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    Thought she had an impacted crop - bloody poo - Cocci?

    Hi everyone. It's been a long time since I posted on this site. I have a 7-8 week old partridge rock and she's not feeling well at all. I went out this afternoon to refresh water and all my babies came running except for her. I found her under a tree, standing/wobbling, lethargic, one eye...
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    Strange Egg Shell: Warts? Hotspot?

    Hey everyone. First, thanks for reading this. Next, I have a very strange egg today. I believe it is from one my new RIR layers. It's about time for them to be laying, but since I didn't watch to see who layed, I couldn't tell ya. Either way. Please take a look and offer some guidance. The dark...
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    Female Mallard spinning in circles ??

    Hi everyone! I have a female mallard. Just one. She's about a year and a half old. She's runs with the chickens and doesn't seem to know she's a duck! Anyway....Over the last week or so she's been acting strange. Now, I've seen her do this before, but not like now. She spins in circles several...
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    MIDDLE TENNESSEE: 1 Barred Rock 10 weeks old, 1 White Roo approximately 6 mos. Old

    I have two beautiful Roosters that need to be re-homed. I cannot ship them but will be happy to meet or deliver. They do not have to go together, as they are from two different flocks. "Chester" is the sweetest Rooster I've ever had. He LOVES to be LOVED. He's a young Plymouth Barred Rock and...
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    Chicken Aprons for Naked Hens

    Myself and many others have been looking for ways to help our hens from over-exhuberant Roos and I FINALLY found the solution. CHICKEN APRONS! Here's one link about the who, what, when, where, why, etc....This one has wing tips, which I need for one of my hens. This newsletter of sorts has...
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    PLEASE HELP ME! STEPPED ON ONE OF MY BABIES!!!!

    oh no.......i let my 5 wk olds out to run and one got under my foot! i dont know how bad she is. nothing seems broken. shes in my hand under my chin right now. eyes closed.....breathing.....blood coming out of the nose.....what do i do?
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    Two hours ago 4.5 week ol Mille Fleur gurgling, nasal discharge and stretching neck.....Now resting

    Ok folks. I am confused! A couple of hours ago I went out to change the feed and water for the evening in the chick area. I have 40+ in there, (same age) but it's a large area. They are in no way overcrowded. I live in Middle Tennessee and as many of you know the Southern areas have been...
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    Done Forum Search - Can't find.....Overbred Hens

    Hey all. I am in the rebuilding flock stage. I have lost several of my hens recently and now only have 4 hens, TWO Roos, 6 pullets and 40 chicks. My prize Roo is Bandit...He's the one on my profile pic and is "The King". He's a Plymouth Barred Rock. The other is a beautiful White Roo, RIR/BR...
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    To Insulate? Or Not to Insulate? THAT is the question! :-)

    I'm still kinda new at this. I've only been raising chickens for a year and a half or so. Currently, my coop area (electrified) is directly behind the kitchen in the "L" part of the house. (outside of course). My chickens are free roam on a 20 acre organic farm. I just got in 40 new heritage and...
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    Mortality Rates from hatchery Shipments?

    Does anyone happen to know an average of losses from a hatchery shipment? I ordered 40 chicks and they arrived this morning. I expected loss, as I do when my current flock hatches, but I was just curious what the experience of others are. It is a reputable hatchery, vaccinated chicks, certified...
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    Female Mallard wants babies

    I have a lone female duck and she seems to really want babies. She has been raised with chickens and no mate, unless you include our very large and proud Barred Rock Roo. She has watched two hens raise little ones and Ziggy (duck) just sits and sits on her eggs. I don't want to raise a lot of...
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    3 wk old Chick nearly drowned

    One of my little ones decided it was a duck yesterday. If I would have been out just a few seconds later the poor little thing would not be with me today. It was nearly dead. I snatched it out of the pool and....oh yes I did....I did CPR and Mouth to Mouth on a chick! LOL. The little sweetie all...
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    Do mama hens leave an injured chick?

    I heard loud chirping out in the pen/coop area. I knew it was the babies, so I ran out there and two of them were out "free roaming" which was surprising. Mama hen was still inside but seemed to ignore them. I grabbed both babies and brought them in with mama, who was inside a house. One chick...
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    New Babies! New Babies! :)

    I have a RIR who went broody on me a while back and I decided to just let her be. Well, before I knew it I lost track of which eggs to take, so I marked all EIGHTEEN! Good grief man! Anyhoo........WE HAVE HATCHLINGS!!!! Although I only saw one this morning. Little thing full of spunk and...
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    Introducing New Hens to Established Flock ?

    I wish there were a sticky on this subject, because I think a lot of newcomers to the world of chickens ask this very question. I've posted this question in a couple of older forum threads in an attempt to resurrect it, but no dice. So, here goes....Posting new thread! I recently brought home...
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    Just brought home my first Heritage Breeds!

    I just got 2 beautiful Black Ameraucana's from BYC Member CityGirlInTheCountry and they are now sitting next to me in a box of grass clippings. They are doing so well! They seem to be rather comfortable. Cooing, and resting. They heard my Rooster Bandit and immediately perked up, so they know...
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    Green Shell Eggs?

    Ok.....I have noticed a new addition to our eggs. GREEN EGGS! I have 4 RIR hens, 1 Rock Bantam hen, 2 Rock Roosters and a Female Mallard Duck. I have two RIRs using the same nest and have gotten VERY BROODY! They each were laying 2-3 eggs a day. Then I lost track so I just marked the eggs in the...
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    Hmmm....Hen not "acting right"

    One of my hens (Dolly) has been acting weird. She's been kind of reclusive, not staying with the flock as much and I noticed today that her tail doesn't seem as "perky" as the others. She doesn't seem sick to me, with the exception of a light colored comb. She's fine when she's around me, but...
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    "The Day the Chickens Died and Came back to Life" By: "Pek" Gunn :lol:

    My girlfriend Barbara and I had to make a run to Stella's, a decent sized consignment shop on 8th Avenue South in what I call Antiques Alley. There are a plethora of great shops and fantastic bargains if you look hard enough and have a little patience. Anyway....While we were picking up a lamp...
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    Injured Red (1 week ago) "Crying?"

    I'm very thankful for this forum. It had been a great resource before I decided to start raising chickens. This is my first flock and so far have had some misgivings with predators. I'm down to half of what I started with. Anyway...Last week my chickens were attacked again. They are free...
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