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    Sick chicken...need advice

    I have a 1 year old red star hen who the past 2 days has been laying down a lot more then normal, tail is being carried down and seems to be walking with a stiff gait (Like uncomfortable). She is still eating and still going out to forage with the other girls (who are all acting fine!) but she...
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    The Sizzle Thread!

    I will! Thank you!
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    The Sizzle Thread!

    Hey everyone! I am new to this thread and silkie/sizzles in general. I purchased my first babies a week ago today. I believe they are from a silkie roo over two sizzle hens if I understood correctly. They all 3 seem to have more curl to their wing feathers then Im used to. Could anyone tell me...
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    Runner Duck with ATTITUDE problem...please help!

    So this past May we brought home 4 ducklings from my daughters school which they hatched from eggs....a indian runner, a blue swede and 2 mallards. About a week ago we started having problems with Quackers who is the only male and the Indian Runner. My daughter was pulling weeds and shushed him...
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    Shed for ducks

    I will try to get pics later today as its been raining on and off. We have a large shed in the back of our yard we converted to coop/duck house. We had the chickens first and we sectioned off a 4 x 6 area and laid down some vinyl flooring. When we got the ducks we sectioned off a second area for...
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    WTB Silkies or EE Pulletts NC

    Looking to buy 3-4 Silkies or EE Pulletts from some one near Pfafftown, NC (King, Winston Salem, Greensboro, etc). We would like to obviously pick up locally. Willing to neg price. Thank you for your time!
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    so....runner duck?

    So...I posted before as we had got an assorted set of duckling from my daughters 2nd grade class. We knew they were all purebred as they came from a hatchery just didnt know what breeds we got out of the hatching eggs. The one we were sure was a peking due to coloring...all yellow ducking with...
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    Newbie from NC

    Welcome to the forum! Its definitely a wealth of knowledge here...Im glad you joined! We are also in NC but on the western 1/2 near Winston Salem and Greensboro. Poultry is new to us as well so I dont have alot of experience with multiple breeds but our Buff Orpingtons have been gentle calm...
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    Where to begin?

    I say DITTO on the MESSY part! OMGoodness they are way messier then the chickens! lol! IMO though they definitely win on the Cuteness factor and are entertaining to watch play in whatever we use as their Pool at the time. Our ducks follow you around like your mama duck and get upset if you are...
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    Chicken Limping.....Im such a Idiot.. :(

    Just put in electrolyte solution. Shes keeping herself super quiet right now...Im sure shes sore. I picked her up and set her by the feeder and the solution and got her to eat and drink some...so I know she at least got a little bit in her.
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    Chicken Limping.....Im such a Idiot.. :(

    Thanky you...Im hoping she bounces back ok too.
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    Chicken Limping.....Im such a Idiot.. :(

    Ok thank you I didnt think about just leaving the crate in the coop. Would tractor Supply carry the electrolytes in their poultry section?
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    Chicken Limping.....Im such a Idiot.. :(

    Not sure what to do for her... :( I had our Six 8 week old pullets out in our back yard free ranging as I have done every morning and had something happen inside and NOT THINKING AT ALL...let two of our dogs out back...Realized after the dogs did that the chickens were out...By the time I was...
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