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    My chickens have some sort of lice!

    Sevin dust ( carbaryl 5%) and DE work too- DE by itself hasn't been really effective in my experience but I alternate between it and Sevin and that works. You must REALLY COVER THE BIRDS SKIN , the entire body, being careful not to fill the air with the dust as this is not good for the...
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    Bad Rooster

    Ive gotten the following advice from a couple of fellow chicken owners and it did seem to make a difference in my aggressive roosters behavior towards me. Grab the rooster so that your have a hold on his body and wings are held against his sides. Squat down and flip him so that his back is...
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    rooster with respiratory infection - how to treat?

    Wow! That's good to know! I've found antibiotics available that are labelled for use in fish- some of which are clearly not really usable for that purpose- but I suspect t the quality of those " fish" products is sketchy. Will check out these sites. Thank you!
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    rooster with respiratory infection - how to treat?

    Hmmm... Well; I nave no desire to look at gamecock sites- but laws differ in certain states- California, for instance- and I doubt any site can sell to customers in those states.
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    rooster with respiratory infection - how to treat?

    Baytril without a prescription? Not in my experience and I'm a vet tech.
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    Silky and satin hens or roo?

    Satin is the new term for sizzle- a smooth feathered silkie, not yet officially recognized I dont believe- or not showable maybe? But they are established enough now that they dont need crossing with cochins to produce the satin feather type. I am very partial to satins- my avatar pic is a...
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    sexing for real

    OK, question for you- bear with me here...I had 6 beautiful typey chicks from my my fairly decent quality hen- the hen is better quality than my cuckoo chick but was much tougher to tell her gender when she was a pullet. She was very tomboy-ish and I was pleasantly surprised when her dna...
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    sexing for real

    Interesting! I've heard others say that the hatchery quality silkies are HARDER to sex than SQ,BQ birds- perhaps because the topknot feathering is not as prolific and so not as different in appearance between sexes? I don't know. The silkies in my post pic are pet quality birds from a...
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    sexing for real

    Silkies don't normally have pink combs regardless of gender. Their combs should be dark purplish. Both these silkies have incorrect combs and both are pink. I know the pictured chicks are too young to sex, that's the whole point of my post. I have edited it to specify that I meant certain...
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    sexing for real

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    sexing for real

    See my reply to another commenter... I have edited my post to be more specific. Thanks! As for your comment about chicks being male because the "crest points forward" - ?? Well, that is not a valid point, but even if it were, these chicks are too young to be sexed on appearance- which is the...
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    sexing for real

    I was not talking about all breeds , and I assumed it was obvious that I wasn't referring to sex linked breeds . I mainly meant silkies and polish so I will edit my post to specify as such.Thank you for clarifying.
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    Sexing Polish chicks?

    Silkies and polish are pretty much impossible to accurately tell gender at an early age, as you know, If you are really eager to get answers you can do DNA tests Easy and only 12 bucks per test if you do testing through IQ Technologies - check their website for info. :-)
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    Silkie??

    Could be a silkie mix. How many toes? True Silkies have 5 on each foot. I guess Sultan is possible, too but that's a pretty uncommon breed , though, at least here on west coast . Cute bird, in any case!
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    sexing for real

    I know that people like to post pictures of young birds for other members to guess gender... just want to clarify though- for newbies, especially-- that with certain popular breeds, ie, silkie and polish, the answers will be just that- a guess. I see so many posts about silkie chicks that...
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