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    crying chick - breathing problems, possibly respiratory?

    Well, it spent the night inside under a heat lamp - still alive this morning which I wasn't really expecting .... No pooping, still will not eat or drink on its own. I did get another dropper of antibiotic and sugar water down. Not worse, maybe a tiny bit better - still making the motion of...
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    crying chick - breathing problems, possibly respiratory?

    No, it is distressed rather than lonely. After sitting here watching it for an hour, I think it is having problems breathing and actually gasping for air. Poor little guy does not look good.
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    crying chick - breathing problems, possibly respiratory?

    The silkies were out free ranging today when I found this little guy sitting off by itself making an uncomfortable sound. I brought it in and it has just kept up with the crying - sounds a little like a strangled crow. No obvious injuries. It's about two months old and hasn't really thrived...
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    Oregon & Washinton Poultry shows (2013)

    Here for western washington: http://washingtonfeatherfanciers.webs.com/localshows.htm
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    compost and chicken scratching

    This was my first winter with chickens and I'm working out how to compost with chicken-leavings. I have a combination of straw and pine shavings in the coops and runs. Used bedding goes to a "compost pile" which basically means I'm stacking it up in the corner of the yard and hoping it...
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    Swimming Silkie ?!?

    Depends ... silkies can have an open skull which can be subject to pecking. Silkies are (by definitian) bantam (small) chickens. Chickens can be size sensattive - and color selective. Birds of a feather really do flock together
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    Going to be getting a horse soon; need advise on how to pick right...

    I completed two 25 mile endurance rides last year on a Paso Fino. We were top 10 at our second ride, which was over an extreamly tough course with a 4000ft elevation change. Years ago I competed on an Appaloosa/Quarter Horse. I am also 180# and said Paso was under 15h. You do *NOT* need an...
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    Jersey Giant - about 4-5 month old

    They are both almost 5 months old. We had 6 and the "chief roo" was clearly a roo. Saddle feathers, crowing, mounting roo-bird. 3 others had distinctive saddle feathers, but no crowing. Those four left about 10 days ago, bird 1 started crowing about a week after that. Goobers. I think you...
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    Jersey Giant - about 4-5 month old

    Last of our 6 "pullets" - 4 roos already dispatched to freezer camp, really hoping we have one lady here, but I'm just not sure. Someone out there is crowing, I haven't caught them yet but I suspect it is Bird 1. What do you think? Anyone in Washington need a roo-giant? Bird 1: Bird 2...
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    Swimming Silkie ?!?

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    Swimming Silkie ?!?

    I have a group of silkies I moved outside a few weeks ago. They transitioned from a "chick-waterer" to a big-hen water dish. I have one little hen that can't stay out of the water dish. I don't know if she thinks she is fishing, or just wants to say hi to the silkie in the reflection, or...
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    wanted: Jersey Giant Pullet

    My DH has been very supportive (enabling) of my chicken addiction, so when he said he wanted some "man sized" chickens we bought him 6 Jersey Giant chicks this spring. They have started to crow & all (!) of them look like roosters, so they are currently seeking new homes. I would really like...
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    silkie sexing

    Almost 3 months
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    CHRISTMAS HATCH AUCTION: 18+ Silkies/Showgirls Paint + other colors & Bantam Polish Frizzles - Mixes

    $15
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    silkie sexing

    Hen?
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