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    Need Help. Chicken has difficulty breathing.

    My 22 week black star is stretching her neck and opening her mouth to breath in. She us eating and drinking but us a little lethargic. I am worried. I separated her from the rest of the hens for now.
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    Hole in neck skin. Need advice on how to treat

    Wow, happy story! She did recover nicely. She was a lonely bird for about a week. She avoided all the chickens and we were best friends. But now she hangs out with the banties again and runs a little faster if the bully comes around. I give them a lot of credit.
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    Small Egg

    My 20 week old black sex link laid these teeeeeny egg today! (in the middle) The one one the right is from a red sex link. The one on the right is from a silkie cross banty. Yay!
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    Salmon Faverolle Chicks - Boys or Girls? UPDATED PICS

    Well at five weeks their little black feathers started coming in everywhere....sigh. So off they went with a girl up the road to show in 4-H. Cock-a-doodle-doo.
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    My chicken has Pica

    Can a chicken suffer from Pica? My silkie has been pecking and trying eat things that have no nutritional value..cotton balls , paper, tin foil, wood, etc. What is going on? She eats a layer from our local co-op. She has access to grit, oyster shell and lots of water. She gets treats of...
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    Hole in neck skin. Need advice on how to treat

    Wow! I guess they can withstand more than I thought! Good news.
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    Hole in neck skin. Need advice on how to treat

    Yes. She is my problem chicken. A gloomy black cloud suspends above her.
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    Hole in neck skin. Need advice on how to treat

    Thanks, guys. I flushed it with saline the best I could. I covered in neosporin. Looks like she'll be in the kennel a couple days. The bleeding stopped and I cooked her an egg. And I thought I was just going to have a quiet night with my book.
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    Hole in neck skin. Need advice on how to treat

    I would say it's twice the size of a pin head. Is this a vital area ? As in, could she bleed internally? Lose too much blood? Get infection? I thought about cutting feathers back but then they help keep out the elements.
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    Hole in neck skin. Need advice on how to treat

    I take that back. She is bleeding.
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    Hole in neck skin. Need advice on how to treat

    My *@&#% of a red star just pecked a hole in the neck of my silkie. I can pick up the skin and see inside. She is bloody buy not bleeding out. She is walking around okay but how do I clean and prevent infection???
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    Introducing chicks to flock

    My chicks have been free ranging with my flock since they were 3 weeks old. Their adopted mom is near them. But now at 4 weeks she's a little less protective. I have never had a problem. But I think hiding spaces are important just in case.
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    Salmon Faverolle Chicks - Boys or Girls? UPDATED PICS

    Today the two chicks are 4 weeks old. Here are their new pictures. I still see male feathers and female feathers. Chick 1: Chick 2:
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    Salmon Faverolle Chicks - Boys or Girls? UPDATED PICS

    TexasLea, thank you for the link. madi99, I love your profile pic!!! I don't know why they are dilly dallying with growing up. They are from a farm a few miles from me. TexasLea thought maybe since they aren't from a hatchery they may grow/feather differently?
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    Sebrights with a standard sized flock?

    In my case, attitude, not just size, matters. I have two tiny "who knows what" hens who forage all day with a red star, black stars, RIR, and barred rock. Nobody cares about who's who. But my silkie, who is bigger than the two little ones has been harassed since day one. The standards pick...
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    Salmon Faverolle Chicks - Boys or Girls? UPDATED PICS

    Here they are again. A few more feathers at 23 days. Any clue? Chick 1 Chick 2
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