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    Med for slow crop

    I took my hen to the vet when her crop wasn't draining properly a couple months ago. $100 later and we walked out with Metoclopramide 5mg suspension. Given every 8 hours for a week and she was right back to normal. After a stay at a friends house for a week, she has it again (must've been...
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    no eggs yet?

    I have 4 hens. Of the 4, only 1 is laying. She was born on April 1st 2012 and is a silkie. I have a bantam cochin who was born in April also and hasn't ever laid an egg. I have a standard cochin and another silkie-both born early summer and nothing from either of them. If they were born at...
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    what do you do w/ old pine shavings?

    What do you do with your used pine shavings/poo when you clean out your coop?
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    floor of coop and run

    Hi. Looking at my in-law's coop and run and I was hoping to come up w/ a better idea for happier chickens. They have a nice size coop and run...but they've had chickens there for years-the floor is dirt inside and out...they never get to free range. Couldn't we hack down a ton of overgrown...
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    boy or girl silkie??? 20 weeks old

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    Crazy Pullet?

    I have an almost 4 month old bantam cochin pullet who just started this... She gets really low....she shakes her tail feathers....and she takes off like a bat out of hell:) races really fast around for a moment. What's this about? What a goof! We recently added 2 younger girls to the...
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    poultry net?

    I'm looking for a large net that I could hang from a tree in our yard...I'd like to secure the bottom and allow the girls to "free range" a bit in our backyard but still keep them safe and from flying over the fence. Any ideas or links?
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    Poppet My 3 Month old Silkie x Frizzle Bantam Cochin ..... Girl ?????

    Yup!!! Pullet for sure!
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    standard cochin and silkie bantam. Sex?

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    Hens or Rooster?

    Id say #3 is a boy. The rest look like girls right now:)
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    Sexing your Silkies (PICTURES AND TIPS - Updated July-5-12)

    What do you think of this one? Hen??
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    3 month old silkie-hen or roo? Note: mess on the face is from eating watermelon:) Sure does LOVE

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    Hen or roo?

    Some pics of cochin roosters would be great. Thanks!
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    Hen or roo?

    It's 12 weeks old. I really want it to be a hen!!! If it is a rooster-he sure is a wimp-each night when I check on them, it hides under the others:)
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    Hen or roo?

    Red and black bantam cochins, and one white silkie. I think the black and white are hens...but the RED?????? What do you think?
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