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    Bumble foot

    I have 10 chickens, 2 white leghorns, 4 polish crested, an Isa Brown, a speckled Sussex, and a buff orpington We also just bought 4 more white leghorn, 1 week old. The polish crested are 1 year old, and I noticed this morning, that one of them is limping. When I looked closer, one of her legs...
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    "Spots on our chicken's combs"1

    We have 3 Buff Orpington's chickens, and 3 White Leghorns, 2 chickens and 1 rooster. We have noticed in the last few weeks, that the chickens have dark spots on their combs, especially on the white leghorns(but not the rooster). We are concerned about whether this is something to worry about...
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    Our Rooster

    We started out with 3 hens that we got from a friend a year ago, and then got 3 chicks this spring. Well, one of our chicks turned out to be a rooster, we named Roosty. At first my husband said he was going to be either Thanksgiving, or Christmas dinner. Unless he behaved himself! Well, my...
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    Our Girls plus Roosty

    My husband, who had always refused to have any "farm animals", brought home 3 Buff Orpington's, hens to have eggs from. The next April, when our local convenience store was sold, & the new owners was selling week old chicks, he decided to get me some for "my birthday". Now that they are...
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    new BYC reader

    My husband brought our first 3 Buff Orpington's home last summer, and have getting 3 eggs a day, most days, from them. I started spoiling them right away, cutting up tomatoes, bread, sharing watermelon with them, cottage cheese & yogurt, etc. Then we got 3 week old white leghorns in April. We...
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