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    do hens or roos feather first?

    the reason im worried is how one of them has more feathering than the chick in these pictures, and the other one only has a little wing feathers. also the more feathered one is a little bigger with thicker looking legs and head,
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    do hens or roos feather first?

    i recently got 2 blue laced red Wyandotte chicks i think are now about 2 weeks old. i thought they were the same age but i now see that one is significantly larger. The larger chick also has much more feathering the other chick only has started feathering around it's wings. does this mean the...
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    Poultry Predator Identification

    A couple weeks ago something got into the hen house and grabbed one of my silkie roosters. I had thought that it had gotten in during the evening when the door was open. so i just kept them cooped up for the last couple weeks, they have a huge run that is actually an old pheasant coop so it has...
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    Sick Broody hen

    prior to today she was in an enclosed area within the coop with her own food and water, i took it out and also opened it up so she can go outside to eat, drink, and hopefully poop:)
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    Sick Broody hen

    I just noticed that my banty cochin who has been sitting on eggs for a two weeks, has lost weight and is weak. when i picked her up i noticed the plumage on her rear had completly blocked the vent. She essentially has pasty butt. I cleaned most of it out and trimmed the feathers around it. I'm...
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    Chick with broken/dislocated jaw

    Hi, sorry to hear about your chick, it looks like Cross Beak. I am fairly new with chickens so i dont know what can be done. I'm pretty sure that she can live with the condition but may require extra care for the rest of her life. My advice is to research it, there is a section on the learning...
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    Auction ......CLOSED ....Serama Fertile Hatching Eggs.. Ends On 4/20/14 @ 7pm Pacific Time

    i'll bid $15
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    Comment by 'PurplePoppiPpl' in article 'Adding To Your Flock'

    My problem is that i have 5 20 week old teeny tiny bantams that need to start living with the "Big Girls" that are 4 times their size. not only that but i have 7 full size chickens. Another thing is that i live in WI and no matter what i do my none of my girls will go outside right now and so...
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    When to add chicks to established flock?

    My 5 bantam chicks are around 13 weeks old and have been inside the coop(in a enclosed brooder for a few weeks. I heard you can put them in around 2 months, but most of my chickens are standard sized and even the baby roo (silkie) who is the biggest is 1/3 the size of most of the big girls. i...
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    Boys VS Girls

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    Boys VS Girls

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    Boys VS Girls

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    Respiratory disease?

    So will they be alright, like i said before other then sneezing and headshaking they seem completely healthy and active chicks... Would it be helpful to put them on vitamins and electrolytes?
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    Respiratory disease?

    While holding them i have noticed that sometimes there is discharge (when the sneeze) they kinda spray :) all over like when a person sneezes... they also shake their heads alot. I hatched half from a broody and half from the bator and they are in a large plastic tub inside the house. My adult...
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    Respiratory disease?

    I posted a while ago about my chicks sneezing and after a few recommendations i got them on antibiotics. Well its a couple of weeks later and they still are sneezing! (They are almost six weeks old) They seem fine other than that, they are active and chirpy:) Is this normal or are they actually...
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