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    Keeping Two Bantam Roos?

    i had to train one silkie who began to get aggressive by leashing him. I know its not prefered but some string around his ankle, and not being able to forage with his friends when he was being mean seemed to have set him straight
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    Keeping Two Bantam Roos?

    I keep two silkie roos with all my girls (rir and buff orps) they are part of the gang, cant have their way with the larger hens, and only occasionally chest bump each other. However I may have just been lucky with these two. I hope it works out
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    Mareks until proven...

    it is. seems to have resolved a bit prior to giving her anything. She is still getting the vitamins for now, and although she seems a bit weak, has been getting better.
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    Mareks until proven...

    looks like it wry neck. Have the vit e, selenium, and polyvisol ill start in the AM. Ill post progress if any.
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    Mareks until proven...

    Ill try to make this brief. have 4 leghorns and 3 buff orps all bought together, not vaccinated as day olds. They around 6 weeks of age. In the same area (different cage) have 3 other chicks (3 weeks old). Today when I went out to feed them one of the buffs was standing still with its neck...
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    25+ weeks and no eggs

    thanks for the quick reply, our RIRs have not shown any interest in the nesting boxes and were being let out every morning for the day. The last two days i kept them in the run, which ****** them off quite a bit. However two of the hens are now running up and down the ramp, singing an egg...
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    25+ weeks and no eggs

    chick charm, what do you mean by not letting them free range till they have the nest thing down? I have some late layers too who free range all the time. Is this a hinderence to them laying?
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    sleeping invthe nest boxes.

    so one of my silkies has been sleeping in the nesting boxes... how long do i block them off for?
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    New from CO

    Hello everyone, Young couple here from CO new to chickens. New home owners with quite a bit of yard, and rural zoning (in a metro area) so the skys the limit. We have a 8x10 coop with an attached 8x18 run for the bunch. They free range with our dogs during the day in the yard while the lady...
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    late layers

    Hello all, new to the site and I'm hitting the ground running with these questions. We have 4 RIR 3 hens, 1 roo and 3 silkie hens. They are 26 weeks old, spoiled with an awesome coop/run and freerange all day. The problem is not one of them lays; some straw has been moved around in the...
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