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    Bought three chicks that we were told were hens--but it didn't turn out that way....

    I'll buy an older bird. Gosh, I'm getting old and sloppy. Sorry everyone.
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    Bought three chicks that we were told were hens--but it didn't turn out that way....

    Oops, I should have written until THEY are older.
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    Bought three chicks that we were told were hens--but it didn't turn out that way....

    I think the moral of the story is, if you want to be sure you're getting a hen and not a rooster, you have to wait to buy the chickens until their older. My idea of getting chicks was to hand rear them as I enjoy the interaction with pets and I've had some very smart chickens. Next time I'll...
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    Bought three chicks that we were told were hens--but it didn't turn out that way....

    Thanks, everyone. Yes, I need to get a hen or two for Chickpea!
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    Bought three chicks that we were told were hens--but it didn't turn out that way....

    I asked for three miniature hens at a "chicks" fair in France near where we live in the Tarn. Things didn't quite turn out that way. Here's the blog with photos: http://robin-ellis.net/2013/01/06/chickpea-the-little-wonder/
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    Seabright unwell--need advice

    So this morning she was still alive! I went to the vet and got a deworming pill. We had to weigh her (she weighs about 560 grams!) and get a pill down her throat. The Vet also gave me an antibiotic in a powder form that you mix with water. But with the other two hens and 7 cats, I can't leave...
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    Seabright unwell--need advice

    Yes, I'll try the deworming. Thanks for the tip on the product. Don't know if I'll find that one in France. Spoke to a French neighbor who is a farmer and he didn't give me a lot of hope and said I should be careful that the other hens don't get whatever she has....Seabrights don't lay many...
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    Seabright unwell--need advice

    I can hardly hear anything when she breathes--perhaps a little "eh" sound. The bedding is freshly mown lawn grass--which they always seem to like. Our 3 hens roam around--we're in the countryside and we have 5 cats around. I feed them crushed corn, oats and as special treats sometimes...
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    Hi from southwestern France

    A friend gave me a few Seabrights--the smallest of the miniature hens--as a gift a few years ago, which got me started on poultry. They are pretty and came be tamed. Over the years we lost 2 hens and I couldn't find anyone who would sell just one or two Seabright hens (they always want to...
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    Seabright unwell--need advice

    I have one Seabright--a miniature hen--who seems to be having breathing problems. It looks a bit like hiccups without any sound (these hens are pretty quiet anyway). She does still eat and groom. But she keeps opening her beak in a pronounced way that is not normal. I don't know what is wrong or...
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