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    Is there such a thing as overeating in baby chicks outside of meat birds

    I bought them from Blain's Farm and Fleet. The seven orpingtons i bought were ordered in advance. So I'm guessing the hatchery picked them out already? They were already separated in a box in the back of the sotre. They all look pretty much the same now, and they do look like small versions of...
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    Is there such a thing as overeating in baby chicks outside of meat birds

    It was sold to me as a female golden comet. Actually this was one of the two my wife picked out that was labeled golden comet. But they look different now. If she's a meat bird then maybe the other one is the real golden comet.. That one is yellow with brown streaks.
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    Is there such a thing as overeating in baby chicks outside of meat birds

    I've had nine chicks for a month now. Seven of them are buff orpingtons, one is kind of unknown and this one is a golden comet. She's significantly bigger than the rest now, which is reasonable since she's a hybrid. But over the past few days I noticed all she does is eat and sit on top of the...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    12 out of 15. I'm pretty happy about that.
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    Northern Fowl Mites treatment

    I'm in kind of the same situation. I got the powder and dusted two of my hens and moved them to a separate coop. One week I'm seeing all the snow melt and make a huge puddle in the coop and the next week the spray literally freezes when I'm trying to spray permethrin.. just have to see if the...
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    One of my hens is having some problem with one of her eyes

    Thanks. I will go get the supplies and get cleaning. By the way how would I know if the mites are eradicated. I'm guessing she was already covered in mites when she was still in the coop, and the warmer temperature in my basement brought them out.
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    One of my hens is having some problem with one of her eyes

    I think that was just weird lighting. Her crop felt empty, and she's not eating. Last night the crusty area around her eye looked like an open wound but this morning it went back to being crusty and dark. I did find a bigger problem this morning. Her tail feather is full of some kind of mites...
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    One of my hens is having some problem with one of her eyes

    For the past five days to a week I have one hen that runs around the feeding trough every morning when I put feed in the trough. At first I thought she was just a bit slow and couldn't find a spot. She was being loud while running around and it did look like she was trying to squeeze in a start...
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    Chicken walking in water

    Thanks, I got some wood chips the next day and now it's more or less dry. Although it's snowing and below freezing again now so it's also possible water is frozen on the ground again.. Either way no more drinking from muddy puddles for my hens.
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    Chicken walking in water

    I live in central/ northern Wisconsin and it has been quite warm the past three or four days. The snow on my roof finally fell off by itself, which I'm very happy about, but at the same time all the snow on the roof of the chicken coop run also melted and made a giant puddle. I scooped out most...
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    Frost on my chickens back feathers. Should I be concerned?

    I was just wondering, the water bowl I give them freezes solid in about an hour the past few days, does that still contribute to the humidity at night?
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    A question about water for chicken.

    Thanks. I will do that at least until it gets very cold again. I think back in early November when it was sub zero I had water frozen solid within an hour and half or so. I guess the chicken would appreciate the heated water then.
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    A question about water for chicken.

    I have a heated chicken waterer in the coop that prevents the water from freezing when it was around 0 degrees out. The past week it has been around 20 and I noticed the water became lukewarm, and the chicken stopped drinking from it about a week ago. I tried cleaning the waterer, putting fresh...
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    New member

    Hi everyone I'm mihan. I had some experience working with chicken on a goat farm, although it was just feeding and letting the chicken out of their coop, nothing too fancy. So I would say I'm new to raising chicken, and now I'm taking care of the 16 chicken that came with the hobby farm. I'm not...
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