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    Hard time calibrating digital thermometer

    Thank you, good idea :D I could also test my calibrated thermometer with my body temperature, perhaps.
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    Hard time calibrating digital thermometer

    Where can I get help about this?
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    Hard time calibrating digital thermometer

    Hi. I'm hoping we have calibration experts here :) After losing some silk eggs in my incubator and reading a lot about how to calibrate a thermometer, I decided to calibrate mine. I have a digital thermostat with external sensor. First I calibrated using freezing point method and then I tried...
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    How to make chicken stop eating concrete?

    There are plenty of grit right beside her. Haha I dont know about vitamin deficiency, i use a grit that claim to have a lot of vitamins.
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    How to make chicken stop eating concrete?

    Hi. I have a 1y old sex link, and she started eating all my houses wall concrete. At the begining it was OK, but now I have several holes in my wall, ita becoming problematic. What can I do to force her stop doing this?
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    Silkie jumped from 11th floor

    Hi. My 4month silkie jumped from the 11th floor of my home and its alive! She is living in our apartment since it was born for 4 months. I believe she fell and didnt jump on purpose. She seems to be ok, eating, walking, but with one leg lumping. Im worried, she fell 120ft !! Today I'll take...
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    Brazilian Breed?

    Wow! She layed a perfect egg yesterday!! :) And today she layed a double-yolk that unfortunatelly she broke :(
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    Sneezing silkie

    Most liquid, but it dries and form a crust on her beak. No smell from the beak. No noise from the chest. They sleep together inside a "masonry barbecue hole" Climate here in Brazil is wet, but she stays in a well ventilated place.
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    Sneezing silkie

    When she starts, she is sneezing like 3 times a minute or more, and keep sneezing for hours. Then she stops the rest of the day.
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    Wet poop every day, sometimes diarrhea.

    I have two chickens at home, a 3 month silkie and a 5 month RSL. I fed them with growing feed until 1-2 months, and now I'm using a laying feed plus some corn grind, and tap water. They are pooping too wet, silkie makes every poop with more water than poop, and some white ones. RSL poops are not...
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    Brazilian Breed?

    It look a lot like this red sex link. She hatched in mid spring, now she is 5 months and its mid fall here. I will give her time :)
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    Sneezing silkie

    I have a red sex link too. She is older and never sneezes. I was told to squeeze a little lemon or garlic in her water for 3 days, and repeat 2 weeks after.
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    Sneezing silkie

    I bought a white silkie from a local farmer and she was very quiet and sad. I look inside her feathers and it was infested with flea or louse, idk. After I gave her a bath and dried with hairdryer, most of them started to get off her. 3 days later, I gave her another bath with cat/dog flea...
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    Brazilian Breed?

    Hello. I bought a pet baby chicken on Nov/2014 at a local market and I wan't to know what breed is she? I have some photos of her during these 5 months and I hope you guys can help me identify. Just some info, I live in Brazil, and the seller told me it's a laying breed. Also, there is a...
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