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    Red Inside Mouth

    I have a 10 week old mille fleur d'uccle hen. She was sitting with me and I noticed she would open her beak sometimes - it was very red inside. Any ideas why? She's eating, drinking, eyes/nose look normal. Very alert, although missing her rooster companion that recently had to be rehomed.
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    The Broody Jail

    This is new to me. So I set up a hutch outside their coop/pen. Of course, she's not happy. But I noticed the other chickens don't want to come into that area - they normally spend much of the day there. Is it ok that the jail faces the coop and she can see and be seen? Also, I had her in...
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    Not Liking This Broody Business

    I have four bantam cochins, a year old. I never had a broody with other breeds, so this is new. She's relentless about getting in the nest. I've moved her out countless times, even at night at which time I blocked the nesting box. She is a puffball and growling incessantly. Today, I opened all...
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    A Roo??

    I have two 3 week old mille fleur d'ccles. They were sold as straight run, so it's possible that one or both are roos. Here's a pic of the one with the very pink comb and pinpoint pink wattle. What do you think? The other does not look like this.
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    Respiratory Illness??

    My bantam cochin started making honking sounds today. She's still eating and drinking, but seemed to follow me in the pen a bit more, making these weird sounds. I think she may have laid an egg today, the first one in several months. I brought her in for a cuddle and noticed she was a bit...
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    Feeding Leftovers

    I made chicken soup today. After picking the carcass I have a soupy mix of the dregs of the chicken - some meat, broth, skin, etc., parts I don't want in my soup. I usually throw this out, but wondered if the chickens will eat it?
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    Eggs for Two Weeks - Then Nothing

    I have 4 bantam Cochins. Two white girls were born in early April, two partridge girls in mid May. One white matured by August and laid her first egg on August 4th. She was fairly steady with laying for two weeks and then nothing. The other girls have not laid at all. They seem perfectly healthy...
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    Is This Bullying or Pecking Order?

    I have 2 white bantam cochins, 14 weeks, and 2 partridge bantam cochins, 9 weeks. They have been hanging out all day and started sleeping in the same coop about 4 weeks ago. Everything seemed to be going well until this week. One of the white cochins (Millie) started pecking at the partridge...
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    Normal Pecking Order Establishment?

    I'm guessing this is normal. I have two 7 week white cochin hens that I move into a grassy area during the afternoon. I also have two 3 week old partridge cochin hens that I just started putting out in the same area for a short while - it's very warm here, in the mid 80's. The whites don't...
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    Bantam ID?

    Just got two little bantams from Rural King. They were in the assorted bantam bin from Hoover Hatchery and are approximately two weeks old. Any idea what they are? I'm hoping their mille fleurs.
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    Hen or Roo?

    I was told these were both hens, however, the feathers are different. They are six weeks today. The first pic: the chick had this weird bump on the back, but only two days later, feathers are filling in, but the tail feathers are sticking up and the side feathers are long and sweeping back. In...
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    Is She Dying?

    I just brought home two white cochin bantams, about 5-6 weeks old. They both looked fine in the yard at the feed store. However, now one is just laying with her head down and closing her eyes off/on. The other is sitting beside her, quite alert. They are sitting on a towel in soft grass under a...
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    Leghorn Destructivenss

    I have no chickens at the moment, but our local farm is selling today. I have a choice between leghorn, RIR and wyandotte. A few years ago, I had 2 leghorns that tore up every bit of my yard. Is that something leghorns are known for?
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    Need Advice

    I have two laced Polish hens, 14 weeks old. The local farm has eight week old Polish pullets available. My question is, could I get one of the younger girls and put them in right away with the 14 weeks girls?
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    Bunny Has Head Tilt

    My sweet mini rex developed head tilt very suddenly on Wednesday. I got him to the vet this morning. He is on five different meds and has a 50/50 chance of recovering. I am exhausted keeping him cleaned up and hand feeding, plus administering the meds. Poor baby! I pray he makes it.
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    Polish Girls Getting Bullied

    I have two buff orpington that are a year old and two polish girls that are 10 weeks. At six weeks, I put the polish girls in a coop beside the older hens where they can see each other and started letting them into the older girls' run through the day. One of the orpington would peck if a baby...
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    Two Hens Stopped Laying

    I have two orpington - a buff and a lavender, both are a year old and have been laying well since last fall. I did have a third, but she died suddenly about six weeks ago. Since she died, the other two have been laying very sporadically. This week, I've only gotten two eggs. They eat/drink/poop...
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    25W Warming Plate for 5 Week Chicks

    I have two 5 week Polish girls that I want to transfer outside. Their brooder is just too cramped now. Most of our nights are in the low 50's, but for the next 10 days, there will be several nights in the 40's. I have a 25W warming plate that is attached to the coop wall. Do you think that will...
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    Golden Lace Polish

    Anyone have these? What are they like?
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    My Little Buffy Died Today

    Buffy was a buff orp, a year old. I found her dead in the run this afternoon. No signs of illness or trauma. She was fine yesterday. She always liked sitting on my lap and I held her yesterday several times. Eyes were bright and clear, poop normal, same as the other two girls. I read online...
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