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    Wanted: Seramas and silkies, willing to pay shipping

    I'm looking for a few seramas, either pullets or trios, as well as one or two bearded silkie pullets or hens. I originally intended to buy some good quality silkie eggs and keep a pullet or two out of the hatch, but there just isn't enough local interest in the extras (especially roos) and I...
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    Fairy Tale Seramas

    Hi there, do you have a waiting list or are you all caught up? I'd love to go on the wait list if there is one. Thank you!
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    Please help, most of my flock is sick

    Thank you so much for your response. I made a trip to the pharmacy earlier and got the Poly-vi-sol infant vitamin drops without iron, some probiotic capsules, and the stuff to make a homemade electrolyte solution. I still don't know what to do to fix the problem, but figure that supportive care...
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    Please help, most of my flock is sick

    Trying to think of everything that might be relevant, so I'm sorry if there's too much information. Today 5 of my 7 chickens are ill, after seeming fine yesterday. Symptoms: Sneezing Slightly enlarged, spongy crops in all but one When they lean forward to eat or drink, they're losing the...
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    Encephalitis vaccine?

    I just saw on the news that one of the "sentry" chickens located very close to my house has tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis, and I'm worried about my girls. Is there a vaccine I can administer? So far the only other vaccine they've had is fowl pox, as there have been cases of it...
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    Filthy, feces-covered little chicks

    They were free so it's not as if I got ripped off, I'm just upset that they're so crusty and dirty. Thanks for the advice, I'll get someone to hold them still and give them haircuts with my little embroidery scissors.
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    Filthy, feces-covered little chicks

    First off, I'm so mad that I could spit. A man from a local poultry group said that he had two young silkie girls and a Serama that he needed to find homes for. I talked to him via email, and we arranged to meet in a public place late yesterday afternoon so that he could drop the chicks off. I...
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    My kiddos

    I adore my babies, all of them, and finally got a few half-decent pictures. Chickens don't sit-stay very well, lol. I worried so much about introducing the little Serama girl to the bigger girls, but she seems to think that she's just as big as they are and they don't argue. She sleeps...
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    5 chickens

    Awesome, I'm glad it helped.I found the idea on Instructables and used drain pipe instead of the schedule 40 pvc pipe they listed, worked out fantastic and one piece of drain pipe was plenty to make the waterer and matching feeder. Your idea with the bucket should work great, I made a smaller...
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    5 chickens

    My waterer only cost about $7 to put together and holds just over 5 gallons. I don't ever fill it completely up since I'm out there daily to clean and such, but if I had to be gone for a day or two, they'd be okay. Best part is that the cup stays clean and the top of the pipe is capped to keep...
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    I came up with a solution to a sweltering coop at night.

    Well, it's not pretty, but I figured out a way to keep the girls cool on the especially hot and still nights we've been having lately. I check on them at night when it's exceptionally hot, and quite a few times I found them panting and holding their wings out because it was hot and humid with no...
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    Lots of loose droppings, advice please?

    Thank you so much for putting my mind at ease.
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    Lots of loose droppings, advice please?

    I think that what I'm seeing may be perfectly normal, but I'm fairly new to chickens still and want to be sure. Every one of my girls has had loose, watery droppings for the past few days. No blood, no worms that I can see, and they all act completely normal, it just looks like a lot of extra...
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    Can I paint my roosts?

    I painted mine with a high-gloss latex, and so far it seems to make it easier to clean them.
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    Who's a hen and who's a roo?

    Ooooh, Thank you so much. I'm already madly in love with all four and hope they're all little girls!
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