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    White gunk

    Hello, Can anyone tell me what this white substance is on my chicken's ear? It's been there awhile. I've been waiting to see if it will go away but it hasn't. She is otherwise behaving normally, eating and laying eggs. Thank you.
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    Grandpa's Feeder is inviting mice

    Mice have started coming to my coop/run at night once the chickens are roosting, and they are having a feast around my 2 Grandpa Feeders. I thought the beauty of the feeder was that it is mouse proof. I'm wondering if the feeder is actually dispensing the food correctly. The feed doesn't come...
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    Deposits on eggs

    One of my hens (I haven't yet figured out who) has been laying eggs with shells that seem to have calcium deposits on them (See photo). I'm wondering why and what I can do to rectify if. I also occasionally get these eggs with white specks all over them. Is this the same thing, or something...
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    Dark Green - different that my regular algae

    Hello, I am used to regularly getting algae growth (has always been grass green) in my waterers in the summer and I usually need to give them a good clean 1 - 2X a week. I am no longer getting that light green algae, and instead, there is this very dark green algae-looking material that is...
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    Blue Australorp not laying

    My Blue Australorp is now 25 weeks and she has still not laid an egg. Could there be a problem? I have read that they usually begin laying at 16 - 18 weeks. I've been patiently waiting (and also checking the bushes to see if she's been secretly laying). While I have you, my blue-laced...
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    Black Stuff on Comb and Face

    My Buff Orpington has had this black stuff on her comb and face for a few days. I was so focused on keeping my flock cool in this intense heat that I just thought it was dirt from all the dust bathing. But now I'm wondering. On closer inspection it doesn't look like dirt at all. Any ideas...
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    Pecked and semi-detached comb

    I successfully integrated my March-hatched chicks (now 19 weeks old) into my existing flock awhile ago. Other than the usual pecking, everything has been fine for about a month. Today I noticed that one of their comb's was half blue. Then I noticed it was detached from her head and bleeding...
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    Is she a he?

    My 18-week-old Speckled Sussex hen just jumped on a bucket and let out what sounded like an attempt at a crow (or I could be imagining things). Could she be a he?
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    Bumble Foot??

    Hello, Is this bumble foot? If not, does anyone know what it is? And what should I be doing? Thank you!
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    Urates Bum

    My 3 year-old barred rock is spending time in chicken jail (for having suddenly become an intense bully). Today she started dripping urates (I think) from her vent. I'm attaching pictures (a little graphic - sorry!). Any idea what this might be, and how should I treat it? Thank you.
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    What animal is living here???

    Today I removed a dog crate that I was keeping my almost 3-month old chicks in (and replaced it with a gate that divides the coop/run). When I took the crate out, I found this underneath (see photos). Does this suggest mice or rats? Or something else?
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    Quarantining, Integration and Other Woes

    I purchased 4 sexed chicks 10 weeks ago, 2 of which turned out to be roosters. I was able to find them a loving home but was sad to be left with only 2 out of the 4 I had planned for. Someone in my local backyard chicken group was giving away 2 pullets that are the same age as my 2. He over...
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    Relentless New Bully in Town

    This is a follow up from an earlier post I made. Back story: I have 6 hens. I had to bring my sweet EE (5 yrs. old) into the house for a week to treat a prolapsed vent. When she rejoined the group back outside, everything was fine (she is 2nd in the pecking order). A few days later she didn't...
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    Major Shift in Pecking Order - Unsettling!!

    Hello, I had to bring my Easter Egger in for a night and separate her from the flock (of 6) because she was looking lethargic and not running to get the worms I use to lure them back into the coop. She perked up the next day and rejoined the flock. Suddenly, the 2 almost lowest in the pecking...
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    Do I Have a Roo?

    My Barnvelder chick is 5 weeks old. S/he is larger than my other 3 chicks (all different varieties), she has bigger feet (I read that was a thing), and her tail feathers are long (which I also read was more characteristic to male Barnvelders). S/he seems a little more aggressive and I've seen...
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    Huge protrusion from vent!! Is my hen in danger???

    My Easter Egger has what looks like an egg stuck in her vent but only half way out. But upon closer examination, it looks like her skin. Plus, her eggs are blue not this pinkish color. I've attached photos. I've never seen anything like this. She's emitting these unusual clucks, and keeps...
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    Fowl pox? Conflicting Opinions

    My Barred Rock had/has these 2 white hard deposits on her comb (photos attached). I was told that she has fowl pox. She's been with the rest of my flock of six hens while having these spots. I checked the other hens since fowl pox is very contagious. I am posting photos of another hen's comb...
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    Is my Blue Australorp hen a rooster?

    I purchased sexed chicks a week and a half ago (Speckled Sussex, Barnvelder, Olive Egger and Blue Austrolorp). The Blue Australorp seems to be bigger than the others. She also has tail feathers growing and the others don't. Is this typical in the development of an Austrorlorp hen, or is this...
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    Pecking Order attack and top of head won't stop bleeding!

    My oldest hen, Henrietta (9 yrs), who is queen of the coop has started becoming very aggressive to another hen, Luna (barred rock) who is also higher up in the pecking order, but obviously not anywhere near the queen. Luna developed a limp (another issue, another post) and has slowed down...
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    Red, irritated and dirty area around vent

    Hello, One of my older hens has had a dirty bottom for awhile and I've been planning on cleaning her bottom. But the other day I noticed a very red, irritated- looking patch of skin below her vent. Any idea what this is? And what I can do about it? Thanks in advance!
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