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    Blocked nares! Blocked by food? silkie hen.

    Just an update... Spoke with another vet extensively about my little silkie. Diagnosis food pus feathers etc impaction . Appearently he sees this often and it deforms the nares and creates a hard mass like obstruction! So no cancer no tumor just a weird food nasty blockage. I am gradually...
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    Blocked nares! Blocked by food? silkie hen.

    I wishI had searched sooner rather than settle for cancer / growth diagnosis as long as I did. It has grown so much I the past couple of days I'm afraid she ll succumb to resp distress. I'll saline often and hope it helps! How in the world did she get so much food in there? Is this a common...
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    Blocked nares! Blocked by food? silkie hen.

    Hello, I'm new to this forum thingy I've come seeking advice. I have an 8+ y/o silkie hen that has blocked nares. One is much more so blocked than the other. After talking to local vet (no chicken vets around here) and showing pictures it was decided she had some sort of cancer/growth and her...
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    Chicken grooming? Sanitary trim?

    Thanks again!
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    Chicken grooming? Sanitary trim?

    Thanks. Its sounds like such fun!
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    Chicken grooming? Sanitary trim?

    Thanks for all the great info! Will get to trimming some girls fluff in the morning. I dont show my girls. They originated from a pair of show chicken many many generations ago though. I dont know even the requirements for that kind of thing. It does sound like a lot of fun. How do you go about...
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    Chicken grooming? Sanitary trim?

    Will check for mites. How do you suggest trimming? Mechanical clippers or just scissors? Do I need to look out for new feathers that could bleed? I dont know silkies have diifferent sort of feathers so... Thanks so much!
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    Chicken grooming? Sanitary trim?

    Hello, Im new on here and to chickens. I have never really had a problem with my Chinese Silkies keeping their bums clean. Seems theyre extra fluffy or extra dirty this winter because occasionally they will get a seriously poo covered bottom. I have in the past washed with dawn and dried but it...
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    New hen getting picked on, newby myself

    Thank you for the advice! I think I may rotate them in the yard during the day and put them together at night for now. I will fix a roof for their yard pen as it is supposed to rain for a few days. Oddly enough my new hen really wants to be with my mean ladies! Shes been watching and pacing and...
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    New hen getting picked on, newby myself

    Hello, Im new to keeping chickens. I was given 2 silkie hens and a rooster last year and they all got a long great. I had no problems. My rooster died recently and I decided to get another hen for my ladies. I got the hen from the same friend I got the others from and she is about the same age...
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    Hello from Tennessee

    Hello all! I am pretty new to chickens. Ive had a few (that fall off meat chicken trucks going through the city) over the years I have rehabilitated and quarantined for an organization but I am actually keeping a few now. I have googled all sorts of chicken info and alot of it seems to send me...
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