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    Silkie Cross Thread!! PICS!!

    Hello all! I'd like to try for some blue/green egg-laying silkie crosses. Does it matter if it's the hen or the roo that carries the blue egg gene??
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    Hills?

    Again, I'm more concerned about the flock accepting Henry when the time comes, so your plan sounds like a good one. Let us know how it goes.
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    Beginning A Rooster's Road to Recovery

    Definitely enjoying seeing this process :) not least of all, the pictures! beautiful yard. I admire your patience.
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    Is it normal for young cockerals to be missing feathers on the back?

    It does look that way :)
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    Persistent lice despite treatments

    Try Ivermectin. DE may or may not help prevent lice... but it won't treat an outbreak. (If you can get ahold of a copy of The Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow, it has a HUGE section on mites/lice types, life cycles, and different drugs/ chemicals to treat with.)
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    hatched chickens died/dying from coccidiosis

    I'm so, so sorry to hear that you lost your whole first batch of chicks :( I know it's disheartening. Don't give up. I used the powder Corid solution whenever I noticed the birds weren't feeling well or had blood in their poop. Coccidiosis is easier to catch in time with older chickens, but...
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    Is it normal for young cockerals to be missing feathers on the back?

    No, it's not normal... It looks like maybe they are eating each other's feathers? Or, have you checked for mites/lice?
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    Chickens/Chicks With Other Animal Friends Photo contest (ends June 7)

    Nobody understood this contest, and by the time they did, it was over. Lol
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    Beginning A Rooster's Road to Recovery

    Following! Imo, if you want the girls to bond with each other, the best way to do that is by uniting them under 1 rooster. And if you want them to do that, you may have to accept not being your girl's #1 anymore. If I were you, I'd just let him out, sit back and watch the natural flock...
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    Chicken Breed Focus - Houdan

    Got any pointers on how to give a crested bird a 'haircut'? I have 3 Mottled Houdans. They are about 4 months old and I've been wondering about giving them a haircut because it doesn't seem like they can see hardly at all.
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    Thai Game Fowl (Photos)

    I think this strain is just a utility breed, mostly for meat/eggs. At least that's what the breeder told me. I bought them because I've read up on forums that Thai chickens have been bred to be super trainable, and that they are extremely smart and almost doglike toward their masters. I love my...
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    Thai Game Fowl (Photos)

    The Thai chickens I have came from a flock where they were all free ranging together... They seemed to be doing ok. Maybe they are a different strain of Thai.
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    Thai Game Fowl (Photos)

    Even if he and the other roosters are raised together?
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Did you guys see the video of the guinea fowl roosting on the donkey? Not just perching... Literally roosting... as in, sleeping there, all night... XD
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    Comment by 'Starseed' in article 'Wry neck - Causes, treatment and prevention.'

    This is a great article for preventing wry neck. However, it doesn't contain information that will actually help treat wry neck. Poly vi sol alone will not treat wry neck, and simply adding sunflower seeds to their diet will not treat it either. Here is what you need to treat wry neck: Poly vi...
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