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Any word on how she’s doing now? Very stressful situation. I was just reading a diff post about someone’s chicken whose legs were kind of placed/splayed out like the one pic you showed earlier. Dang it I wish I knew the screen names of those who are very knowledgeable on here to tag. I will try...

My guess would be some type of heat related illness, but I don’t have any technical knowledge of poultry. Only personal experience. For instance today, one of my hens almost 1y/o would not eat the watermelon or broccoli leaves she normally loves- would put in her mouth and drop it out. She was...

They’re beautiful!!!!

Thank you so much! I think so too haha they’re literally my life blood. Between my chickens and my garden- I have everything that makes me happy and I never want to leave home hahaha

Omg how stressful and sad. Please keep us in the loop as to whether she will be okay or not. I’m grateful to know you were able to save her from the hawk. When my flock was attacked by hawks, there were at least 8 of them- a few on the ground, the rest in the trees- and they could not be saved...

I got some fertilized eggs from a farm near my work bc my broody hen’s first lay was unsuccessful but she refused to get off the nest. Her drive to be a mommy outweighed anything else I imagine. She ended up hatching four beautiful babies. One I know is a pullet golden laced Wyandotte, one I...

Thank you! I thought Copper Marans had more coloring throughout- but it makes sense that their coloring would vary. I’ll have to look at more pics of copper marans now.

Thank you!! I will do some more research on this breed now to try and deduce.

lol I can’t answer with any certainty, but I have a Plymouth Barred Rock cockerel myself baby myself rn. Only reason I know is bc he had the yellow spot on his head from hatch date, and bc his comb and wattle are too large to be a pullet. I have two more chicks I’m unsure of though. I think one...

I know this is only one and I said these, but I have two more of varying degrees of reddish orange feathers around the head area and beautiful iridescent black feathers on their tails and bodies. Got them from tractor supply last summer with one white leghorn. I brought this one, Amalie, inside...

I know it’s the circle of life but I hate losing any of my girls or boys to predators. So sad! I hope you didn’t have to clean up the mess of blood and bits of meat and bone and feathers strewn about your yard the way I did when hawks got 2 of my girls a couple years ago…traumatic in its own way.

Awesome info!! I’m learning as I go as my first foray into backyard chickens ended with my neighbors calling the city and me having to give all my chickens to a neighbor that had a family ranch. Now I’m in a more rural area where that won’t happen, so I’ve started again. Anyway! I got four...

Thank you so much for the encouragement and advice! I will give it some time, but do plan to try again once I know more. I feel maybe I rushed in my excitement.

Okay, so, the swollen ear lobe as of yesterday seems to have gotten a bit less swollen as the top part of the sac isn’t as rounded and more wrinkled like BUT I felt the part that was still swollen and it felt more firm than it did the day before. Should I still just monitor over next few days...