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    bubbly eyes and flemy cough with watery notrils....not sure what to think. Help Please!

    Hey Everyone, I haven't been posting in a while because lately my four lovely ladies have been fine and dandy. However for the past week or so I have noticed that one of my hens has been coughing. at first it was just every five minuted but now its almost constantly. A few days ago another one...
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    hen with crop prolems.....help please :(

    Hey everyone, I haven't posted in a while, but this is a real emergency. This morning I noticed that one my girls, Stella, was acting very slowly and not eating much. when I locked the girls up after free ranging she went to the corner of the run and sat down, her tail was down indicating...
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    What bedding do you use? - POLL

    Hey Everyone! I have been expirimenting with different kinds of bedding and would like to know what all of you are useing, and/or what works best. Hay and straw I find gets old pretty quickly and wood shavings also need to be changed pretty often, but that those are just my results. So please...
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    My poor hen is losing her voice, she was gurgleing but other than that acts fine? respritory?

    Hey everyone! My two year old Barred Rock is showing signs of illness. A few days ago =I switched from straw to pine shaveings from a local wood working center, I noticed a very strong "pine" scent comeing from them and dum me put them in anyway . A day after switching I started hearing...
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    sick hen makeng gargeling noises! help please! I need a quick response!

    Please help! It's 20 degrees out and my hen is acting sick. I brought her inside and she is making gargeling noises everytime she breaths and is now acting like she is going to caugh up flem. I am haveing computer difficulty so I have to make this quick. I did change their bedding from straw to...
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    Thanks guys.....:(

    I understand that the change was nessecary. So I'm going to try not to complain. I found so much great information on this site, you guys have been so helpfull. I've treid really hard to understand all of this new stuff, but even after whatching the vidio a few times I didn't it. My eyes are...
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    the girls are bored. Any Ideas?

    Hey everybody! Recently I have noticed the girls going into their coop during the day and STAYING there all day. The coop is small and only meant for egg laying and roosting. They have a 4 by 7 plastic-covered run to keep the wind out and another plain run about twice the size. I sprinkle a...
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    curious to see who else hunts for deer.

    Hey Everyone! Today my brother went hunting and got a doe....(he is not home yet so he may still get a buck....) Anyway I was wondering who else hunts, and whether they take the deer to the butcher or do it them selves. I couldn't kill something for my life, but I'd rather eat free range deer...
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    Dumer feed?

    Hello Everyone and Merry Christmas! My family and I are going to Florida soon, and I remembered that I was very low on feed. Because I had to go to a play practice my mom had to go to the feed store instead........I have had them on purina layer pellets for a year now and LOVE the brand...
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    Happy Holidays!

    I am truly addicted to this site, I've banned my self from coming here on christmas... So here I am wishing everyone on BYC a happy and healthy christmas with your family, your freinds, and your flock! Merry Christmas! -Roxy
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    Chickens with bright orange and brown oily droppings.

    Hello all! I have two hens that I have had for almost two months now, they have been pooping these strange oily and orange droppings for at least a couple weeks. I have checked the poop chart and there is a picture of the same poop listed under "normal". HOWEVER, these do not come every eight to...
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    Hen was egg bound in late summer- hasn't laid anything since?

    Hi Everyone! I posted about this a while ago, but didn't get a clear answer. Over the summer in late August-maybe earlier- one of my hens had trouble passing a shelless egg. Heres is how I treated her: I first brought her into the house and gave her a warm bath,I massaged her and she almost...
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    Let's show off our CHICKEN COOPS!!!!

    hello everyone! So I'm just curiose to see what other people's coops look like. I'll take some pictures of mine and post them when I get a chance.....but first I would like to see yours! Please include the number of chickens that it houses and the best and worst features of it. -thanks everyone!
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    why you decided to get chickens!

    Hello everyone! I thought that I would start a post on reasons that you got your chickens. Heres mine: I got my chickens for entertainment, eggs, and pets.
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    Hawk attack!!!!missing hen PLEASE help!

    Hi Everyone! While I was out today (my dad was at home) a red tailed hawk found its way into our run and grabbed one of my poor hens. My dad has very good reflexes and after hearing the chickens bawk BAWKING ran down the stairs and into the chicken coop. He captured the (BIG) hawk, though...
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    Scared and flighty bird, how can I comfort it?

    Hello Everyone, Recently I "adopted" a couple more hens from a place that kept them locked in a small barn with 30+ other chickens. Stella (one of the new ones) a speckled sussex loves her new life with us, being able to free range and eat as much as she like. However the other one, Luna...
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    Post pictures of you pretty eggs!

    Hello Everyone, Since I my self have not been getting eggs much anymore (due to winter + molt) I thought it would be fun to make a post were everyone can post pictures of their eggs that their ladys have been working hard to make. (which of course I will be drooling over untill my ladys pick up...
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    Poor hen losing A LOT of weight

    Hello Everyone, Sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum.... Recently I had a hen that was molting really badly. Today I noticed she didn't want to get on her roost. she is still growing in her new feathers. When i lifted her onto her roost I felt that she was VERY light...
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    Please help! cat with badly infected wound on her head.

    Hello Everyone, First off I hope that this is alright considering this is a chicken forum, but i figured that so many of you have cats that a few of you may be able to help me. My cat disapeared a few days ago, only to return with a badly infected wound on her head, I can't find the actual...
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    urrghh! new chickens shivering

    Hello everyone,.... So yesturday i brought home 2 new hens. Right now they are in a seperate run from my current flock but the runs are side by side, These hens are in tough shape, scruffy feathers, one had a pecked at behind, and their poop is lighter and almost orange. And now one is...
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