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    Best Deterrents Against Hawks?

    My chickens are kept in a large, securely fenced backyard with no closed top. At night they're locked up in a secure henhouse. My backyard offers plenty of cover for them to hang out and relax and/ or escape from harm but it's still essentially a free range situation, and my chickens have now...
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    Egg-Laying Stops After Tetracycline?

    I have a small backyard flock of six chickens, and after two of my hens recently developed what seemed like mycoplasma gallisepticum (sp) symptoms, I treated the whole flock for 10 days with water soluble Tetracycline (obtained at Farmer's Coop & suitable for cattle, swine, poultry & sheep)...
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    When do mama hens bring their babies outside?

    The weather here in TN is very pretty right now. My Silkie just hatched one (yes only one made it) very pretty chick, and I am wondering when she might feel ready to bring her baby out of her secluded nesting hutch into the larger chicken yard to peck around with the other hens. She's free to...
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    Best water soluble antibiotic for respiratory illness

    One final question: any recommendation on how long I should keep them on it? One week? 14 days?
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    Best water soluble antibiotic for respiratory illness

    Thank you!!
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    Golden Comets: Do Pullets' Combs Redden Up When They're Ready To Lay?

    I have a very pretty 5-6 month old Golden Comet. Her comb is still a very pale pink. Should I expect it to significantly redden up before she starts laying, or is that not something that Golden Comets typically do as they mature? Thanks!
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    Help in telling what breed my new chicks are

    Will my SFH's comb turn red when she's about to start laying? She's a beautiful 5-6 month old pullet, and her comb is still very pale. Is this a breed like others with which I am more familiar where I can expect her comb to redden up as she hits point of lay? Thank you!
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    Best water soluble antibiotic for respiratory illness

    Well, I called my vet and she recommend powdered tetracycline. So that's what I went out and bought. Now to figure out how to dose it... Thank you so much for your response!
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    Best water soluble antibiotic for respiratory illness

    I have two hens who have a respiratory illness. I've separated them and would like to try to save them. I see that at the local Coop they have several types if water soluble antibiotics suitable for poultry. Is there one type or brand that BYCers recommend over others? All input welcome. Thanks.
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    Thank you SO much to everyone who took time to review the photos and reply. I totally agree (now that I've done the research that I should have done before I excitedly brought my "Dorkings" home) that my pullets are actually young Silver Duckwing Phoenix hens. These aren't chickens we ever would...
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    If it isn't a Silver Gray Dorking, what is it?

    I am seeing all the photos. Anyone else? (And @lightchick thanks so much for looking! I'm so eager to get some feedback on this)
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    B.Y.C. Dorking Club!

    Topic: If I Don't Have Silver Gray Dorking Pullets, What *Do* I Have? I recently bought two 17 week old pullets from a fellow advertising them as Silver Gray Dorkings on Craigslist. When I visited his home and spoke to him, he told me that he'd ordered the pullets from Murray McMurray Hatchery...
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    If it isn't a Silver Gray Dorking, what is it?

    ...Any guesses as to what these pullets could be? And why would a major hatchery be selling particular breed of purebred chicken that's so obviously *not* purebred per the most notable physical characteristic of that breed? That seems especially sad in the case of an endangered, ancient breed...
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    Please Tell Me That My Silver Sebright Chick Looks Like a female

    Thanks y'all :-)
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    Please Tell Me That My Silver Sebright Chick Looks Like a female

    This is my Sebright chick from TSC's "Assorted Bantams" Straight Run bin, and I just love her to death. She has loads of personality. Here are the best pix I've been able to get of her at her current age (3 weeks). What does she look like to you? Boy or girl?
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    Are my Mille Fleur D'Uccle Chicks Boys or Girls?

    I bought these two cuties from the "straight run assorted bantam" bin at Tractor Supply. They should by around 3 weeks old now, and I'm hoping that some of you smart folks can help me figure out what gender(s) I may have. One of them definitely has ever so slightly more comb than the other, but...
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    What Cities Have Best Chicken Ordinances?

    I'm working with my City Council member on a project to present to our Council a list of cities and towns with the most progressive and/or best written urban livestock ordinances.if you know of such a well-crafted ordinance, would you be willing to help me out by listing a link to it here in...
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    Sexing D'Uccle chicks?

    My goal today is to try to get some good pix of them. Regular sized chicks are hard enough to photograph but these bantams are CRAZY hard to get a good photo of them!! :-)
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    Sexing D'Uccle chicks?

    I have two 4 week old Mille Fleur D'Uccle chicks, and I'm noticing that one of the two carries his/her tail feathers in a notably more upright position than the other at least some of the time. Is this a likely sign that this chick is a cockerel? Thanks!
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    Can My Female Muscovies Mate With Other Duck Breefs?

    Is this possible? Just curious. Thanks!
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