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    Not sure what else I can do - need help!

    For the past 3 months I've been fighting with something in my chickens. They were sneezing, coughing and wheezing. I'm semi-new to the chicken thing, having them for not even 18 months, but until March of this year I had only 6 and now I have 3 pens and 25 total (plus 7 meat birds). * First I...
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    Does she have scaly legs?

    Never had this problem before, so I don't know what exactly to look for... I've read several threads about scaly legs and yesterday I started treating her by washing her legs with warm water and holistic/natural flea shampoo + a mix of bag balm and VetRx (warmed up for better mixing and...
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    Are they really ALL roosters???

    Bought hatching eggs (copper marans and olive eggers), hatched and raised them all, hoping I'd get some hens out of them. Sold a few as chicks, kept 6 olive eggers, 4 marans, and one barred rock/marans cross. They are 18 weeks old now and unfortunately they are all looking like roosters...
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    Momma hen lost almost all baby chicks. Need advice ASAP!!

    Depending on your advice, I'll need to act quickly! My hen went broody so last Saturday I gave her 6 three days old baby chicks. They all adopted each other. Yesterday I came home and found out my cat got 5 of them. I secured their pen with chicken wire but she now has only one left. Should I...
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    Bantam Marans project anyone?

    I've read a lot of threads about people trying to develop a bantam version for the marans. Has anyone successfully done it? I'm not interested in the breed, but I have a young roo that I believe would be a great addition to a bantam project... He's 5 months old and half of the size he should...
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    HELP!!! Gave my 8 weeks old chickens Duramycin-10 and now they are dying!!!!

    I had 15 eight weeks old chicks. 2 of them were wheezing and sneezing, so I'm giving them all Duramycin-10 (400mg dosage). They are not wheezing anymore, but I lost one bird last week and another one about one hour ago. They are ALL puffed up, with droopy eyes and wings, and are pooping bloody...
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    Duramycin-10 for 5 & 6 weeks old chicks

    Should I give them the 400 or the 800 mg dosage? They are "purring" and sneezing, and one has a runny (clear) nose. Thanks!
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    What color will they be? (True Ameraucanas chicks - not Easter Eggs!!!!)

    I already asked this on a different thread, but no one came forward, so I'm trying again.... I hatched some eggs from TRUE Ameraucanas, not Easter Eggs, born on March 16 & 17. Parents were wheaten and blue wheaten. Can anyone help me to identify some colors / genders? I have everything under...
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    HELP! Loosing humidity in Hoba-vator (first time hatching)

    I got a hoba-vator 1602 as my early Valentine's Day present from my hubby. Let it stabilize for 48 hours, had temperature at 99.8F and humidity oscillating between 49.8% and 50.1% Last Sunday I put 40 chicken eggs in it. The temperature is stable, at 100F, but the humidity keeps dropping...
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    Boys or Girls?

    Brand new first time chicken owner, got my new 4 "kids" yesterday. 2 came as pullets (the blonde ones), Buff and Light Sussex mix, 8 weeks old. 2 came as question marks (the white one, a 8 week purebred Delaware, and the dark one, a 4 week Blue Laced Red Wyandotte mix). Suggestions / help...
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