me that it is different than the others! they all have the same diet and are VERY healthy!!!! they all lay everyday...
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    Please I Need Help!!!!!!!!

    i think me barred rock chicken is VERY sick because if u read my last post, my barrd rock hen has been sounding like she is choking but now she is sneezing and also her nose is running!!!!! she is only 2 months old and she is my baby remember!!!! i dont know wht to do!!!!!! does anyone know of a...
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    is it posible.........

    hey everybody!!!!!!! today it was like 93 degrees in willow spring NC and so i knew there would be a posibility tht we wouldnt get all 6 eggs today, but i would never guess tht we would only get 2 eggs!!!!!!! is it posible tht if the tempature outside affects the egg production????? thanx <3...
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    missing toenail and wierd caughing noise

    ok so i was told to post this on this topic so 2 of my barrdrock hens have wierd problems. so one has a missing toenail and it seems ok but after putting neosporen on it the whole leg became swolen. she seems ok because she can run and scratch but im worried. wht do i do???? the other hen is my...
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    my chicken sounds like she is coking

    so my barrdrock hen has been making a wierd choking sound after eating grass. she is very special and has two broken toes, both eyes hv cateracts in them, ans we think is a little sick but we still luv her to death. we need to know if we should take her to the vet or let her keep doing it. but...
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    i need help to figure out why my barrdrock sounds like she is choking

    hey everybody! if u have seen my other post then u would know tht i have some barrdrock problems lol. so my hen has been making a wierd noise tht sounds like she is choking and im getting worried about her cuz i just lost a family member and cant go thru another funeral. she will usually make...
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    missing toenail

    hey everyone! i am new in the farm life and just got 6 chickens! they r wonderful and i wouldnt change a thing about anyone of them, but one of my Bardrock hens came home from an auction and was missing a toenail tht looked like had just poped of at the auction! it is a sore spot on her middle...
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