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    HELP!!! SICH HEN

    We found my sons 4 year old black sexlink hen setting in her coop this evening very lethargic and seems to be unable to walk. She is drunk acting (no other way to describe it) and seems to want to just set. Her abdomen seems very swollen and squishy. Any help would be appreciated as to what...
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    My Silkie Rooster DOES NOT like my son :-)

    Thought I would share these pics of my Silkie Rooster. We couldn't figure out why he didn't like my son. Upon further watching we noticed my son thought it was "funny" to stand outside the pen and stomp at the rooster. Well guess who has to feed and water him now??? That's right, my son. Hope...
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    Silkie Hen Staying In Nesting Box ALL DAY?????

    I hope this is the appropriate place to ask this question. I have a Silkie hen that is a little over a year old. She has set in her nesting box ALL DAY. She is in a pen with a few more hens, and a rooster. We just put the other hens in a few weeks ago, but she has been with the rooster for a...
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    Hens With Naked Butts

    My hens have naked butts. There has been no decrease in egg production and they are eating and acting normal. Also the feathers at the bottom of thir backs where their tail feathers start look "fuzzy" almost like newborn chick down(sp). We also got 2 new roosters about a week ago and now one...
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    NEED LOTS OF ADVICE ON MY SILKIES

    I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START!!! My son got 26 chickens (all black sexlink) from our local 4-H program. We got our babies when they were only a few days old (on the last day of April) and we raised all 26 chickens. We built them a mansion of a pen and coop and they are doing WONDERFUL. They are...
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    Size of Nesting Boxes?????

    We are building our 1st coop and run for my sons 4-H chickens. What is a good size for our nesting boxes to be??? Thanks
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    Our Babies have arrived!!!!

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    TEMPERATURE QUESTION for new babies

    We picked up our 25 new 4-H babies on Monday. They are black sexlink babies suppost to be 1 day old, however I think some are older than that. They are the sweetest things ever but I have a temperature question. The paperwork that we received with our babies said to keep them at 95 degrees for...
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    ~NEED ADVICE~ on a breed of chicken for my boys

    We are VERY NEW to the chicken world and I must say, I am blessed to have found this site!!! We are getting chickens from our local 4-H program to raise. Sorry to say they haven't told us what type of chicks we are getting yet:( That being said, I would like to know everyones opinions on a good...
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    EXTREME NEWBEE from Tennessee

    SOOO GLAD I FOUND THIS SITE!!! I am a stay at home mom of 2 boys, ages 8 and 10. My 10 year old is getting 25 baby chicks from our local 4-H program. The entire family is VERY EXCITED about this:-) We do not know the 1st thing about raising baby chickens or chickens at all. We are planning on...
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