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    I think my hen is eating the eggs when they try to hatch

    I’ve had two eggs disappear from under her the past two days. We are at 21 days. She is closed in a dog crate, and there is no way something else is stealing them. I had to do an assisted hatch yesterday because she kept pecking at the hole in a hatching egg, and I was worried she would kill it...
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    Premature chick with vent prolapse

    Well Mumma hen, my RIR, did it! She now has 4 chicks, and has 4 eggs still under her. But the fourth chick didn’t seem to hatch right. And I think me trying to gently investigate this morning may have prolapsed the vent. This was like 7 hours ago and I have been keeping a very close eye on the...
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    My disabled RIR is… broody?

    Yeah this was a surprise to me. My disabled RIR has been sitting in one of my nesting boxes for at least a week now, and has not moved at all. I thought she was on her way out, but no, I think she may be broody. She doesn’t mind when I touch her, because she’s used to it, but she seems bothered...
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    Broody Orpington

    Hello! Haven’t been around here in awhile. I have a broody hen, and I’m taking this as a sign to get more chickens. In other words, I would like her to have chicks. She has been on these eggs since sometime after Thursday. At least the past 14 hours, until I came out to her spot being taken to...
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    Hens left breast looks enlarged, do I need to worry?

    I don’t know if this has to do with her crop or not. She has been in the portable lawn run and I’m worried she’s been eating too much grass and not enough rocks.
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    URGENT: Can my chickens eat these red berries

    Need to get my chickens in before roost, and I know how they feel about these berries. But I do not know if they are bad for them or not. Thanks in advance!
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    What’s up with my hens eye?

    Not sure what to make of this. Noticed it since she’s been making a bunch of odd noises. Both eyes colors are normal, it’s just her left eye looks puffy and different compared to her right.
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    Just scared off the second bobcat in the past 30 days. No casualties yet. What are my options to prevent this bobcat from trying to take my chickens?

    I live on a side street off a main route in a busy town, but I’m surrounded by woods. So we get wildlife visitors often. Today, we had a bobcat. Actually this was like 30 minutes ago. I heard a one of my pullets make a noise as if it were being swooped up by a hawk, so I ran out to my back deck...
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    Weatherproofing my coop further

    My coop has begun to get real musty when it gets closed up at night. The coop is an old plastic shed, and while the roof does its job, water seeps in through where the walls and the floor meet on the edge. So I need to seal that up with something. Is there anything i should avoid?
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    My %$#%# rooster just jumped on my hen who has had a rough time healing square in her back. She seems in a lot of pain and i do not know what to do

    Title. Please read my previous post about her for more information. She’s in a lot of pain I can hear. What can I do? I’m so upset about this and I absolutely do not have the mental capacity to deal with this. I can not afford a vet to do imaging. Why I’m the world did the rooster think it was a...
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    I think my RIR hen broke her leg, how do I rehab her?

    My dad noticed yesterday she was having trouble moving around. I flew back home yesterday from a trip and noticed when I was putting them in Mumma hen wasn’t on the roost. I let them out today and Mumma hen is in the exact same spot by the food bucket. She had moved but she struggles to. She...
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    Is this floppy comb cause for concern?

    One of my leghorns, Twinkletoes, has recently developed a floppy comb. It appears bigger than her sister’s, and her face is more red. She layed her first egg a few days ago and has been laying consistently ever since (except the skip day after the first egg that always seems to happen). Just...
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    Is my hens waste normal, and how do I clean her butt?

    One of my hens hasn’t layed an egg in a few days, so I’ve been keeping an eye on her. I believe she pooped this out. Her butt has also been really messy and I’m unsure how to clean it. Any advice would be appreciated!
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    Finnish chicken breeds

    I’m curious about Finnish chicken breeds because I’m Finnish and have been reconnecting with my Finnish ancestry. Wikipedia lists 14 breeds but with no article links. It’s hard to find information about all the breeds online because, you know, it’s Finnish, so of course it’s obscure. If anyone...
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    Why do my two roosters go on and on and on?

    This has been an issue for awhile. These two, once or twice a day, make this endless godawful “chorus” of bawks for literally no apparent reason. I’ve gone out countless times to check, and nothing! The only way I can get them to shut up is if I go out there. They don’t do it after I leave. But...
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    One of my Roos keeps charging at us, what can I do to get him to chill out?

    We have had Goat since he was a chick, along with his brother, Lucky. Lucky is a super sweet rooster and gets along well with Goat, despite our small adult hen flock, due to him being more submissive. He has never been a problem. Except Goat. Goat, as of recently, has started attacking me and...
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    How do I prevent my 4 week old fully integrated chicks from being taken?

    In the past week, 3 of my 7 chicks have been stolen. We have a covered run and large coop, plus a covered outdoor thing. Yet they keep disappearing. We have two roosters, and they seem quite protective of the chicks, but I don’t exactly know why they are disappearing. What can I do? I’m planning...
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    I think I’ve lost 2 more chicks

    One of the Roos was out of the yard and they all seem very subdued but it’s not hot. Missing 2 chicks. Lost another last week. Thinking it’s a hawk. Feeling kinda dull because one of the chicks I think was the first to fall asleep in my hand, Einstein. Chicks are a little over a month old, fully...
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    I think one of my Roos has some disorder of sex development

    I love genetics. Particularly when it comes to disorders of sex development (DSD’s). And I’ve been noticing some odd behaviors in one of my Roos that aren’t rooster like at all. Both my Roos are over 20 weeks old, and both Road Island Reds. The one that im thinking something is up with is Lucky...
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    Missing chick, not sure what to think but I’m hopeful it’s not the worst

    What the title says. Im missing a 4 week old chick. None of the others are distressed, which is bizarre. I hear no chick scared outside of the yard. The chicks have been able to fit through the fence, and there was nothing I could do to keep them in. Just feeling kind of sad but still hopeful...
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