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    Feather picking anyone ever use a cone?

    Hidee -ho! Funny solution maybe... We've got a hen we've had separated from the main flock trying to give her a chance to regrow her feathers. We've made a interesting discovery though, other than her he's feather's, she's picking them herself off of her shoulders, breast, and just above her...
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    Feeding chickens honey comb

    I was trying to search for some answers on how to feed chickens "brood comb", but as. 'Brood' and 'comb' are already chicken related words the search engines are getting all mixed up. A friend of ours keeps bees, we keep chickens, and we try to symbiotically benefit each other as much as...
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    Self-Appointed Coop Manager making trouble...

    Thank you! We're wonder if we should try that beak clipping technique we've heard about for keeping hens from hurting each other while pecking 🤷‍♀️
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    Dirty Beards, what to do....

    Our Ameracaunas beards get dirty when they eat. We feed them pellets that we've soaked first so they're soft. We have a mixed flock and throughout the day we notice the girls all cleaning each others faces, however some of our Ameracauna's beards are getting plucked off in the cleaning process...
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    Two mysterious deaths, and one sore bottom. The real-life puzzle of three sisters.

    Sunflower seeds very rarely. But we do give them beef fat when we cook ground beef. Also not that often. Thank you
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    Two mysterious deaths, and one sore bottom. The real-life puzzle of three sisters.

    Only a Year old. No improvement still on Becky's bottom. Still laying
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    Looking for chicks, chocolate egg layers, and/or heavy producers.

    Thank you! They sound lovely, unfortunately PA is a bit too far for us. (we're up near RI and MA)
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    Two mysterious deaths, and one sore bottom. The real-life puzzle of three sisters.

    Our flock of 21 has shrunk down to 18. We have a mixed flock of Buff Orpingtons, Black Australorps, Ameracaunas, and Buff Orpington x Black Australorps. They consist of three generations of chickens. The Orpingtons being Grandmas to our youngest crossed chicks. With the crossed chicks'...
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    Self-Appointed Coop Manager making trouble...

    Sometimes the flock seems to do great for a while and then sometimes it seems that a whole slew of things start going wonky for no apparent reason. One of the things we're trying to sort out now is a micro-managing hen. She's not at the top of our pecking order, however she has given herself the...
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    Looking for chicks, chocolate egg layers, and/or heavy producers.

    Hey Everyone! We've got a little more room in our flock and are looking to add 6-7 more females. We'd like to have a chocolate egg layer or two, then focusing on heavy layers. If anyone out there has any for sale we'd love to know! We're in the northeast USA. Our local stores just don't have...
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    Pecked bleeding rump will she heal?

    Thank you, she was family favorite. Lord only knows what happened.
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    Pecked bleeding rump will she heal?

    Update on Lottie! We lost her this afternoon. What ever happened it was fatal. She had spent yesterday just standing still. Her backside seemed filled puffy. Then today she laid what seemed to be just an egg yolk. She spent the day laying down and sleeping. After a quiet loving visit this...
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    Pecked bleeding rump will she heal?

    Hey everyone! Our beloved Australorp x buff Orpington Lottie healed beautifully after having a prolapsed rump, however now a month or two later she's got trouble again. She came asking for help this morning when my husband noticed her bleeding backside. Our first thought was that she relapsed...
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