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    HELP My chickens are dying!

    The chick perked up this afternoon and everything seems to be going ok. So false alarm, but it was scary since I'd already had 2 chickens die. It has been very hot and dry here in Portland.
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    HELP My chickens are dying!

    On Tuesday I went to let the chickens out and found one of my 3 month old chicks dead on the floor of the coop. There was a blue ting around it's eyes, but no other weird signs of illness. I chalked it up to it maybe being a weak chick. But then, Wednesday I found one of my bantams dead in the...
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    Review by '' on item 'Welsummer'

    I got my wellsummer from a friend and she is wonderful. She is very smart and always interested in what I'm doing around the backyard. She is very treat driven, which is so great! My mom is a dog trainer and taught her some basic tricks. I try to keep my chickens away from the vegetable garden...
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    Review by '' on item 'Cochin'

    I have had 3 cochins and have loved every single one of them. My first two were bantams and they were both very friendly. One was frizzled and I had to re-home her because she got picked on by my full sized birds (I was new to chickens and didn't realize how mean they can be to each other, never...
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    Help! Ill hen. Won't stand up, lying on her side.

    She just passed away.
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    Help! Ill hen. Won't stand up, lying on her side.

    I have an ill maran hen. She's a year and half old, and has had no previous illnesses. She's actually been one of my hardier birds. I let all the chickens out this morning, I noticed that she didn't come out, but didn't think anything of it. I just went out to check on them, and I found her...
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    Naked Neck/Turken Thread

    I got my necked neck for free from a friend when she was 6 months. At first wasn't the most excited about getting a necked neck. I wanted pretty chickens! However, Archie quickly became one of my favorite chickens! Her huge comb flops back and forth when she runs and it's so funny to watch. One...
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    How high does a chicken fence need to be?

    I was finding my chickens in the neighbors yard so I added some extra hight to my fence. My fence was originally 4 feet, now it's 5 I think. However, my chickens weren't flying over it, they were jumping onto the fence and then jumping over. So I added some wire fencing that was to flimsy for...
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    Miss Frizzle the rescued cochin frizzle hen - a survival story! (warning! one possibly distressing p

    The friend I got her from named her. I usually call her either "little thing" or "miss thing". But yeah, I'm sure it's widely used. As for getting along with the other chickens, she does fine. She gets picked on a little bit usually when there's treats around, but not as much recently. She...
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    Miss Frizzle the rescued cochin frizzle hen - a survival story! (warning! one possibly distressing p

    I got Miss Frizzle from a friend from high school. My friend had 12 chickens and 3 ducks. One day the ducks pulled all Miss Frizzles back feathers out and dragged her around the yard. This is her a couple days after it happend: My friend kept Miss Frizzle in the house for about a...
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    Rescued Chicken- how to stimulate feather growth?

    One of my friends has her chickens and ducks together and this would be fine, except the ducks tried to mount the little frizzle hen and ended up pulling all her back feathers out. I have taken the hen to my house (where there are no ducks) but it's pretty chilly out so she's currently in the...
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    Naked Neck Turken has had a cold for at least two weeks

    My chickens have gotten colds from time to time, however this seems to be lasting longer than usual. My naked neck turken has had a cold for the last couple of weeks. I kept thinking it would go away and it hasn't. She just sneezes occasionally, but this morning when I let the chickens out of...
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    Any idea what breed this guy is?

    I didn't notice that, thanks for the heads up. I recently got chickens and started being able to differentiate between breeds, so I'm still not good at it.
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    Any idea what breed this guy is?

    Or a Welsummer? He looks similar to the bantam Welsummer that is at my work.
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    Hello from Portland, OR!

    I started working at a new urban farming store in Portland a year ago, we have chickens at the store and I started learning a lot about them. I couldn't keep them at the house I was living in at the time, but I I just recently moved into a house where I could get chickens and I jumped at the...
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    Raspy Naked Neck Turken

    Hello! I am new to having chickens. I bought a little red coop off of craigslist and I got two 5 month old chickens (red sex link and a naked neck turken) from a coworker and one 7 month old buff Ameraucana from a breeder. I've had them for about 3 weeks now and last week my two young chickens...
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