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    HELP!!Bee sting to chickens eye!

    I had 2 ducks living in a fenced 20x25’ yard with 2 bee hives at one end. One evening, when I went to check on the ducks, I saw that one was covered with bees and the other had also been stung. I washed the bees off and put the ducks in in a safe place. I didn’t even think to pull out stingers...
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    Inbreeding in chickens

    I have a question re inbreeding. Three years ago I bought 6 chicks from a store which probably got them from Mcmurray's. Since then, one succumbed to cancer and three to egg yolk peritonitis and other problems related to egg laying. They were 2 RIR and an EE. Is this lack of resistance to...
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    Flapping roo, what does it mean?

    Please don't hit your rooster! My Jersey Giant, Houdini flaps his wings all the time. With his enormous claws, he could deliver quite a blow, but he has never attacked me. I keep him in the house at night so he won't bother the neighbors with his early morning crowing. In the evening he makes...
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    Rooster Bunker

    Hi, midgetfarms and dndt: Thanks for responding to my post. As far as I know, my neighbors didn't turn me in. The animal control officer was in the neighborhood investigating a dog and he heard my first rooster crow. Magnus crowed all the time in a very high-pitched voice. My current...
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    Rooster Bunker

    I live in a town that doesn't allow roosters. One of my 12 chicks grew into a gorgeous, gentle Jersey Giant rooster. I really like him, and my close neighbors do, too. To disguise his early morning crowing, every night I put him into a guest bathroom shower stall set up with a small wooden...
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    Chicken sattle???

    Yes, three of my chickens are wearing aprons/saddles. I call them flack jackets. The jackets protect their backs, but not their heads. Two of the jacketed hens were pecked on the head, where they had no protection. One was hurt very badly before I discovered her. I separated both injured...
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    rhode island red can't stand up 2 have already died help!!

    I am having the same problem that you are having with my Rhode Island Red. She is 2 years old. For the past few days, she has been mainly sitting. She is able to stand, but she does not want to for more than a few seconds. She spreads her wings out to steady herself. She was able to hop a few...
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    Polish Rooster needs a home in S. California

    Help! An animal control officer was checking on a neighborhood dog and heard our rooster crow. Busted! We're not supposed to have a rooster in Glendale, California, so Magnus has to go. I love my bad boy and want him to go to a good home and continue to be spoiled. Can anyone in the S...
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    Lonely Silkie?

    Thanks for your reply. Does anyone have any experience with free-ranging two flocks which have been housed in separate coops? (I have a large backyard.) Will they typically leave each other alone or will there be a fight? Barbara
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    Lonely Silkie?

    I have a flock of 6 large chickens plus a Polish rooster. When the rooster was young, the 6 chickens would pick on him, so I kept him separated from the others and got him a Silkie girlfriend. When the rooster grew older he asserted himself and the flock of six accepted him. However, they...
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    wrapped egg?

    Thanks for your response. She is 8 months old. Barbara
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    wrapped egg?

    My Aruancana just laid an egg wrapped in a moist substance, sort of like thin wet paper. When I picked up the egg, the substance slipped off. She looks O.K., and she has an appetite. What was that stuff. Thanks, Barbara
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    chicken names

    Milly Molly Rosy Rhonda Audrey Hazel Penny Magnus
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    Occupations????

    My husband and I own the Metzler Violin Shop in Glendale, CA.
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    Need Polish hen in S.Calif.

    Magnus is black with a white crest, and Penny was a golden laced. I don't know if Magnus would be particular about the color of his hen.I'm not. Barbara
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