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    Pecked chicken

    We noticed one of our ladies was bloody last night so we quarantined her and cleaned her up. This is how she looks today. She is obviously swolen and is having trouble opening and closing her beak and therefore isnt eating or drinking. What should we do!? We can soften some food for her, but...
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    First time with day-olds. Subtitle: "I've got a pecker" and other thoughts.

    We bought 8 week olds last year, but decided to grow our flock in a bit more cost-effective way this year by buying day-olds. That to say, first time with babies. The lady below started pecking/pulling her butt feathers out yesterday. We separated her to clean her up and apply some vetericyn...
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    Flock growth

    Like many of you, we are planning on growing our flock this year, but with all of the AI going around we are having second thoughts. Our first two batches of hens were bought from a local breeder/hatchery as pullets. However, we are looking to buy quite a few more (I know, chicken math) this...
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