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  1. Debbie292d

    Help please!

    It's covered in albumen (egg white). I would get a cup of warm water and have a soft cotton wash rag or paper towel handy. Place the chick in the cup and use the rag to gently wipe it over, ensuring that you wipe its face to clear its nostrils. This should only take a minute. Pat dry the...
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    Injured Peacock with Bad Leg

    I presume Florida works the same as Wisconsin, and here we'd take the birds to the nearest wildlife resource center. Maybe call first in case they can't take them, but should be able to advise you of where you could go with them.
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    Limping ducks, should we do more?

    Do you have issues with yours not wanting to go to bed? This started a couple of weeks ago, where they'll still be out in the yard chasing bugs under the yard light at midnight. We're night owls, so it doesn't matter, but still, maybe we'd like to go to bed sooner sometimes and then have to...
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    Advice wanted, rooster placement (ish).

    I think your plan sounds wonderful! We've got several roosters who all have their own ladies and they free range. It's interesting as that will go on for weeks, then suddenly one hen is now hanging with a different rooster. It changes and nobody seems to mind. There are occasional spats...
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    Please check your messages. I wrote you the same day with some ideas.

    Please check your messages. I wrote you the same day with some ideas.
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    Merging new ones into flock

    We just integrated eight 5-month old silkies to the coop from their growout pen on the complete other side of the yard, so around 2 acres away. We put them in the coop Thursday night, on the lower "roosts." I put food/water outside of the coop, knowing they wouldn't have gotten any before...
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    Review by 'Debbie292d' in article 'Camouflage for Free-Ranging Chickens'

    Very educational about ways chickens can hide from us and predators. I've learned that Hostas bordering the forest behind us are great cover for them. We have to look under those huge leaves if we're missing a chicken, and that's usually where they are. Another way to keep chickens safer...
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    Dun vs SL Chocolate Orp Roos

    I guess if it were me, I'd keep the one that seems the deepest, richest chocolate. If that's the funky-toed one, and she's a good Orp breeder, that could have just been a fluke. Is Khaki an Orp color, or could that be mauve? Here's the link I use a lot for what makes what, and they never...
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    Comment by 'Debbie292d' in article 'Podcast recomendation!'

    This sounds fun! I don't have time these days, but perhaps this winter I'll give it a listen. Thanks for sharing!
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    Comment by 'Debbie292d' in article 'How to make a homemade glass waterer!'

    You've got this! Just add some pictures to go with the explanations. Let me know when you fix this up a bit and I'll change my rating. You can do it!
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    Review by 'Debbie292d' in article 'How to make a homemade glass waterer!'

    You have the start of a great article here, so please put a few pictures in here to show us what to buy, give a few options, explain what we're looking for. Show it all in separate pieces, then how you put it together. Visuals help so much!
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    Review by 'Debbie292d' in article '13 Spooky Chicken Behaviors That Would Scare You If You Didn’t Know Better'

    What a fun read this was! Now I have all kinds of spooky ideas about what those rascals might be doing! Great pictures!
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    Feedback on a new (I am assuming) feature - pictures as links....

    I believe this was brought up somewhere regarding the link post being TMI in some situations. That being if it had tags in the post, then it appears like everyone was going to be tagged again, but I don't believe that is the case. The other was in posting a link to an article, and it shows who...
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    Dun vs SL Chocolate Orp Roos

    Orps are similar to silkies when it comes to breeding for color, which is what I'm used to. There is no way I've seen to tell the Dun chocolates from the SL chocolates. Breeding them to something else might give a clue though. Someone may have a way for telling them apart, but I surely...
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    Typing emojis jumps them to the next line

    Well I know this is on a "list" so that's a good thing at least. Just how far down, I'm not sure. I have faith, though. :)
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    Broody Crushed Chicks

    Awe, that's such great news! Thanks for letting us know! Could we see? Hint-hint. :)
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    Hi I am newly joined but not new to BackYard Chickens.

    Hiya, and welcome to BYC! :frow It's a good idea to post in our ER that @N F C linked to for you. Here for any injuries, we give B-Complex, half of the human dosage for an adult chicken, 1/4 if a chick. That helps their muscles and bones while they are trying to heal. For toe curling...
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    New member in Tennessee

    Hi, Mrs. Rabbit, and welcome to BYC! :frow I was just out sitting a spell with eight of our five-month-old silkies and was thinking the same thing; it's hard not to get attached to them. We're glad you're here!
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    Silkie hen lame with leg held forward. X-rays show no breaks. Mareks? Bumblefoot?

    I had a rooster like this. I never found out why he was limping, so I assumed a sprain or break of some sort that we couldn't see or feel after numerous attempts. We put him in his own pen and gave B-Complex daily for a couple of weeks with no change. I stopped the B-Complex and just...
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    Hi I'm Sherry

    Hiya, Sherry, and welcome to BYC! :frow That sounds like a cool job you have! I'm retired police and miss the sleuthing. :) If you'd not mind sharing any pictures of your flock or pets, we'd love to see them! We're glad you're here!
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