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    impacted crop

    I checked her this morning before giving them food - I take their food out at night to discourage possums and rats from coming over for a midnight feast. If it helps, I live in Australia and the past few days have been around 35 degrees and super humid (it finally rained yesterday). My chickens...
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    impacted crop

    My 2yr old silkie girl isn't looking very good this morning and I assume it's an impacted crop? She's usually always on the move scavenging and gorging herself on food... Actually 2 days ago I felt her crop and it was huuuge like a tennis ball coz she really likes seeds... yesterday I noticed...
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    Border collie as a chicken protector?

    Thank you so much for your in-depth reply, it helps a lot! I think I will just keep my doggo outside a lot more this month so he can chase things away from the garden and only let the chickens out whenever I am outside to supervise. I'm really hoping that one day my dog and chickens can just...
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    Border collie as a chicken protector?

    Hey guys, so I got a big fright last week... I live in a suburban area in Australia and usually let my 8 silkies free roam my garden all day (I've got this going on for 2 years with no issues), my silkies scream and cluck aggressively at me if I don't let them out in the morning even though they...
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    Silkie hen sick or just dumb?

    Thank you for your quick and detailed response! I trim my girls eye feathers and she is usually the one bullying the smaller silkies from the food 😅😂 she is a little mad lady. But yes! I will start with the vitb, scrambled eggs and yogurt. I always put vitamins in their water but I don’t really...
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    Silkie hen sick or just dumb?

    Hi everyone, Long time lurker here, I have a silkie hen that was…not always the brightest but now she is either getting dumber or sick… I got her as a day old and she was quite energetic, actually I thought she was a boy while she was growing up because she was always running around and fighting...
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