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    My red sex link, Dragon, is sick.

    ;( She appeared to be puffed up and away from the flock so I put her in our heated apartment in QT. she is eating a bit. Drinking. Not herself at all. Has not laid in 3-4 days. She did stumble the first time I tried to get her to walk outside after being in QT cage. No eye discharge. No...
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    Rescue chicken. Limp, eye secretion, chest congestion.

    Hi guys. I rescued two chickens from a factory farm two weeks ago. The one is plump and healthy. The other has a limp, eye secretion, gurgle in chest. She has a full appetite and is drinking water. She has been on antibiotic for 8 days. No worse but no better. I have been soaking her bad foot...
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    Roos or Pullets?! Saving these two from a neglect case.

    I am pulling these two from a neglect case - they will be living on our farm instead of running around a neighborhood getting chased by dogs... WHat do you guys think?? ROOS or PULLETS?
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    Hen attacked by dog.

    Our Applesauce was attacked by a dog today. Her tail feathers got ripped out. At first, she was laying on her side and there was blood coming from her mouth. Gurgling while breathing. Shortly after, she was sitting up, no blood coming from mouth. We made a cozy nesting box to sleep in. She then...
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    I want to add a couple more silkies to my flock. Where can I....

    ...get started pullet silkies? Any hatcheries sell them???
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    My July silkie mixes laid their first eggs yesterday!!! <3 <3 <3

    YAY!!!!!!!!!
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    I want more silkies. I did a photoshoot this weekend and one of the children...

    ...just snatched up Krankor! Kranks was like, lalalalaaa...not a care in the world.
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    2 roos, 1 hen found in the woods while camping... Obviously someone dumped them. NJ

    I am wondering if anyone would want these three??? My girlfriend just called me from the woods. Has one on her lap. This is an urgent deal here. IF YOU ARE IN NJ AND CAN TAKE THREE IN, LET ME KNOW. I do not have the breed at the moment. I have yet to see them.
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    Hi Guys! I am going to be doing some tweaking to the coop this weekend! 3 DAY WEEKEND FUN!

    Anyhow, I am going to be fixing a few spots that have been bothering me lately - just for extra precaution. Now that the nights are getting colder, should I add hay to certain areas for warmth? What are your secrets???
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    Hi Guys! Help me sex my SILKIE MIXES???? Fun.... READY>?!

    Everyone is 3 months old. They are all silkie mixes. 1. Here is my favorite. Krankor. 2. Here is Hansel. Sweet! This one looks like my black sex link hen. Almost exactly the same. 3. Here is Henrietta! My raven chicken. 4. Here is PRIM! The littlest of all. Sort of...
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    Guys... HELP. Chickens are roosting early - in trees - in rafters of barn.

    Hi guys. Lately I have been grabbing each chicken and putting her in the coop before sunset because they are all roosting in trees and in the rafters of the barn. I do not know what to do. Is this a bad thing? Should I just enclose the barn? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    FALL MIGRATION = MORE CHICKEN DEATHS?

    Curious. Experienced chicken owners. Have you noticed your flock is disrupted more in the Fall by hawks, raptors, falcons, eagles, etc.?
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    Migration season - Notice more sky predators killing chickens???

    I was curious. I live in NJ - Fall is migration time for the raptors, etc. Any experienced chicken owners see your flock being disrupted more during this time?? Please let me know. I am trying to come up with a few ways to deter any hawks, eagles, falcons.
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    SILKIE MIX - SEX????? GO FOR IT..........

    WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?!??!?!
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    Crooked beak?!

    Hi guys. One of my two month olds has a crooked beak. Bottom goes to left, top right. She catches bugs still, she is growing, gaining weight. Will she be OK????
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    Last night, my three hens did not come home.... :( :( :( UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hi guys. I have had my three hens since June. They were given to us as housewarming gifts. Best gifts ever. Anyway, they are free rangers. Happy happy hens. Monday night, we started smelling a skunk spray smell. Tuesday morning, I let the girls out of their coop to go off and scratch and...
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    A lot of you should be given AWARDS...

    I mean it. You have helped me saved my chicks - and in the past I am sure you have saved many many more just by taking one minute of your time to give advice to newcomers, etc. YOU GUYS RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Guys. I am sure I have read it on here 500 times, but at what age....

    ....can you tell the sex of the chicken? I have silkie mixes, ameraucanas, and faverolles.
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    My babies are getting so biggggg....

    Silkie mixes. Ameraucana. Faverolle.
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    my chicks are about 5 weeks old now! i found bloody stool in the tub. HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP

    help guys. i keep my chicks in the tub with pine shavings - water & food. i clean their water and food twice daily. i just noticed today for the first time - bloody looking stool. i cannot tell how bloody. bloody enough? the rest of the stool around is normal. i don't know whose it is and...
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