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    sick hen

    Never mind, went to try and get her to eat and she was gone.
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    sick hen

    I have a silkie that is lethargic, with a swollen squishy stomach, not crop. She won't eat and does not care what I do to her, wrapped her in a towel and put her in a box and she didn't move. I have her soaking now and she's not moving, she was fine yesterday saw her out free ranging and she...
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    feet and ankles swollen

    I have an adult chicken, who has started limping around, both feet and ankles are swollen, she doesn't let it stop her. Thought it was bumble foot but when looking at it it doesn't look like any of the pictures that I've seen. Her feet are hard, not soft , no black spots, any idea what it...
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    in this random rambling thread we post random pictures

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    Question about manners

    We had 2 kids show up. I tried calling parents this morning only got hold of 2, one didn't know about it because son was withfather all week, the other told her son to tell my son, these kids are 6, her son told mine he was coming. Another told my son his mother said it was too far, she wasn't...
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    Question about manners

    Is it me being old fashion or would you think it is still good manners to respond to a RSVP? DS is having a birthday party tomorrow and not one single parent has RSVP back if they were coming or not, I put my email and phone # on the invitations, I have even emailed them today to ask, told them...
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    I've lost 2

    Saturday, I let the chickens out to free range, I was working in the yard so I thought nothing could go wrong, well went to put them up and noticed 1 was missing, found feathers but no chicken. Don't know what it could have been, thinking a fox was told neighbor had seen one a couple of weeks...
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    meanest rooster you ever had? pics?

    Meanest roo I had was Blackie, a black Cochin (4 yr old son named him) He wasn't too bad at first then he started running at the kids, he never got them but they refused to feed the chickens or go outside when they were free ranging because of him so I started feeding them. He would sneak up...
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    power went out

    Have 8 eggs in incubator and the power went out for about 3 hours this afternoon, covered incubator with towel. When the power came back on I checked the thermostat and it read 82, eggs should be hatching any time now, 4 hatched yesterday. Have I lost the remaining eggs or do you think they...
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    chickens on antibiotics, can I still incubate their eggs?

    Chickchef, I put mine in when they were on antibiotics and I had a pretty good hatch, and the chicks didn't have any problems.
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    Facebook users - does anyone else play "Farm Town"?

    Hey Skitz, I'm on Farmville too, and could use some more neighbors. Let me know if you want to be one.
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    getting Quail eggs to hatch

    Hubby informed me a little while ago that one of the guys is bringing some quail eggs to him tomorrow for me to hatch, I don't know anything about hatching quail eggs, what do I need to do besides digging incubator out? How long do we incubate and what temp and humidity do I use, and anything...
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    Just a few of my chickens(picture heavy)

    Rusty(love this rooster) Crockers(love this rooster too, he will peck at me until I scratch his back, then he's happy) this rooster needs a home needs a home needs a home needs a home
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    Just a few of my chickens(picture heavy)

    Porsha Smokey Fancy Gracey Quackers(she sounds like a duck quacking) another shot of Porsha another shot of Smokey
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    Hen not acting right

    Any ideas?
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