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  1. HillCountryChicken

    Broody Hen

    Hello, so I have a weird question… we absolutely love having broody hens and getting to see what all hatches, but for some reason we have a broody hen that has not wanted to move for over a week now except for occasional times to get food and water… seemingly normal, right? So I finally saw her...
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    Flock stopped laying

    We have isolated a few of the chickens in hutches and found no eggs, so they are definitely just not laying. I am not sure if you'd call it free ranging, but we have a big open area for them it is just fenced in. The biggest change was us buying them, about a week after we got them they stopped...
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    Flock stopped laying

    Hello! I recently got 10 Silkie chickens and they were all laying for about a week and then all of a sudden they all stopped. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, they are eating the same feed as our other laying chickens and live with some of our ducks. We did separate the chickens from the...
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    Help!

    So far all the chickens that had it have gotten better as soon as we stitched their food. Apparently their feed got a little wet while we had a sitter caring for our animals when we were on vacay. We were just worried bc no one was laying and a few of them looked sick when we got back...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    We got 5 out of about 30 hens... most are just starting to lay and some are new to the flock, so everyone is settling in. I usually average at about 15 eggs a day and the number gradually goes up as they start to lay!! Definitely think they are hiding some from me today though... 🤔
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    Help!

    Okay. Okay, so I went back to check on the chickens with swollen eyes and to take some better pics of the ones I know have it and it has almost completely cleared up in one of my hens. This only started about 2 days ago
  7. HillCountryChicken

    Help!

    So I have a flock of about 40 chickens after I just added like 5. Suddenly two or three of my chickens have gotten a sort of infection or something. They have a swollen eye or even both eyes that look a bit watery. No sneezing or anything else though. It did rain a lot recently, so there is a...
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    Sheep

    I litterally have no idea! I just wanted to be safe rather than sorry and ask
  9. HillCountryChicken

    Sheep and Hay

    What kind of hay? We feed alfalfa
  10. HillCountryChicken

    Sheep

    Hello, so I am new to owning sheep! All tips are welcomed! So I heard from a previous sheep owner that they can drown in the rain! I am absolutely terrified of this! I find myself sprinting to the field to gather the sheep (we only have 3) to get them inside the barn anytime there is light rain...
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    Sexing polish chicks

    Thanks! Me too! This is our first time hatching with an incubator so we are all excited to see how it goes!
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    Sexing polish chicks

    Thank you! That is very helpful to know! Thank you so much! I really hope they aren’t all boys! That would definitely be a bummer🤦‍♀️😂. We have 12 more polish chicks set to hatch in 4 days along with a bunch of silkies, so either way we are sure to get some hens!!! 😁
  13. HillCountryChicken

    Sexing polish chicks

    Thank you, so both Roos and hens look this way when they are young?
  14. HillCountryChicken

    Sexing polish chicks

    Yes! I do, and the 3 yellow ones are all buff laced. The pic doesn’t show it the best, but it is a reddish yellow colour
  15. HillCountryChicken

    Italian hen looking for help :) plisss

    Okay, good. It would definitely not be a fun ordeal to have any that are sick
  16. HillCountryChicken

    Italian hen looking for help :) plisss

    Could it possibly be meraks? For yours and your chicken’s sake I pray not
  17. HillCountryChicken

    Italian hen looking for help :) plisss

    I have read similar posts where most said to just put the bird down as it will be attacked and pretty much driven out of your flock. Some people said that they put splints on their legs to help support them
  18. HillCountryChicken

    Sexing polish chicks

    Hello! I got 7 straight run polish chicks not too long ago and am wondering what genders they are. I have been looking at photos of sexed polish chicks and I’m worried she sold me all cockerels! 😂🤦‍♀️ And if anyone knows, what color will #7 be? He/she has a red tint and is darker than the buff...
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    Comment by 'HillCountryChicken' in article 'Meat chickens?'

    I had meant to, I am new to the site and just got mixed up when I posted it. Moving it now 🤦‍♀️
  20. Name ideas?!

    Name ideas?!

    We have 5 silkies left we are brainstorming name ideas for! 1 buff roo, 1 partridge too, 1 white too, 1 white hen, and 1 black hen. Lol, I know, we usually wouldn’t have so many roosters with so few hens, but we fell in love with them before we knew their sex, so they are stuck with us now! They...
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