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    Star gazing

    I have an adult bird that just started star gazing. He looks straight up, especially when stressed and starts flipping onto his back and flopping around. It started about a week ago. I don't know what triggered it. I've tried adding vitamins to the water. It doesn't seem to be improving at all...
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    roosters dying with black comb

    I just lost my year old welsummer rooster a month ago. I found him lethargic on the ground with his comb turning black. These are the only symptoms he had. No cold symptoms, no respiratory distress, and no injuries that I could see. They don't free range. They have free access to...
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    Chicken making weird noises

    My one rooster makes weird noises when he gets worked up. Sounds like wheezing or coughing. I treated with denagard thinking it was a respiratory infection. It didn't help. He doesn't have a runny nose or eyes. Seems healthy and none of the others have this. Is it normal or something going on?
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    5 day old chick with weeping eye

    I noticed today that one of my 5 day old chicks has an eye that is weepy and half closed. The other chicks are fine, and this chick's other eye is fine. No other symptoms. I wonder if it got pecked or injured. Should I do something to treat it?
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    Pips and Peeps ameraucana eggs

    Need help. Looking for someone who has stock that is directly from Pips and Peeps (Jean Ribbeck). I am in love with her birds and I am looking for some hatching eggs in BBS, lavender, and Wheaten varieties. I've spent a lot of money trying to get quality stock only to end up with willow legs...
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    chick chirping loud and lethargic

    I have 6 week old chicks I hatched from eggs. One is chirping loudly today and sitting in the corner looking lethargic. They were all fine yesterday. What would cause a chick to suddenly get sick like this and is there anything I can do? They are on medicated starter and have not had contact...
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    Welsummer chick what is it and color?

    I hatched some welsummers from two different breeders. One line is very dark brown with crisp darker lines and patterns. The other is more red-brown and all chicks are fuzzy lined and I can't tell the cockerels from the pullets. The known pullet from the first line has the same body and comb...
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    7 weeks

    Here are some new pics of my first bunch of Ameraucana. They are 7 weeks today. I am pretty sure the black one is a cockerel just by his personality. His name is Mr Hyde. He's quite mean to the others and anyone who tries to get into the box to add food and water etc. The other two I think...
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    hatching silkies

    I have silkies on day 22 with no signs at all of hatching. I candled last night and they are all alive. I have been hatching Ameraucana with no problem and they always start pipping on day 20 or 21. I had a bad experience waiting out some marans last hatch that all died in their shells. Do...
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    Looking for cuckoo silkie breeder

    I am looking for someone who breeds good quality cuckoo silkies. Sassy silkies is no longer carrying this color. Anyone know of someone else I can buy eggs from or who her silkies ended up with?
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    Welsummer sexing

    I know about the eye liner and head spot. I'm still second guessing on these guys though. What do you think I've got here? These are 5 chicks with side and top views. I have one that I know for sure is a female that is the last picture. These are from two different lines, and the second...
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    My story of Hope

    I hatched some Wheaten Ameraucana chicks on 6/4. When I went to check on them I found one little chick lying in a puddle of blood just about as big as it was. It was pale and had it's beak open. I was sure it was dead until it gasped for air. I scooped it up and saw that it had a long cord...
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    Need help with colors etc.

    Please excuse my ignorance. I have had a fascination with Ameracaunas, but I'm new. I have done a ton of reading but there's so much information on type and color that I am still confused. I have three chicks about 3-4 weeks old. I bought BBS eggs from a guy that says he has a Paul Smith...
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    Pecking order

    Can chicks about a month apart be safely raised together in a brooder. I'll have three hatches a bout a month apart. Will the month old chicks have any issues with newbies or does that only happen with adults?
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    A couple issues with my first hatch

    I need some input on some issues I had during my first hatch... Problem 1- I read that you should put cheesecloth on the bottom of the incubator for easy clean up. I came home and found a chick stuck upside down struggling. His back had dried to the cloth. I had to put warm water under it...
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    My new babies

    I am very new to this. This is my first attempt at hatching ever. I got 7 little cutie pies. Here are a couple pics of them. They are 6 six days old. How soon can you normally tell if you have males or females?
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    Help identifying chicken killer

    I came home today and found my chickens missing from the coop. No bodies, just feathers scattered inside the coop. Something ripped at the chicken wire all around the coop. It started digging at one spot but ended up ripping a side of the fence open, popping out the staples. It ate all my...
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    How do I know when to toss non-hatched eggs?

    Yesterday was day 21. All but two eggs hatched by yesterday are healthy and doing well. I have two eggs left that have no peeping or movement yet. I am a bit pressed for time since I have new eggs waiting to be set as soon as I get this thing cleaned and warmed back up. Should I be able to...
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    Yellow beak on a silkie?

    I bought 4 silkies from a local breeder. I noticed that one looks different from the other three. He? has a yellow beak and what looks like a pinkish comb starting. Do you think this is a mutation or not a pure bred silkie? They are about 5-6 weeks old now. The one is on the right. The...
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    Incubating different age eggs

    I will be receiving chicken eggs in a couple days. Now I found peafowl eggs that I want. They both require the same care except peafowl hatch a full week later. Is this possible to do with a LG and turner? My concern is day 18 when I turn the humidity up. Will that hurt the peafowl with a week...
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