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My 1.5yr Leghorn has this case of bumblefoot which I caught about 2 weeks ago. Since then, we have had the routine epson salt baths, Prid and gauze application with wrap to try and soften it up. As you can see from the photo, it has softened and the core of the bumble is still as hard as ever. The typical scab which is supposed to be on top doesn’t seem to be and I am afraid to ...

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I'm making this thread to show people that chickens can do fine in more natural settings. My chickens are completely organic, live outside 24/7 and sleep in trees. They spend most of their time running around the forest and swamp, existing around countless different types of wild animals

I don't think the gamefowl need me at all, but the production chickens do. Keeping ...

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Please help sex this 9 month old Silkie.

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Hi all!!
So about one week ago we got this adorable little chicken from a small family owned hatchery (also my work lol)
She is said to be a Barbu Belgian Bantam. Which I got her because they never get that breed in.
So I looked up the breed after we got her and it came up with mostly Belgian D’Uccle photos and some photos that said Barbu Belgian and looked like Belg...

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In the past I researched breeding season for peafowl, which seems to end at slightly different times of the year in different countries (and states) here in the U.S. I am in Washington state. When does breeding season end?

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