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    Pest help!!

    Hello, had my chickens for about a year. We were rebuilding their coop and most admit a lot of wild birds were getting in to feed until we finally got it done a few weeks ago. Yesterday my husband went to collect eggs and he came back with his arms and the eggs crawling with these tiny dot-like...
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    Introducing Day Old Chicks to Broody Hen

    Hello, So this is the story- I'm a first time chicken owner, I've had an Australorp and Wyandotte since February this year and still don't know too much about chickens! A few months after they finally started laying, my Australorp went broody. About a week or two after her, the Wyandotte...
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    still waiting for that egg :(

    Hello, End of January i bought 4 birds (2 of which died to mareks *insert sad face*) of the two that i have left (an australorp and a gold laced wyandotte)... the australorp started laying last week *yay* but the wyandotte (who was 2 weeks older than the australorp) is now 35.5 weeks old and...
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    Mareks?

    I bought 4 hens just over a month ago from the same place. They were vaccinated according to the farmer. One of them was put down by the vet 2 days ago as she wasn't growing, wasn'was very skinny and seemed to not be able to use her legs or wings. The vet said it was undoubtedly Marek's. This...
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    confirmation of breed and age of hens?

    Hello, I'm a new backyard chicken owner. I've never had any hens before nor do i know that much about them. A few weeks ago i bought 4 hens from a farmer. I did quite a bit of research on the breeds i wanted. Based on his information i should have now: 16-17 week gold laced wyandotte 14-15...
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    chicken pecking/chasing

    Hello, We have very very recently purchased some hens. A 10-12 week leghorn, 12 week australorp and a 14-15 week gold laced wyandotte. All from the same place. They were bought about 4pm on Friday, they eat together, huddle together and seem very protective of each other. They even groom each...
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