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    Rooster with watery eye

    Okay, I got my dad to help me take a picture of him. His eye seems sunk in compared to the other, and its kinda hard to see, but he has liquid around his eye.
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    Rooster with watery eye

    So my polish rooster, AJ's right eye looks slightly puffy, and has a clear liquid coming from its inner corner that is bubbly/foamy. He is also holding his eye partially shut. I would take a picture, but he is acting aggressive right now (probably because his eye hurts), so I am having...
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    Uxbridge, MA.

    Actually, before getting a rooster make sure you know your town laws--I just saw this article suggesting chickens can't be kept in Uxbridge. http://www.telegram.com/article/20130308/news/103089747#loadComment
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    Uxbridge, MA.

    I'm in Upton, MA. Our town laws are pretty good for owning chickens. You might want to check with your town laws. You may not have any of the polish, but I'm looking for a good home for a sweet young white crested blue polish roo that was born the first week of June. We got him from the Mane...
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    Polish Chicken with a brain injury?

    What form did you get the B vitamin, vitamin E, and selenium in? I'm going to need to get some for my young roo. Wasn't sure where to pick up, what to get, and what dosage to use. Thanks!
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    Polish Chicken with a brain injury?

    For some strange reason we have found that the Polish that have crests that obscure their vision also seem more likely to develop strange gates (the runway walk as opposed to the more typical chicken strut), leg (knees turn in somewhat) and balance issues, and become ultra people friendly (e.g...
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    Polish Chicken with a brain injury?

    While integrating a new group of "teens" with our adults, half of both groups being polish, one of our young polish roos was attacked and sustained a head injury. I ran out when I heard a ruckus and he looked dead. There was only a bit of blood on his head, other than being knocked out, he...
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    Rooster or Hen? (Two white crested blue polish)

    Okay, so I have two white crested blue polish, named Claud and AJ, who are about 2 months old (they were born on the 5th of May), and I have a feeling that at least one of them may be a rooster. Claud is larger than AJ, larger than the size of my two polish hens I have when they were at the age...
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    can anyone tell the diff from a polish hen to a rooster

    Looks like a pullet to me but hard to tell from just one picture and without additional info about saddle feathers etc.
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    Chicken with Toe Problems

    My chicken Artemis tends to have trouble walking and usually spends most of her time laying down, but this is an ongoing thing that I kinda accept as being incurable. But lately, the ends of her toes have been turning a brownish/orangish color (her feet are usually blue) and some of the scales...
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    Four week old Polish with feet problems

    She's now just a few months shy of a year old now. She doesn't scratch a lot like the other hens do, her balance is not quite as good, she's a bit awkward, and she is small, but otherwise she's doing great. She is such a sweet bird, enjoys being held, and is an integral part of the flock. I...
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    Omega 3 eggs Is it ok to feed flax seed?

    FYI--flax seed is not a good way to get omega 3s into the human diet. Flax seed has ALA which humans do not convert very efficiently into the forms that are associated with improved health in humans. If you go to research based sites you'll get some good info on this. My understanding with...
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    Ascites and internal laying - sharing my experience - Benedict's story

    We've got a young hen with similar issues who just ended a 20 day course of antibiotics. She is back with the flock and foraging like the rest of them, but still has a swollen abdomen and tires easily. I have not tried draining her. I'd find that difficult but have gained the confidence to give...
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    Ascites?? Swollen, squishy abdomen - WITH PICS & VIDEO (page 9)

    What dosage of milk thistle did the vet prescribe? I went out and bought 200 mg capsules after reading this thread. I haven't given any to her yet because I don't want to give her too much. I have a full sized Cochin. She's been on antibiotics, but the 20 day course just finished and she is...
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    Breeders of Polish Chickens in New England?

    We have fallen in love with the polish breeds. I am wondering if there are breeders in New England. My daughter is interested in breeding at some point. When the time comes we'd either need some high quality eggs or a high quality roster. We'd love to visit a farm that was breeding them and...
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