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    Who do I have here?

    This little one wandered into my yard in town nearly hit by a car so I scooped her up and brought her to the farm. She has feathered feet and legs and either no tail or not much of a tail. She’s shy but warming up to the others little by little. Is she young? What breed might she be?
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    What is going on here?

    A friend of mine called this evening. One of her young pullets has a hard protrusion below her vent. I’ll post some pictures. I thought she might be impacted but it’s so hard. I lubricated her vent with olive oil anyway. Could it be a tumor? She’s only 6 weeks old or so.
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    Is it a boy?

    I lost my rooster last winter. I have been looking for a cockerel for months and finally found an ad. Drove a couple of hours round trip to get this little one. Do I have a boy or a girl?
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    Treating Respiratory Problem

    I have a hen who is at least five years old. She has been broody for months. I just let her have it and do not try to discourage her. This past weekend I went to the coop and noticed that her comb is pale and I can see that she has a clear discharge on her beak from her nostrils. She also...
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    Firm Swollen Abdomen

    My easter egger, Helga. She is a year old. Has a swollen abdomen. I came home from work last Wednesday to find one of my hens dead in the yard with no injury and had not been showing any signs of illness. I decided to check everyone out to see if something was going on with the rest of them...
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    Is my baby a boy or a girl?

    My white leghorn Henny hatched this little one three weeks after Thanksgiving. The fertilized egg was gifted to broody Henny by the woman I rehomed my RIR rooster Jethro with. The hen that layed the egg is a buff orp . Of course I’m hoping for a girl but a well mannered boy would be ok too
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    Monitoring your flock with a camera

    Good morning, Sometime yesterday afternoon something breached my electric perimeter fence in an attempt to get to my flock. Our dog challenged whatever it was and defended the flock successfully. All the chickens survived. The dog has a torn ear, and the fence was damaged. I do not know what...
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    new to hatching

    Hello, One of my chickens went broody a few months ago and has been persistent about it. I rehomed my two roosters and did not have any fertilized eggs for her to sit on so one of my roo's adopted mom's gave me a fertilized egg for Henny to sit on. I put it under her the day before...
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    Help with breed?

    I picked this little hen up a few weeks ago. I’m a new chicken Mom and don’t know how to identify all the breeds. I’d like to know what kind of chicken she is. Thank you!
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    Is there something wrong with her?

    I just brought this poor little hen home last night. She looks pathetic and I assume she is molting. I just noticed this morning that the right side of her neck is bulging. Is this normal or do I need to get her to the vet? Or is there something I should do? Aside from that it’s chilly here at...
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    Help, Pox?

    I noticed that one of my wyandottes has yellow crust on her comb. Unfortunately I don't have a pic at the moment. I've searched the forums a little bit and from what I've seen it looks like pox. Is there treatment for pox? Some of my other chickens, included the roosters, have some small...
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    Coyote...

    I came home from work last Thursday afternoon. Went into the run to give banana and yogurt treats and didn't notice anything amiss. Then my boyfriend says hey, what's wrong with the fence? I went back outside and the chicken wire was bent in half on one section and the t-post was bent. I did...
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    Sneezing

    I have a hen that seems to be sneezing. I've had a look at her eyes and nostrils and I'm not seeing any discharge there. Nobody else is sneezing that I've seen or heard. It's just her. We've had rain everyday so I don't see how it could be dust. What could be wrong?
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    Cockerel/Rooster (what should I do?)

    this is my second run at chickens so I'm very new at it I got six hens in March, and very soon after picked up ten chicks at Tractor Supply. Two of them turned out to be cockerels. Then I was gifted a hen from a friend when a bear was visiting his coop regularly and she was the last hen left...
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    Dread

    Over Independence Day holiday a guests unattended dog got into my chicken yard and killed two. That same night a bear came but we managed to scare him off when the dogs alerted us to him. Yesterday I heard a chicken ruckus and when I looked out the window there was a huge coyote standing...
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    Intoducing to the flock

    I lost two chickens to a predator a couple of weeks ago. As I was looking around on Facebook last week I saw an ad for free Polish roosters. I've always wanted a polish so I arranged to pick one up. I put him in the brooder with food and water and everyone looked at eachother through the...
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    Ventilation

    Hello all, I inherited a two story coop at the house I'm renting. The bottom floor has a very low ceiling (I have to stoop over to get in). I don't think I could put an open ventilation in because I could not put it anywhere where it would be above their roosts and therefore it would be too...
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    Heartbroken

    We had guests this week and they have been at our house now for a few days. They have two dogs and there had not been a problem until this morning. I went into the run and let all of the chickens out then I fed them and went into the house to get ready for work. A little bit later one of my...
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    Peg Leg needs a butt bath

    I purchased six two year old hens at the first of March. Peg Leg and her sister who are both white leghorns were both still moulting and looked pretty mangy. Peg Leg's sister feathered out nicely but Peg Leg still looks mangy. All her tail feathers and the ends of her wings still look like...
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    Can I have some?

    Tonight in my yard this young mama and one of my chicks visited while having a snack
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