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    Please help! Wing ripped off by raccoon!

    Raccoons are nasty little buggers. I'm sorry that you're girl was injured. I'll be checking in for an update.
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    Urgent help needed for chick!

    I'm sorry to hear that she didn't make it. When I read the post where you said about 10" was hanging out I wasn't feeling too optimistic; but I still hoped not to see that she hadn't made it. You did everything that you could for her. Tracy
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    Urgent help needed for chick!

    Hi, You're going to want to seperate her from the other chicks. Not to be gross, but they may peck at/eat the prolapse. Most recommend generously applying preperation h to the vent area several times per day to help shrink tissues. In other animals I have soaked the vent area in cool sugar...
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    Can the Swine Flu virus mutate to chickens? Keeping my chickens safe

    Hi, I don't know the official answer to this question...but we are ine week 2 of confirmed swine flu in our household. This unfortunately includes me too! My chickens have not had any adverse reaction to being exposed to swine flu. There is not a lot of cross contamination with them. I...
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    Any New Yorkers out there?

    Quote: Looks like maybe we need a NORTHERN NY thread. :-) Hi from the 1000 Islands. :-) Tracy
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    EMERGENCY!!!

    Hi there, I'm sorry that the fox got your birds. Anyhow, have you cleaned the wounds? I don't like peroxide personally but there are lots of suggestions for what to wash the wounds out with. I personally use a diluted betadine solution with my animals...but I know there are folks on this...
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    MAGGOTS on dying chicken - please help

    I'm sorry for your loss. There is no sense in second guessing your choices. When it mattered, you made the best decision you could for her and allowed her to go peacefully.
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    PROLAPSE

    Hi, Sounds like it could be a prolapse, but it takes a more experienced chicken person than me to say for sure. Do you have any pictures? That would be helpful? Tracy
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    MAGGOTS on dying chicken - please help

    Hi, I'm new to chickens, but an old hand to animals in general. I agree, the maggot issue cannot be left alone until tomorrow. Please, PLEASE follow the advice given to get the maggots out of your girl. Even if she is too sick to save; you don't want her to suffer when you can do something...
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    Please help me sex my 'little penguins' Pics.

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploadimg.php Here is the link for uploading pictures. Good luck! Tracy
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    4 legged chick - updated w/ pics 6/28 on page 7

    I want to see a picture. I'm chanting for it with everyone else. Plllleeeeeaaaassssseeee...don't make us beg!!!!
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    Looky what we caught tonight!

    Quote: I'm with you...destructive freaking critters. My philosophy is "the only good racoon is a dead racoon."
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    Ameraucana Roo or hen?

    Quote: Your bird is GORGEOUS. I'm in love. :-) As for the original poster...cockadoodle doo--looks like a roo!
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    Please help with sexing EE's!! PICS

    #1 looks like a pullet to me. She is very pretty. #2 & #3 look roo-ish to me, but I'm not positive. I'm new to this myself...and I keep trying my hand and guessing genders so that I stand a snowball's chance of ever figuring it out on my own. LOL Tracy
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    Too close for comfort!

    Wow...what an experience. And what a fierce Mother Hen you are kicking butt and protecting your feathered kids. And the world has one less frickin' raccoon. Yay!!!! I hope your other hen is found in the light of day. Tracy
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    blue orp babies, gender? *updated pics*

    I don't have any real feedback...I think you're guessing well! :-) Can you share what #3's special needs are? I'm just being nosey...curious...call it what you will. They are pretty babies. I'm getting so many ideas for what chickies I'm going to bully my husband into letting me get next...
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    Easter Eggers - Roos or Pullets? (new Pics added on post 15)

    Hi, I'm new to this and don't know a lot...but other than the one you already know is a cockeral; they all look like pullets to me. Nice babies.
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    14 week old REDs.....what kind?

    I was looking at that picture going "WHAT THE HECK?!? CAN SHE REALLY NOT TELL IT"S A ROOSTER???" lol Thanks for a good laugh--I needed it.
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    How many roosters does it take...(Pics)

    I think your guesses are right. Looks like you've got 3 boys and a girl! They are pretty though. :-)
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    Help Roos or not what breed do you think was told they were leghorns?

    The red one(s) look like pullets to me. The white one perched on the tub looks like a pullet. 1 see one white rooster and the white with black spots chick is a rooster. Or at least these are my guesses. Nice kids. :-)
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