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    What is it?

    This the second one of these I found in the coop. It feels like jello. It was in the bigger coop where 2 ladies sleep. They don’t lay any more. Louise is 8 and Rosy is 4. Both seem healthy and happy. The 3 girls that lay sleep in the smaller coop. Teaspoon for size
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    Four new littles

    May I introduce Olive Egger Olivia (Liv), RIR Rosie (Ro), Cochin CoCo, and Ameraucana Mere born July 30. They join Ameraucanas Skitter and Louise, Welsummer Abigail (Abbie), and Cockoo Maran Frankie.
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    9 1/2 y/o RIR is blind.

    My 9 1/2 y/o RIR, Lucy, is blind. Her eyes look fine, she comes when I call her, she eats and drinks if I hold it for her. She's sleeping in a laying box. My loose plan is keeping her comfortable, fed and hydrated.
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    Lucy can't swallow

    My nine year old matriarch, Lucy, seems to be having trouble swallowing. At first I thought she was mourning because her BFF, Ethel, recently died. Lucy is a Rhode Island Red and Ethel was a Buff Orpington. Ethel had been slowing down and simply went to bed one night and didn't get up. Lucy...
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    Sick Cochin

    She had a bump on her chest and I thought it was just her gullet but now it is oozing through her skin and onto her feathers. I have washed it and can't see a lesion but the skin is grey. HELP
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    And then there were nine

    Hello fellow chicken peeps, I have been tending chickens for 7 1/2 years. I started with 6, of those I still have 2; Lucy (Rhode Island Red) and Ethel (Buff). They don't lay anymore but they are happy matriarchs. Two years ago I got 4 babies ~ two Ameraucanas; Thelma and Louise and a Cochin...
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    Introduction of younger chicken to the flock

    I should begin with the stats and facts: currently 5 chickens, 4 from the original 6 and a younger one we've had for several months. They have a 4X4 raised coop with 3 egg boxes and 2 perches in the rafters. Their run is 40'x20' and they free range on a 1/2 acre when we're outside and can keep...
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    How much roaming area = free-range??

    I think 684 sq ft is still free-range for 6 chickens and is plenty. They used to have 1/4 acre but they were into everything. I am much happier; no poop on the deck, no chickens eating my wheat-grass unless I give it to them, no one digs up my potted plants, no extra fence around the garden...
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    7 mo old buff with a pale pink comb

    I have 6 chickens all about the same age, all purchased as newly hatched chicks from a feed store on May 5, 2011: Two buff Orpingtons, 2 Rhode Island reds, 2 silver lace. I get 3 eggs most days and everyone seems healthy and happy. My issue is one of the buffs is large, healthy and happy but...
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    Hi ~ my name is Bobbi and here is my chicken story :-) 7/4/11

    My daughter (30, firefighter, doesn't live at home) decided "we" needed chickens. On May 4, 2011 we brought home 6 fuzzy baby girls; two Buff Orpingtons, two Rhode Island Reds, and two Black Lace. We kept them in the downstairs, bath size, shower stall with a rubber tub and warming light...
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    here to hoping they're ALL girls <3

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