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    What the heck is wrong with my hen??? lost feathers, red scalely skin

    This is a 2+ year old when, whom we believe has stopped laying. She has lost feathers around her oil gland and her skin is very red, she also has some scalely looking area below her breast where more feathers are missing and more redness.
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    Racoon attacked my chickens!! Need advice for wound treatment

    This morning a racoon attacked my chickens. It killed my rooster and injured one of my hens. At first I thought only her comb was bitten, but on closer inspection I saw that some of herchest wad eaten off. How do.I treat tjis, should I take her to a vet, or cull her. She's alert, but has not...
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    the monsson is upon us and my run is turning into a pond! Help!

    I do have a sand floor in the run, so no mud, but it's getting quite water logged. Just today after and hour of hard rain and my hens are feet deep in water. The hen house is dry, thankfully, but doesn't have much room for walking around for all of them, some of them have gone into the nesting...
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    my rooster gives treats to his hens... also, goose-like honkin?..

    Whenever I give our flock some treats that consists of meat scraps or a bug that I've caught in the house, the rooster, who is a year old orpington, always lets the hens have it. He'll even pick up the treat and either bring it to one of them or call them over to it. I was just curious if this...
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    "bubble" growth on 3 week old barred rock chick

    I noticed it a few days ago, and now it seems to be getting bigger. I'm keeping her and two other chicks in a brooder inside our garage, which we keep clea. Did not notice it when we bought her at 4 days old. anyone have any ideas on what it could be?
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    chickens kicking out straw out of nest

    So we're getting an egg everyday now, but the chickens keep kicking all of the straw, pine shavings, and whatever else we put in there out. We have pieces of artificial grass lining the bottoms so there is a soft floor. Is there a trick to keeping it all in the nest?
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    I just got four 3 week Guinea fowl as a gift, already have chickens....??

    What is the best way to introduce these guineas? I have 3 chicken hens (Orpington, Barred Rock, and a Americauna) ranging from 2 months to 3 months. The chickens are very tame and established in our coop, our Orpington who is the alpha hen, attacked the guineas mercilessly. I have separated them...
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    Coop and dust bath question

    we (my husband) had almost finished the chicken coop, we are filling the bottom of their coop-run area with sand so that it's easy to clean and works as a big dust bath as well. I was wondering if it's better if we should section off an area for the dust bath with a board and keep less sand in...
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    How do you call your chickens to come to you?

    I've been saying, chicks, chicks, chicks, chicks. with a rising pitch. Or their names. it doesn't work, yet.
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    First timer with lighting question with 3-5 week old chicks

    We have three chicks at 3 weeks, 4 weeks, and 5 weeks (Orpington, Americauna, Barred Rock, respectively) in our garage with a heat source that emits no light so we put in a 8 watt light with reflector, over their brooder that we have been keeping on all night. Should we turn the light off at...
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    New member from Prescott Valley Az...

    hello, my family and i and have just started our adventure in chicken keeping with a little orpington chick this past week.
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    Lone 8 day old orpington peeping REALLY LOUDLY!

    Hi, This is our first and only chick (the other eggs did not hatch), it is in a brooder with sand bedding in the garage with clean water and food, both of which it goes to regularly without problems and has a heated area at about 93 to 98 degrees that it goes under whenever it wants. My two...
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