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    Peeling dead skin on wattles and earlobes??

    Yes, he did recover completely. And good to know! I thought it was strange because it was oil. And sounds good; I already have a designated chicken vasaline from when I was worried about frostbite. Thanks!
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    Peeling dead skin on wattles and earlobes??

    Hi all! I’ve attached a few photos; my rooster recently developed dry, peeling skin on his face (wattles and earlobes). I know it’s his skin and not something on his face because it got worse over the last few days. There is nothing on his upper cheeks or comb. Some context; he did have a...
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    Hen pulling rooster’s feathers and eating!!!

    Hi all! Background: 3 chickens: one partridge Cochin hen (top of pecking order), a dark Brahma hen (probably bottom of order) and a handicapped dark Brahma rooster. They are going through their first molt (about a year and two months old, southeaster Wisconsin) with the rooster looking the...
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    HELP! Weird soft and bloody egg(s)

    I’ve attached two pictures. When I went out to open up my hens this morning, I found this weird egg string in their sandbox. They have always laid in their nesting box, so the location itself is unusual. Details: we have two hens, and they both laid yesterday. Just about a year old; Cochin and...
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    Cochin stopped laying! Too hot?

    Hello all! I have a Partridge Cochin, just shy of a year old! She was a good layer through her first winter and spring; smallish brown eggs but very consistent; always 6 or 7 a week. She did go broody in May and stopped laying, but we were able to isolate her and snap her out of it pretty...
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    Both stopped laying eggs

    Ok, thank you! That’s what I assumed but I never read about them laying on empty nests mixed with no egg production so I wasn’t sure. Does their broodiness have to with one another; are they bouncing hormones back and forth? Lol
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    Both stopped laying eggs

    Hi all. We have a dark Brahma hen, and Partridge Cochin hen, and a dark Brahma rooster (the rooster has a bad leg so he is ok with them - does not over-mate, etc). They are all about 10 months old and have been laying for a few months, starting in the winter time with less than 14 hours of light...
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    Chickens spit on their food?

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-throwing-up.609482/post-8044439
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    Chickens spit on their food?

    I have seen two of my hens do this a couple times; one seemed to drool on the ground before she started to peck there, and the other drank a bunch of water (too fast I assume) and kind of ‘spit it’ back into the water. They are still fine and lively to this day, but it could have been an...
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    Broody or something else?

    Hello everyone! I have a 9 month old Partridge Cochin hen who recently has been acting strange. She’s our best egg layer; we’ve only had a few less eggs than the number of days since she has started laying. She’s been laying for about 3 months or so, and all of her eggs are super normal! We...
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    Help! Scaly leg mites?

    I have a Partridge Cochin hen, about 8 months old, that may have scaly leg mites. They don’t look as bad as other cases I have seen photos of, and it’s a bit harder to tell since she has feathers on her legs. I started noticing that her index toe doesn’t lay flat when she walks (rolls outwards)...
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    Salmonella??

    Hey all. I have four baby chicks, all about 2-3 weeks old. Starting about a week ago, I’ve been having frequent diarrhea, cramping, and fatigue whilst handling my chicks often. We are thinking it is salmonella since I’ve never gotten sick like this before and it would be quite a coincidence. We...
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    New chickie mama from WI!

    Hello all! I’m a new mama to 4 baby chicks. Waiting it out to see which ones will be hens! Their names are Melody, Pepper, Buttercup, and Mocha. 2 of them are Partridge Cochins and 2 are Dark Brahmas. All about 2 weeks old at the moment, except for Melody seeming to be at about 3. Got them from...
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    Crackling bowel sounds!

    One of my 2 week old Partridge Cochins does this, same thing as you - everything else seems normal. I’m just nervous about every little thing now because we lost our littlest one the other night :( did you come to any conclusion to this?
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