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    Lost one of 2 chicks suddenly at 9 weeks; should I keep preventatively treating the other for cocci despite no symptoms?

    Thanks guys! She is still looking good and yes, I did see that nothing else should be given with the CORID. I'll discontinue after 5 days and resume vitamins and ACV. Somewhere else I had seen that a second week at a reduced dose was needed, but it seems like just 5 days is more standard. Here...
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    Lost one of 2 chicks suddenly at 9 weeks; should I keep preventatively treating the other for cocci despite no symptoms?

    Hello and thanks in advance! I'm sorry for the excessive detail but since I don't know what might be relevant... Question in bold below if you want to skip to the point! We had two seemingly healthy chicks since late January, from about 10 days old. They turned 9 weeks last week. One black...
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    Re-home 4 laying hens (San Jose, CA/ northern california)

    Hi, I'm actually looking for a pair of young hens in the East Bay/Berkeley area. Our girls are large fowl so Shadow and Ginger would probably fit in best. Technically we are only zoned for two more (six total) hens. But if you like I could ask around about your bantams. Our coop and run has...
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    Beak torn off. Will it regrow?

    I don't have any experience with broken beaks but I found this: https://www.beautyofbirds.com/brokenbeaks.html Good luck!
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    How and when should we integrate?

    Sorry if I was unclear; I meant that once they had access to the main coop they still were retreating to their safe space. I was referring to the process of integration rather than describing a finished result.
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    How and when should we integrate?

    I've had OK luck with teenage integration, but I put the babies in a pen alongside the main run for a few days or a week first. With my run I was able to make a gap under the door that babies could fit through but older hens couldn't. And once integrated, the babies still had to do a lot of...
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    What killed my hen?

    Or a raccoon. They also will kill just to eat the crop or head. :-( I'm sorry about your hen. I felt like it was insult to injury to have one of my beloved hens killed last year by a raccoon that didn't even eat her!! Was it during the day? Once they got a couple chickens they started coming...
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    Review by 'Christabean' in article 'Bathing Silkies: How To Keep Them Bright & Fluffy!'

    I now feel like I could successfully bathe a Silkie . . . But I actually don't think I'd have the dedication. Knowing all that's required just makes me appreciate the ultra-fluffiness in your photos all the more!
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    Handsome docile Blue "Americauna" (Easter-Egger) Cockerel to good home near SF Bay CA

    Posting a resolution for those, like I was, hopeful to find a non-eating home for a pet rooster. After six weeks of bringing him indoors every night, contacting the local 4H club and multiple teaching farms and feed stores, nobody would take him and the consensus was 95% of roosters at feed...
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    Solved Ads woven into/covering content

    Same -- I'm having this issue on my Kindle tablet with the Silk browser.
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    Looking for new home for my 4 hens

    I'm in the Berkeley area and can take the olive egger and the buff and white one (sexlink?). Are they good layers? I'm looking to add two young hens to our 3-year-old flock. I have a buff Orpington so don't want the ones who look just like her. (Plus we're only allowed 6 hens maximum in my...
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    Can you Stop a Rooster From Crowing?

    Just hopping on this thread to see if any of the folks opposed to crow collars are able to take my nice rooster? Not being snarky, just have been trying to "find a new home" for five weeks and no animal shelters, feed stores, animal rescues or individuals are able to take him. I found one feed...
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    Handsome docile Blue "Americauna" (Easter-Egger) Cockerel to good home near SF Bay CA

    In the last month of trying to re-home Chippy he's matured and needs new photos. I also have more information about his adult crowing potential (about 6 months old now). STUPID PARROT -- free to good home! Here is a list of reasons why Chippy is better than a smart parrot: -MUCH cheaper to...
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    welsummer or easter egger rooster

    Where are you located? I'm trying to re-home a nice blue Easter Egger rooster in Alameda County, CA.
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    Handsome docile Blue "Americauna" (Easter-Egger) Cockerel to good home near SF Bay CA

    Still no luck. I found only one feed store that would take him and they were honest he'd get eaten. He's very nice and I'd like to give him a chance at a pet or breeding home but I'm losing hope.
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