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    Limping pullet

    Ive got a 5.5mo old blue laced Wyandotte that just started limping today. I checked her foot, no signs of bumble foot or other trauma. I felt her toes and leg up to the hip and didn't notice her wince at all and didn't feel any obvious deformities... Any ideas? Should I separate her from the...
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    Raw vs cooked meat for hens

    Im a relatively new chicken keeper, what are ppl's thoughts on feeding raw vs cooked meat to their birds as an occasional treat? Just wondering if it will encourage cannibalism if it's raw... Also considering feeding my chickens duck carcasses (also raw) this winter from hunting after I get most...
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    Imminent eggs?

    So I've got 8 pullets, all about 5.5mos old, various breeds... One of the barred rock's comb/face/wattles has turned from the pale pink to a deep red over the last week or so. Does this mean she should be laying any day now? We are about to go out of town for a week so it would make sense that...
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    Chicken repellant???

    I'm a new chicken owner, I have had 8 pullets (5mos old) for about a month now. We try to free range them for a few hours a day and have noticed that they tend to favor certain parts of our lawn and have been eating the grass down to the roots in these certain areas. Is there any sort of...
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