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    Help sex my ambiguous Cream Legbar day-old

    Head spot should be white males are gray females are yellow to tan I'm cheating slightly because the girls lay quietly on their backs The female cream legbar should be chipmunk as in a brown stripe with black stripes down each side. . Crele Legbar Cream Legbar was too monochromatic for...
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    Chickens staying sick - I've tried almost everything - please help!

    Where are you located? Georgia has a state Poultry Lab. Im waiting for answers to see if i can swab my own birds and send the swabs back to them for testing. 2 years ago. I had all the answers. Now i have all the questions. 18 months ago i purchased a flock of 30 barnevelders. From 3 to 16...
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    sneezing/coughing hen

    Google Mycoplasma Gallisepticum
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    Silkie Gender? 15 weeks

    2 females 1 male (top) Check for bump on top of first one's head. Unfortunately the top one is not bearded. Thus is Plumpkin she got caught in a downpour and got soaked. No knot on top of head. No comb to speak of. She quickly learned the hair dryer was AWESOME and began turning herself...
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    How soon can I tell if our babies are pullets or cockerels?

    Lay a chick on its back in your hand. If it stays put and falls asleep 90% sure it's a girl Feathering Rate female on right all must be same breed and age.
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    What kind is our rooster

    Only way to find out is time. If his offspring lay green or blue eggs, he's an Easter Egger. If they don't he's from probably a cross with salmon favorelle. breed him to a partridge pattern hen and you will get beautiful babies.
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    What is this black and orange chick?

    I have one just like it. mine is an ameraucana crossed with phoenix
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    Sneezing Chickens

    Google Mycoplasma Gallisepticum. Some show no symptoms some just die some have cold like symptoms. I have a post detailing my research on MG.
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    Severe scaly leg mites

    There is a product with camphor in it. try jefferslivesttock.com keyword search scaly leg in poultry.
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    new chicks dying! please advise :(

    Get them on a wire bottom cage. give Corid as prevention. Are their feet cold or hot?
  11. Elaine Elder

    bird flu

    Please see my first post. it details the symptoms in laying hens, broilers, turkeys, ducks and geese. Also all the links...
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    Not an Emergency...Marek's in the Flock

    Sorry for your losses. I'm dealing with MG myself. the quickest way to euthanize at home is a paper feed bag tied around a car tailpipe. There is only a little struggle. I did over 50 juveniles over a week. Unfortunately culling does not get rid of MG. A lot of people say burn the carcass of...
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    2 week old chick, puffed feathers, breathing heavily

    Add Probiotics. Antibiotics kill the good with the bad.
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    What color are these Silkie chicks?

    Pink toes indicate paint gene. Like mottled gene anything can pop out.
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    Anyone want to try sexing this 5+ week old Silver Laced Wyandotte?

    Feather rate sexing. as long as all chicks being compared are the same breed and age it works until they all have feathers with no down. hatchery marked male with blue dot. Male left almost no feathers. female on right. These are Russian Orlof. My week old chicks When I tried it with adults...
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