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    sick hen

    I have a silkie that is lethargic, with a swollen squishy stomach, not crop. She won't eat and does not care what I do to her, wrapped her in a towel and put her in a box and she didn't move. I have her soaking now and she's not moving, she was fine yesterday saw her out free ranging and she...
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    feet and ankles swollen

    I have an adult chicken, who has started limping around, both feet and ankles are swollen, she doesn't let it stop her. Thought it was bumble foot but when looking at it it doesn't look like any of the pictures that I've seen. Her feet are hard, not soft , no black spots, any idea what it...
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    Question about manners

    Is it me being old fashion or would you think it is still good manners to respond to a RSVP? DS is having a birthday party tomorrow and not one single parent has RSVP back if they were coming or not, I put my email and phone # on the invitations, I have even emailed them today to ask, told them...
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    I've lost 2

    Saturday, I let the chickens out to free range, I was working in the yard so I thought nothing could go wrong, well went to put them up and noticed 1 was missing, found feathers but no chicken. Don't know what it could have been, thinking a fox was told neighbor had seen one a couple of weeks...
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    power went out

    Have 8 eggs in incubator and the power went out for about 3 hours this afternoon, covered incubator with towel. When the power came back on I checked the thermostat and it read 82, eggs should be hatching any time now, 4 hatched yesterday. Have I lost the remaining eggs or do you think they...
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    getting Quail eggs to hatch

    Hubby informed me a little while ago that one of the guys is bringing some quail eggs to him tomorrow for me to hatch, I don't know anything about hatching quail eggs, what do I need to do besides digging incubator out? How long do we incubate and what temp and humidity do I use, and anything...
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    Just a few of my chickens(picture heavy)

    Porsha Smokey Fancy Gracey Quackers(she sounds like a duck quacking) another shot of Porsha another shot of Smokey
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    Hen not acting right

    I have a small white hen, not sure what breed she is, but she is not acting quite right, I noticed Saturday that she was lagging behind when we would feed them, she would eat but not alot, did see her drinking a good bit though. When we let them out she stayed behind in the coop, I took her out...
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    worming

    Found tape worms in chicken poop this evening, started Wazine. My question is how long do I put it in their water and do I wait 14 days after they come off of it to retreat? Planning on getting some Fenbendazole, how long to I treat them with that?
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    chicken having trouble staying up

    I have a chicken that's over a year old, being doing fine and came home this afternoon and she couldn't stand up. She's eating and drinking, does try to get up, when you hold her in the standing position, she will walk, she doesn't stay laying on her side, will get herself in the sitting...
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    Moving chick to brooder

    Okay, had one chick to hatch yesterday and today I moved him to the brooder, now today I've had more to hatch but it hasn't been 24 hours and their still a little wet so I know I shouldn't move them. The one little chick will not hush, he has chirped all day since I moved him, I'm thinking he's...
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    hatching eggs from chickens just wormed

    My chickens started molting so I decided I would go ahead and worm them, well they started back laying again and I hate to throw the eggs out. Do you think they will be alright to but in the bator? I gave them wazine on the 15th and these are eggs from the 26th and 27th.
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    Day 1 of first hatchUPDATE Day 20 my first chick

    Okay this morning I put my first hatch in, and I'm sooo nervous. There are alot of things to remember, I wonder how many times I'll be checking the bator from now to the 21st day. Thanks to barnyard I have a new bator, 12 EE, 9 silkies and 3 BLRW, my daughter is so excited about new chicks, I...
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    Cute things kids say

    My DD and I were going somewhere the other day and we pass a field that had chicken manure spread in it, of course the smell was awful and she asked what it was, I told her chicken stinky, that they had put it in the field, she asked why and I told her for fertilizer. She says, "Oh, you mean...
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    New here and have sick roo

    Hi, , I'm new here and fairly new to raising chickens, I have 10 hens and 1 rooster. Everybody seems fine, but I noticed my roo not being very active on Saturday and not eating, after watching him for a while I decided to move him to a separate pen, he was very easy to catch which is odd for...
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