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    How do I put weight on a skinny chicken? Cocci related

    I recieved some pullets from a hatchery back in March and they have grown quite a bit inside (kept them in a box inside the house in an isolate room for about 2 months). When they got old enough to stand the colder weather (by that time it was getting warm again outside) I put them outside under...
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    At first I thought EEs . . . but . . .

    Is that REALLY what they are??? Personally, I think they're all mutts, but I would like to know what some of them are mixed with. I've never seen chickens like these before . . . and they're all brothers and sisters. Raiden: Gumdrop: Bella: Shunsui: Odin: Dumplings:
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    Blue OEG Pullet broke her leg . . . what to do next?? (PICS)

    Pics posted below: When I went to feed the chicks this morning, I noticed Nana in the corner of her coop not really doing anything, She was looking around wanting the eat, but wouldn't make an effort to move. When I got hold of her, I realized something was not right with her right leg. It fell...
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    I NEED TO QUIT!

    I did it again . . . I noticed 5 out of 27 eggs pipping so I took them out of the bator, peeled the membrane back over their noses so they could breathe, and sat them back in. I'm sorry I'm paranoid! Just about all the chicks I try to let hatch on their own end up suffocating on their membrane...
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    Mixing colors to get other colors

    Hey guys. I've been trying to find a list/graph/chart of some sort of all the colors you can make through selective breeding (with the OEG [bantam] variety). I've had a lot of success in the past with mixing blues with B.B.Reds to make Blue Breasted Reds, Blacks with B.B.Reds to make Brown Red...
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    Would you recommend hatching in an egg carton?

    Hi guys. Today is day 16 for 23 of 29 eggs in my bator. Last time I tried to hatch I just left them on the grate and let them roll around to hatch. It bothered me a lot - I feel like many chicks did not hatch because they could not get a good pushing position. Sooo . . . this time I'm thinking...
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    Possible bantam sumatra gene defects?

    I have 2 bantam sumatra chicks and they are adorable. Eating, drinking, playing, romping, pooping, peeping normally. Thing is . . . one of them is going bald on his back and behind, but he still has his tail. They are about 3 weeks old and we have several other breeds of chicks housed with them...
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    Still-air Hova Bator temperature question

    Hi ya'll. I have a little question. I own a still-air Hovar Bator incubator and I've hatched only one time in it (got it for Christmas). Out of 8 eggs, 3 pipped, 2 hatched, and I had to help those two that survived (didn't get to the 3rd one in time poor baby). They were standard sized silkies...
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    Feather sexing cochins question . . .

    We just ordered some birchen cochins from a hatchery. We got 3 and now that they are going to be 2 weeks old wednesday, I noticed that their wing feathers are growing in . . . questionably? One of the baby chicks' wings have grown long enough to touch the tail feathers and the other two baby...
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    Sick hen - Vent swollen, yellow poo

    My hen has been sick for about a week. At first I thought she might have had worms, but Wazine is not helping. Her vent has been a little swollen from day 1, but now it is insanely large and has turned sideways somewhat. It's difficult for her to poop and she cries a little when she has to use...
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    Anyone have some bantam sumatras for sale?

    I love sumatras, but I can only have bantams. Anyone have some hatching eggs/baby chicks/grown chickens they could sell me? All my chickens are strictly pets and end up as tame as a lap dog. Just take a look at my page - I adore them more than anything. Just want some sumatras because they are...
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    Any Bantam lovers in Alabama?

    Or more specifically Tuscaloosa, AL?? Anyone interested in selling hatching eggs or baby chicks/grown birds nearby? I LOVE bantams sooo much! Especially the Japanese variety (although we only have 4). I also have several old english types (B.B.Red, Barred, Silver Duckwing, Brown Red, Black)...
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    Sick hen - pasty butt/swollen vent/tail down/not egg bound

    I have a 10 month old Grey Japanese Bantam Hen and she has come down with a mystery illness. Her symptoms include: poop matted around her vent/swollen vent/droopy tail/soft, bumpy crop. She is still very responsive and looks up at me like, "what? What's going on?" At first I thought she may have...
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    Anyone else having a problem with an owl?

    First of all, we keep our chickens penned 24/7. We do have a 5' chain link fence, but they can fly right over it. Too many neighborhood dogs/predators walking around to let my sweet babies be at risk. The majority of our chickens are housed in a large pen in the center of our yard and they are...
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    Partridge, Blue or Brown Red Silkies?? Hens or Roos??? [Many Photos]

    I have 2 silkies that have been confusing from the start! Val (#1) was hatched solid BLACK and I thought he would stay that way but now he has gold on his neck and speckling down his back. And his feathers are kinda of a grayish/light black. I'm not sure if he is partridge, brown red, or blue...
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    Retarded/Mental baby chick?

    I have a little black silkie chick (hatched 1/25/09) that has started showing wierd signs this morning. He's spinning in circles and acting like his world's rotating around him. He can see, but it he flips out and spins in a few circles when he sees me. He doesn't fall or anything, his balance...
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    Silkie chick too fussy? Swaddle legs maybe? [pics/vids included]

    Hey guys - I have hatched 2 silkie chicks this morning and they are very active. However, each have my concern for different reasons. First of all, the black one (2nd hatched - 4 hours ago) is VERY cranky and wild. He hasn't stopped peeping since he hatched and he tires himself out quickly doing...
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    Eggs hatching now - possible distress?

    Hello, I have been incubating silkie eggs for 3 weeks now (today is day 22 . . .) and they finally began peeping this morning. One of which is VERY active, and has been rolling his/her egg all over the incubator, but there's no pip hole. He is very, very loud and can't seem to get a hole...
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