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    R.I.P. Sergeant Pepper

    R.I.P. Sergeant Pepper, the bantam who would be king. You were a good rooster, all the ladies survived the hawk attack. Chili and Clove made it to the pen and Bay hid not 4 feet from your eviscerated remains. The hawk flew away when I disturbed his lunch. And then 4 crows finally arrived to...
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    Not an Emergency, but it is an unknown injury

    I tried to search information about roosters injuring themselves, but couldn't find anything... I trimmed my little bantam rooster's spurs today. It was overdue, but didn't seem too bad. He's been holding up one leg lately and I thought while I had him held down to trim his spurs I would check...
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    Just Some Random Chicken Behaviors

    Welcome to my microflock. I have two Leghorns about a year old, an old Golden Comet of indeterminate age, and a Black Cochin Rooster of indeterminate age. They get along well in their big backyard, with a few exceptions. Starting with the Roo and down through the pecking order they are Sergeant...
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    Normal for tails to droop in extreme heat?

    Northeast Arkansas has had heat indexes in the triple digits lately. The girls are doing well, all things considered. My Leghorns are doing better than my Golden Comets. But at night when they are trying to get comfortable in the heat, their tails droop. During the day I put a drippy hose in...
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    What in the sam hill am I looking at??

    One of my Golden Comets laid this thing. I have 2 Golden Comets and two new Leghorns. For months now only one of the Golden Comets has been laying, whereas previous they both had been every single day. I wasn't terribly worried, otherwise they both seem quite healthy and I thought one might be...
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    What in the sam hill am I looking at?

    One of my Golden Comets laid this thing. I have 2 Golden Comets and two new Leghorns. For months now only one of the Golden Comets has been laying, whereas previous they both had been every single day. I wasn't terribly worried, otherwise they both seem quite healthy and I thought one might be...
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    Figured out what was wrong with Basil! Woohoo! Further questions....

    Woohoo! Finally figured out what was wrong with my hen! So she most certainly was molting, I think that is what started the whole thing. She's had a very difficult molt in spite of all the Care and supplements that I've been giving her. The molt caused her to be demoted in the flock since she...
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    Needing help understanding this lethargy with hen

    So I have a Rhode Island Red hen named Basil. I live in a metropolitan area so I have a tiny flock of only 3 hens, all RIR. In the summer they all laid an egg a day and were champion eaters. Chili is definitely the lead hen, she is at the top of the pecking order, super healthy, etc. Basil was...
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    Egg Bound, Cold, Something Else?

    I'm new to the site and new to chicken raising. I've had three full-grown hens since August, Chili, Basil and Rosemary. They've all been laying an egg a day, until the recent cold snap when they've all gone down to about every other day. Yesterday, Basil, my beta chicken, was acting squirrely. I...
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