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    crying chick - breathing problems, possibly respiratory?

    The silkies were out free ranging today when I found this little guy sitting off by itself making an uncomfortable sound. I brought it in and it has just kept up with the crying - sounds a little like a strangled crow. No obvious injuries. It's about two months old and hasn't really thrived...
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    compost and chicken scratching

    This was my first winter with chickens and I'm working out how to compost with chicken-leavings. I have a combination of straw and pine shavings in the coops and runs. Used bedding goes to a "compost pile" which basically means I'm stacking it up in the corner of the yard and hoping it...
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    Jersey Giant - about 4-5 month old

    Last of our 6 "pullets" - 4 roos already dispatched to freezer camp, really hoping we have one lady here, but I'm just not sure. Someone out there is crowing, I haven't caught them yet but I suspect it is Bird 1. What do you think? Anyone in Washington need a roo-giant? Bird 1: Bird 2...
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    Swimming Silkie ?!?

    I have a group of silkies I moved outside a few weeks ago. They transitioned from a "chick-waterer" to a big-hen water dish. I have one little hen that can't stay out of the water dish. I don't know if she thinks she is fishing, or just wants to say hi to the silkie in the reflection, or...
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    wanted: Jersey Giant Pullet

    My DH has been very supportive (enabling) of my chicken addiction, so when he said he wanted some "man sized" chickens we bought him 6 Jersey Giant chicks this spring. They have started to crow & all (!) of them look like roosters, so they are currently seeking new homes. I would really like...
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    hatching eggs wanted: Washington state (Olympia area)

    I am looking for local hatching eggs for the incubator to hatch some fall chicks for spring sales and having mixed luck with shipped eggs. LF chickens only, prefer pure breed birds but not against barnyard mix. Wanting to pickup locally, can meet between Longview/Kelso area and Kent/South...
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    Jersey Giant - tail question

    We have 6 Jersey Giant pullets (?) about 3 months old. 1 of them has developed with a tail that is clearly different than the others. The black giant below has a very upright and pronounced tail. The other five have smaller "flatter" tails like the blue below. The difference was noticible...
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    Limpin' Chicken

    We had an "incident" a few weeks ago when one of our bantam pullets (about 3 months old) got spooked and flew over the fence to the neighbor's house. She sent her son out to catch the chicken & came got us to retrieve it. By the time we got back there the boy had caught the chicken under a...
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    eye infection?

    We brought a new group of hens home 5 days ago. This morning one hen had "stuff" in one of her eyes. It looked white & foamy, like a spit-bug nest in the corner of her eye. We cleaned it out & she has been acting normal but the eye is certainly not normal. No one else has any symptoms. She...
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    Mystery Chicks!

    We ordered a group of Partridge Rock pullets from a hatchery who shall remain nameless ... what we got was mixed box of unidentified chickens. They refunded the order promptly, but don't offer any help with the identification. Can anyone offer suggestions as to what these are? They appear to...
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