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    Splashies Page

    We have quite the crew! It's a mad house at times, but we wouldn't change a thing! Chickens: Rhode Island Reds Silkies: Blues, Whites, Splash Malaysian Serama Turkeys Cochins (most colors) Turkens Red Shouldered Yokohamas Blue Birchen Marans Silver Sebrights Black Tailed Buff Japanese...
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    Chick with Open Beak, How will it eat? - Photo!

    Thanks so much Sunny_Side_Up, Were ok with the culling, just hate to do it with such a healthy chick, normally the chicks are weak when we have to cull. In the 100's of chicks we have hatched over the years, this is my first real deformity (i.e have had crooked toes) . Guess I shouldn't...
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    Chick with Open Beak, How will it eat? - Photo!

    Thanks for the responses, I thought the same, but wanted to know I was doing the right thing. I tried to add another link to the photo, not sure if it worked.
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    Chick with Open Beak, How will it eat? - Photo!

    This little guy was hatched this way, in the photo below, it it the chick in the front, the chick in the back has a normal beak. The bottom of it's beak has a downward curve which prevents it from eating or drinking. Not sure if anyone has ever had a chick like this or how to help it eat and...
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    2 Yr Old Roo (Silkie) Walking Backwards

    Thanks for the reply MSbear and Threehorses! We were able to get him to take some Poly-Vi-Sol. I did see the postings on Wry Neck, but he doesn't seem to have any of those symptoms. He is eating well and is sitting in the corner of his cage and still trying to walk backwards. Although he is...
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    2 Yr Old Roo (Silkie) Walking Backwards

    Yesterday my husband treated our silkie pen with Wazine 30 ml per gallon of water for 48 birds. Today, all are fine except for our 2 yr old blue splash roo, who is crunched down and walking backwards. He has no injuries with his neck, we have checked him over and over. One other thing that I...
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    Anyone want to watch a live hatch?*update*

    She is hearing a lot of tapping and egg marked S1 is very active today, rocking.
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    Dumping Chickens on Our Property - What to do?

    Just an update, we have the 2 hens caged on our front porch with food and water. We thought about culling them, but then as we discussed this further, we felt that if they did have a disease then our flock has already been infected. They were all over our property after they were dumped. The...
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    Dumping Chickens on Our Property - What to do?

    The bird was injured before someone dumped it on our property. It's a nasty wound. Black dead skin all around the injury. So the wound is older than 24 hours old. We are lucky here, we don't have any dogs wondering around the area. We do have an occasional coyote, but they always just moved on...
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    Remembering Pip-Squeak

    Thanks for keeping up updated, I really feel for you and your daughter, having to go through this. Fantastic photos! I sure hope things work out for Pip Squeak.
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    Dumping Chickens on Our Property - What to do?

    That's my fear, were going to keep them on our front porch away from any other chickens. Until I can find them a home.
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    Dumping Chickens on Our Property - What to do?

    I'm sure everyone within 50 miles knows where here and love animals. Were always outside working with the chickens, ducks, geese. And then we have a baby pygmy goat living in the house with us along with 3 dogs and 3 cats... lol... a regular crazy house (smile). The one hen has a real bad neck...
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    Dumping Chickens on Our Property - What to do?

    We believe it might be someone down the hill (mountain), we only have 9 neighbors (pretty rural) and only one of them has chickens (we gave them 6 RIRs). I am also really worried about the diseases, we work so hard to keep our birds clean and healthy. I feel sorry for the birds, but yet, I...
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    Dumping Chickens on Our Property - What to do?

    lol - good point MaggieRae, although last year we had hunters on the government property that butts up against ours and they called our Toms over there while we were at work and shot them, breasted them and left their bodies for us to find. Boy, I was fit to be tied, and we found out who it...
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    Dumping Chickens on Our Property - What to do?

    I was thinking along the same lines, but it might scare my neighbors! Our neighbors who live near by already think that were crazy, but they are always there to help us in a jam. Do you think that if any authorities road by they would stop and give us a hard time?
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