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    Is this ascites?

    Seems normal to me and she's still laying. I think she is laying slightly less often but it's also been very hot.
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    Is this ascites?

    Just an update. The abdomen appears to be getting larger to me or the bald patch is just getting bigger. I'm not entirely sure. It also feels tight when you touch it.
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    Help: Possible parasite in the egg?

    Looks like meat spots to me.
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    Gaping

    Adjusting crop or gapeworm? I noticed one my pullets doing something like a gagging motion today. It was about 6 times in a one minute span. I stayed and watched her for a bit, then gapes three more times in 5 minutes. She's a young pullet--about 12 weeks. I've seen chickens do this in the...
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    Is this ascites?

    See how droopy her abdomen looks? And then she has those bald patches where her leg meets her abdomen.
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    Is this ascites?

    I've been worried for some time now that my hen may have some mild ascites going on. I've attached a picture of her after a bath a few weeks ago. Her abdomen seems quite large to me but when she's dry she doesn't have any bald patches that I see in pictures of hens with ascites. She has been...
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    (I was wrong!!)Pretty disgusted with Murray McMurray Hatchery

    That's too bad. I thought they were more common since there's at least two places within 2 hours of me that I am confident are ethical.
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    (I was wrong!!)Pretty disgusted with Murray McMurray Hatchery

    I think of hatcheries as puppy mills and local breeders as backyard breeders if we're comparing to dog breeders. Having said that, I think you can totally find an ethical local breeder if you do some research.
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    South LA: Re-homing 2 Cream Legbar Cockerels

    There's a group on facebook called Rescue Roos - Adopt a Cock. Try there if you can't re-home them
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    Re-Homing ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

    I wish I could but I can't take more at the moment. There are socal chicken Facebook groups. Have you tried there?
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    I made a HORRIBLE mistake ordering from a hatchery! (Graphic Photos)

    I'm sorry this happened. Because of stories like this I have chosen to never order chicks through the mail. It's just too risky, IMO.
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    Scammed!

    There is no Easter Egger breed. They are usually just a cross between a brown layer and a blue layer.
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    Reputable hatcheries in Southern California?

    I agree. Part of the reason that I have my own chickens is because I care about those poor chickens living terrible lives to produce eggs for us. So it doesn't make sense for me to risk them going through shipping and possibly dying.
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    Reputable hatcheries in Southern California?

    I purchased chicks from Buckaboo farm last year and this year. I have nothing but good things to say. Buckaboo farm is a small breeder not a hatchery in orange county.
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    Did my hen accept chicks?

    Thank you to everyone who responded yesterday and helped me through my anxiety. I moved them all to a safer spot last night and my hen stayed with them all night. She accepted them!
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    Did my hen accept chicks?

    The chicks started to stir and one of them peeked her head out from the hen's wing. My hen pecked her on the head. The chicks didn't seem to mind it too much and didn't move. The hen stared at the chick for awhile and then pecked her again and it sounded hard this time. I freaked out but the...
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    Did my hen accept chicks?

    Thank you so much. At this point do you think it would be ok for me to walk away and just check on them every 15 minutes or so? I thought I did enough research on this but now I'm just getting stressed out.
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    Did my hen accept chicks?

    Eggs would have been my preferred method too, but I wanted vaccinated chicks. I've also heard that hens can reject chicks from eggs they lay on so I at least wanted to be able to be present to observe. With eggs, you don't know when they'll hatch.
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    Did my hen accept chicks?

    Should I be taking them away and trying again at night? Everyone seems content right now but it does seem like my hen just doesn't realize that they are there.
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    Did my hen accept chicks?

    They've been like this for almost 30 minutes now. She hasn't moved and the chicks have just been sleeping.
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