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    Hi Everyone!

    Our place in western NC is about 1/2 wooded and the rest clear. It is about 30 miles west of Winston-Salem, N,C. Also most is sloped as it is in the foothills. Thinking about some Buff Orpingtons among others . That will probably depend on what I find available but will be looking for brown egg...
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    Hi Everyone!

    My name is Frank. at present I have no chickens but have had a few in past. I presently live in Newport,NC very near the coast of North Carolina but plan to move to the foothills soon. My plans are to build a coop and run and have chickens then. I used to have chickens in a chicken tractor that...
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    Boys VS Girls

    54!
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    sick red star?

    my hen is acting better. she still cannot walk but is holding her head up more. I have been giving her water in a cup and forcing her to eat by putting food in her mouth. I am feeding her medicated chicken starter in water. I know I am not feeding her enough but at least is some. she has access...
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    sick red star?

    I think I can get the safeguard at tractor supply. how much do you put is a gallon of water? frank
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    sick red star?

    I have given them wazine 17, the vet said the was alright. does this dound good to you ? frank
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    sick red star?

    to Fred's hens, I did not notice her walking funny, update: I talked with a vet, he thinks it is worms. I forced her to eat something, gave her some water, which had worm medicine in it, and washed her lower stomach. she had some poop stuck to her back end which I washed off. I also moved her...
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    sick red star?

    I gave her some more water this morning. I had apple cider vinegar in it(1 tablespoon). she still will not eat, I tried mealworms also. she will not walk. I looked at her stomach, holding her upside down, and she has no feathers there and it is not swollen, looks limp like it is empty. I put her...
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    sick red star?

    she doesn't appear to be swollen. I gently mashed on her lower parts and it felt soft so I don't think she is eggbound. I have not wormed her, I have something for roundworms but have not used yet. maybe I need to? How do I tell if she has mites or lice? I have not tried her to see if she would...
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    sick red star?

    I noticed my red star hen was not out today. I have four chickens in a chicken tractor and she is one of them. I checked she was in the coop part. she has not come down all day. I took her out late this afternoon and noticed she acted like she had no energy and she had dark places on her comb. I...
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    integrating the chicks

    I need to move my chicks (10 weeks old) in with the older chickens. the problem is one is the daughter of the older rooster, the other is a young rooster and one of the hens is his mother. will this cause problems? I am not interested in inbreeding problems, but people have had chickens for...
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    hatched today! now what?

    should be alright. I did that also. frank
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    hatched today! now what?

    I'm no expert but you need to give them at least 24 hours. I had a broody sitting on 13 eggs, 3 hatched and within 24 hours she hid the rest under the nesting material. very next day one (or more ) of the eggs was smelling very bad so I threw all of the away. none of the other eggs were good...
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    Roos or hens?

    here are pictures of my chicks, they are about 10 weeks old. the darkest one has been trying to crow but I need to know about the other two. the two dark ones are a cross between a cornish hen and a modern game rooster. the black and white one is a cross between a silver laced wyanddette. Third...
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