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HEN IN NEST BOX 
Have 15 chickens in a coop/run, one hen refuses to leave her nesting box and is looking weak, not sure which one is having giant puddles of poo! (as big …
DO CHICKENS GET WARTS?
My daughter has a 5 Mo barred rock she has a wart like bump at the top corner of one of her eyes. I have 10 chickens all together, it doesn't seem to affect …
WEAK LEGGED CHICKS - GUMBORO?
Is this a sign or symptoms of Gumboro disease or what might be the cause?
COMB GONE PALE ON OTHERWISE HEALTHY ROOSTER
I have 5 hens and 1 rooster all from the same clutch, 3 months old. ALL birds are Lively, play, run, fly, drink plenty & eat WELL... The hens all have …
very sick hen
I have a hen that has been isolated for over 2 weeks now..my whole flock was infested with lice, that has been taken care of, however this particular hen …
YELLOW COMB
Our Plymouth Wyandotte cook is 22 weeks old and never laid an egg. Her comb has turned yellow.
ONE DEAD - ONE SNEEZING
I have 7 chickens. One of them has a flopped over pale comb and now it's starting to sneeze all the time. She still eats fine not sure if laying. I only …
FLOPPY COMB SUDDENLY
I had a chicken die about a week ago. Her comb had flopped over and she had severe diarrhea. At first I thought it was from old age, but now one of my …
WHAT WOULD MAKE CHICK SUDDENLY LETHARGIC?
He have 5 road island red chicks hatched in an incubator. When the chicks were put to bed last night they all seemed happy and healthy.
This morning one …
BABY CHICK UNWELL
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I have a small chicken maybe 4-6 weeks old. Was sick yesterday with blocked backside. Washed it down and cleared it. Today it is very weak and has …
Mr. Grey, the Bantam Rooster, Sick
My Bantam rooster "Mr.Gray" Has started acting sick like. He mostly just stands there like he's cold. With his head kinda tucked down. He's very weak. …
hen turns into rooster
I have 3 chicks 83 days old, one of them is a rooster(I could see that a month ago) the other 2 were hens. It seems like just over night the hens have …
Bobberly eggs
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Bobberly eggs - One of my chickens has laid a strange egg it has all bumps on it, this is the 1st time is there anything wrong with her? …
Chick with a Blister
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Chicken with a blister: I got 2 chicks from the primary school yesterday. Even though I checked them over I missed the one with a blister …
Chicken Burrowing
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Chicken Burrowing: Are chickens supposed to burrow in the dirt?
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Chickens don't really burrow in the dirt as much as they scratch, …
Introducing new hens
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Introducing new hens: I have three hens already who all sleep in one chicken coop, I have another chicken coop and want to get 3 to 4 new …
Hen has lost voice
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Hen has lost voice: We have a 3 year old hybrid who appears perfectly healthy, i.e. eating & drinking normally and getting into mischief …
Sick Barnevelder Chick
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Sick Barnevelder Chick: I have a six month old Barnevelder pullet who is not right. I first noticed something was wrong when her right wing …
Mean Chickens
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Mean Chickens: We have (did have) 6 chickens that were in a good size pen with a small turkey. The chickens have been pulling each others …
How to Free Range?
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How to Free Range? This spring I raised nine sweet little fluff balls into adult hens (and one loud rooster)and love them!
Within just …
Saving A wounded Chicken
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Rescue Hen with Strange Ailment: I am new to hens and have one hen from a batch obtained in the last 3 weeks that has an unusual ailment. …
Sexing Barred Rock Chickens
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Sexing Barred Rock Chickens: How do you tell the difference between a young barred rock hen and a young barred rock rooster. They are almost …
Water and Sugar for Chickens
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We have heard from other growers and farmers that if we put sugar in the water it gives the chickens energy is this true?
Doing this, …
URGENT Can mother hen brood the chicks?
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We are new chicken keepers. We bought two fertilized eggs to put under our broody hen. One of the eggs hatched yesterday.
The surrogate …
Chicken feeling bad
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Chicken feeling bad:
1. Breed of chicken
Americauana
2. How old is the chicken
1 yr
3. List all symptoms
Limping
Lethargy
Loose …
Danish Brown Leghorn
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Danish Brown Leghorn: I have a 7 week old danish brown Leghorn that is having trouble walking. It started about a week ago and I thought …
Sick Broilers
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Sick Broilers: I have 12 broilers and 17 Rhodes Island Reds and 4 Dominiques. All are about 10 weeks old. I feed them chick starter and …
Keeping Water for Chickens From Freezing Not rated yet
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Dehydration: I have a few chickens and I leave some smaller ones in a big box inside. My roommate put them out side after I left with no food …
Mixing Species
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Mixing Species: We have what we believe is a Catalana hen. A friend is looking for a home for an Araucana hen.
Our Catalana has been …
Introducing Chickens with Different Ages Not rated yet
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Replacing hens: I have chance to buy 2 month old hens of the same breed I already have. Are they old enough to put in with the older chickens …
Seven hens and Six eggs
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Seven hens and Six eggs : We have eight chickens which were hatched 5/12/10: four Barred Plymouth Rocks, (three hens, one rooster); and four …
Mean Mama Chicken
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Mean Mama Chicken: I work at a living history site that keeps a small flock of Bantam chickens, which we let range free around the site. …
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