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    Pekin having trouble walking

    I'm doing an excessive amount of googling and I've come up with everything from worms to mareks disease but I'm hoping some experts can help. My were Pekin is having trouble walking, she is using her wings to turn herself around and spending a lot of time sitting down. We had one that had...
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    Hello from New Zealand

    We have been extensively damaged by the quakes, every room in our house is damaged but we can still live here and we are still watertight so we are all good, thanks for asking. It's a bit hard to believe a little old city like mine could make international news for all the wrong reasons. You...
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    Pekin sexing help please 6-7 weeks old

    I totally get ya! With my discovery this morning that means 5 out of 6 of the chicks I had were boys .
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    Pekin sexing help please 6-7 weeks old

    Thanks for your help sexing these wee ones guys, it's much appreciated especially given I found my only frizzle has turned boy this morning .
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    Pekin sexing help please 6-7 weeks old

    Yup, they are on TM, and yup I'm a Christchurch girl . They are soooo cute aren't they! Are you in ChCh too?
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    Reintroducing Hen to the Flock after Injury

    When I had to introduce a hen back in that had had stitches, I put her in a separate coop next to the other girls so they could still see each other. They chatted through the mesh for a couple weeks, she had her stitches out at 7 days, but I wanted to be sure the healing process was well...
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    Pekin sexing help please 6-7 weeks old

    Hiya. I want to buy these two wee pekins but my googling tells me the black one might be a boy? The seller doesn't know but I've already sent 3 roosters to a friend of mine and she doesn't want anymore so I need to be sure they are girls . The lighter one is a buff Colombian Pekin, the black...
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    Hello from New Zealand

    Hi everyone . I'm a chicken addicted peep from Christchurch, New Zealand. I currently have 3x Silkie X bantams, 1x frizzle bantie, 2x hyline chickens and 2x pekins. It's so great to see them going about their daily business when I'm outside, they are so relaxing! I've been a long time browser...
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