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    Slobbering and generally unwell

    Thanks for your response. I’ve been looking on the web this afternoon and seem to fit the symptoms of sour crop. I’ve tipped the poor girl upside down and rubbed her crop. The most horrible brown liquid and bits I can’t identify came out. She didn’t resist and I’m really surprised how much came...
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    Slobbering and generally unwell

    hi there, I’ve had my small flock for just over a year. They are all bantom hens and have stopped laying after malting in Sept time. One hen seems to have gone down hill, when her head feathers came back I assumed that she was a little distant due to having less visibility. She’s started to have...
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    Naughty Hen

    Hi there, looking for some advice please. I am relatively new to keeping chickens. I have a small flock of 4 hens which are a mix of Silkies and Peakins. They had been getting on well so far, but recently one of the Silkies has taken it upon herself to start pulling the feathers out from the...
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    Morning crowing

    hi all Can any one please give me some advice. I am new to chicken wrangling :) I’ve had my girls since Sept 2017 and they are now about 9 months old. I have two Silkies and two Peakins. But in recent weeks I’ve found that they’ve started the most horrendous crowing from about 6am and this can...
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    My Silies can't see!

    Ahh ok, we've been working on getting them used to us and being handled so that we can care for them (lice treatment etc) without causing them distress. They fidget to begin with but do settle before becoming wiggly bums again (but they are getting better). I'm probably being overly caution but...
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    My Silies can't see!

    This isn't the best photo, but its all that I've got with me at the moment. They can't seem to see forwards or to the sides..
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    My Silies can't see!

    Hiya, looking for some guidance or help with my new flock as I am new to chicken wrangling! I have a little flock of 4 chicks; 2 pekins and 2 silkies, they will be 16 weeks' old this week and as they have been reared together they get along just fine. Surprisingly it'S the tiny pekins that run...
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