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    Comatose chicken. HELP!

    Our chickens have refused to go back into their coop and have been sleeping just out side it in this cold NE weather. Two chickens are gravly ill now. One is able to function but is lethargic, the other is comatose. I feel a heart beat, even if faint so I KNOW she's still fighting. No rigor...
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    Lice?

    Hate to post again so soon, 'specially for the following reason, but; I purchased a pair of peachicks last sunday, a few days ago. On a hunch this morning I sat the younger pea-chick down and under a magnifying glass and light; pried through their feathers, only to find creepy crawlies every...
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    Pecking issue!

    So two days ago I bought a pair of young peafowl. All has gone well save for one issue; The smaller/younger bird likes to peck at the other's beak, sometimes at the fleshy ceres which has now resulted in little bloody marks and cuts around his ceres/nostrils. What can I do to discourage or...
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    sick diamond dove!!

    My dove is sick. I woke up this morning and the one was on the ground of the cage, not even standing, just sitting, eyes closed, huddled up. Very lethargic. I picked him/her up (easily, no real struggle besides some flaps) and it's breast bone can be felt. I'm isolating her in her own cage...
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    Hello, new to the forum, but not to birds

    Hello all! New Hampshire resident, here. I've been eyeing BYC for a while, but finally made an account here. I'm 21 and currently have 20 barred rock chickens and then a few mixed breed hens that were given to us from a friend who could no longer care for their flock. We raised these...
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    Dove nutrition!

    1:) Can anyone recommend brands of seed/mix that is best for Doves? particularly diamonds. I've had a few recommended, but was curious of your collective inpit 2:) Besides the seed filler, what natural foods have you found your doves to like? 9Fruits and veggies, etc) 3: Any nutritional...
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