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    Introducing new chickens to existing flock

    They are about 14 weeks old. The new ones have been living in the new coop for about a week because they outgrew the temporary housing. We thought of moving the old coop (it's small) into the run for the new coop and putting up a divider. We allow the 2 hens to free range when we are home but...
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    Introducing new chickens to existing flock

    We have 2 laying hens that are about a year old. We have 11 new pullets from this spring. We built a new coop because our original coop was found lacking over the winter months (one hen lost all her toes on one foot). My question is when and how to introduce the chickens to each other so we can...
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    Possibly sick chicken. Eggs okay to eat?

    Anyone?
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    Possibly sick chicken. Eggs okay to eat?

    We have a hen that got severe frostbite on her feet this winter. Her one foot is mostly okay and the other is mostly dead. We thought she was infected and we never thought she would lay (they didn't lay at all lat year) but we started getting 2 eggs some days (we have 2 laying hens now). My...
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    Bumble foot after frostbite. How to treat?

    Thanks! Anyone else have experience with this? I'm pretty sure there is no treating the frostbite at this point as the toes look dead. I'm trying to avoid her dying though because she is my daughter's chicken. We will be cleaning her feet really well tomorrow (2 person job and my husband was...
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    Bumble foot after frostbite. How to treat?

    My one hen apparently got frostbite a couple weeks ago. I feel horrible that we didn't notice and her one foot looks like most of the toes are dead. She is walking okay but both her feet are swollen. I'm thinking it's bumble foot but I don't see a dark scab anywhere. I'm also nervous to treat...
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    Please help my friend

    That sounds delicious!
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    Please help my friend

    Thanks! He has already been researching the best ways to butcher them since we were sure we had one. Guess he has a job this weekend! But that is good advice to just use them for soup.
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    Please help my friend

    Yeah I think my husband is going to butcher them. He is a hunter and butchers his deer and figured he and his buddy (who used to work as a butcher) can figure it out. Would it be bad to just go ahead and process them now? They are maybe 5-6 months old.
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    Please help my friend

    I didn't order them. I acquired them from someone who couldn't keep them anymore. So we had no idea what breed they are. They are our first chickens so I'm learning everything on the fly. We don't want 3 roosters though because we only have 5 total. So I guess we will be getting rid of them. The...
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    Please help my friend

    Friend here. I took some full body shots so we can be sure they are all roosters. Thanks for your help! I put a picture with one of our hens in for reference. But I think you are all correct.
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