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  1. Brandon J

    Organ hanging out of hen?

    Thanks. She was 3.5 years old so that probably was a factor. I should have checked her more carefully after the Fox attack. She had cuts to her back but it never occured to me to check her bottom. I've been using topicals in general for exterior wounds and it usually seems to help but this was...
  2. Brandon J

    Organ hanging out of hen?

    I put her down with a hatchet and a stump. My first time. It was clean but she was flapping around so I assume that's reflex I've read. The infection was bad. The smell was terrible and I could hear the maggots buzzing and crunching. Nauseous just thinking about it. Thank you.
  3. Brandon J

    Organ hanging out of hen?

    There are maggots all over her rear and it smells terrible. I assume I have to put her down? It could be from Fox attack last week. We lost one but she was slightly injured on her back. Perhaps this was damage that festered or went unnoticed.
  4. Brandon J

    Free straight run from McMurray

    Thank you. The other birds have some comb but maybe not as pronounced as this guy.
  5. Brandon J

    Free straight run from McMurray

    Maybe not we had 3 orpingtons and this +1 and they all looked the same. I don't think we noticed any feathered legs on the chick until maybe a week? Just my luck on the straight run. What's the identifying characteristic on sex? The comb? Unfortunately my wife loves the cochin, but we're not...
  6. Brandon J

    Free straight run from McMurray

    It's been about 6 weeks so this chicks features have started to emerge. I'd this a cochin? Can anyone tell sex?
  7. Brandon J

    Free straight run from McMurray

    First timer here. I think this is the free chick included in my order of 15, as it's the only one with 3 black dots on its head. Any thoughts?
  8. Brandon J

    Pros and Cons of Free Ranging

    Agree with this. Wood chips (carbon) + chicken poop (nitrogen) will turn into rich hummus over time. If you change your mind or move your run just rake up the leftover chips and you'll be left with rich soil to seed some new lawn!
  9. Brandon J

    Hello from Fauquier County, VA

    We moved from Fairfax County (suburban, sprawl-like) to semi-rural Fauquier County, VA a year and a half ago. I've been wanting to get backyard chickens for many years and finally can now that we have 1 acre and rights to own up to 10 laying hens. With that, we just purchased an order from...
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