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    lethargic, watery poop

    Hello, I'm hoping someone will have an idea of what might be wrong with my 1 yr old RIR hen, named Rhubarb. She is a free-range backyard pet in Florida (warm and sunny) along with her 3 sisters. Three days ago she started being lethargic, not coming out from under a bush for scratch. I've...
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    Yawning and shaking head

    I have a 1-2 yr old bared cochin bantam (we're not sure of her age). She was a rescue from a lab. The lab assured us she was never used for any testing (which is why they gave her to us, since she was so cute, they didn't have the heart to test on her - so they used all the other meat chickens...
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    Is my 8 wk old silkie a roo? Pictures

    My 8 week old silkie started crowing yesterday, and even though she was sexed as a female, I'm now having doubts. I have other chickens, but this is my only silkie. Since she already looks so different from the others, all assumptions I normally make about chickens are out the window. What do...
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    Little Pullet crows?

    I have an 8 week old silkie. She was sexed as female, and at 8 weeks old, looks very female (no spurs, very little comb, tail feathers grow down...). However, she has recently started crowing. Our adult females will "announce" when they lay, but they don't crow in the morning. She is the...
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    silkie has seizures?!

    I just got a 3 week old white silkie (named Valentine, since she was a v-day present from my hubby). I've had her for 3 days now, and she's always acted a bit strange but... She is in the box with three 5 day old RIR chicks. There is a heating pad, heat lamp, water (with antibiotic), and chick...
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    Bantam Cochin Chick Wanted

    I am looking for a single female Bantam Cochin chick to raise with my new RIR that will be born on Tuesday. I live in North Central Florida and will be happy to arrange a pick up. I have a small back yard flock and really want a little bantam of my own to love.
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    Silkie Bantams and hot climates - advice?

    I would like to get a Silkie Bantam, but I live in Florida where it stays 95 deg for 5 months of the year. My RIR are always hot in the summer, but take refuge under the bushes (although all their feathers are puffed out and they still pant). I'm worried about having a silkie in this climate...
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    Dog Proof Coop?

    Last week I had a couple of neighborhood pit bulls pull the roof off my chicken coop and kill all my chickens. The roof was screwed on, hard, white plastic sheets, which they couldn't get off, so when they pulled, the rafters, which had been nailed on pulled out (mind you, I don't think I could...
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    Mixing Chick Breeds

    I am getting three RIR chicks next week, and really want a little bantam too. If I start them all off as chicks, can I raise them together? I'm worried that once the RIR get bigger than the bantam, they may start pecking at her?
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    Chickens eating blue insulation

    I live in a warm climate, however it does dip into the low 30s at night a few days a year. My coop has lots of windows covered in chicken wire, since my biggest problem is the coop getting too hot in the summer. However, I wanted to cover most of the open windows this winter to help keep the...
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    Advice for Florida Chickens

    I have chickens in florida, and I found while researching coop designs very little advice about having chickens in very warm climates, so I wanted to share some thoughts for small flocks: The coop is 3 ft by 3 ft and only stands about 5 ft tall (so its really small). We made the bottom of the...
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    How to introduce new chicks to adult chickens?

    I have one adult RIR hen (8 months) and I just got 3, 1.5 wk old RIR chicks yesterday. I tried to introduce the hen to the chicks, but she just pecked some fluff off one of them, so I separated them. She seems very nervous about them and keeps trying to get at them. What is the best way to...
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    How much compensation for a chicken?

    I have had two chickens killed in the last two weeks and my third severely injured (I only had three). I found not one, but two dogs in my backyard today (from two doors down). They jumped the fence like it wasn't even there! I have taken pictures of them and plan to confront the neighbors...
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    What dog protects chickens

    I've lost a couple of chickens the last few weeks to an unknown predator. I would like to find a dog that will protect them. I live in the city with a small back yard and a smallish house, so it can't be a big dog. Any suggestions?
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    What kills and leaves whole chickens behind?

    I've lost two 8 month old chickens to an unknown predator in the last two weeks. In both cases, the chicken is intact, but all the tail feathers are gone. One had a puncture wound to the back and the other had scratches, but unknown cause of death. They were not missing any body parts. The two...
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    Injured Chicken - Please help!

    I think a hawk (Possible a juvenile) got to my adult hens 4 days ago. One died of the injuries and the other was severely wounded (another survived unscathed). The injured chicken had a 1 inch by 0.5 inch (2 cm by 1 cm) deep incision to the rear left side of her back (along with no tail...
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