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  1. AliceGee

    What's wrong with this hen (small white bumps, mareks?)

    I have a 4-5 month old silkies who suddenly couldn't walk properly and was very wobbly. I thought she had mareks for sure as I've had others who have died from it but lost none for quite a while from it. The others that I've had die from it usually die 2-3 days after they start to become...
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    Help with first duck hatch

    I've hatched chicks under broody hens heaps of times but never ducks. My Swedish black hen is on 7 eggs and she's at about day 27. I know with my silkies when it's getting close to hatch day they'll stop getting off the nest, is this meant to be the same with ducks? My Swedish black is still...
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    What breed of ducks are these?

    Hi,I just got these ducklings today and the person I got them from doesn't know what breed they are. I've had chickens for ages but these two are my first ducks so I'm unfamiliar with breeds. I was thinking that they might be Swedish black ducks just from photos, can anyone please confirm or...
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    Chicken first aid kit

    I've seen the post where someone set out a first aid kit that's good to have on hand but some of those products (brand name) aren't available here in Australia so i was wondering if this is an appropriate first aid kit to have on hand. - A broad spectrum antibiotic. I don't know if Oxymav B is...
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    What's wrong with this chickens eye?? (Photos)

    I noticed one of my silkie hens has a bump/bumps around her eye, I wont try to explain it a picture says 1000 words. I noticed it yesterday and apart from that there's absolutely nothing else wrong with her or any of the others. There's a slight blue tinge because I sparyed it with terramycin...
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    Hens putting sticks on their backs?!

    I currently have two broody silkies and every time they get off the nest they'll do their thing eat, drink, drop their broody bombs!! Etc. but I've noticed this time and previous times they've been on eggs they'll pick up sticks, leaves etc anything they find in the yard and put them on their...
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    Apple cider vinegar, multivitamins & chickstarter

    So ive got some apple cider vinegar and pentavite infants multi vitamins without iron for my chickens water and I was wondering can you add them both to the water at once? Or should I alternate when I change the water? Also I have some medicated chick starter for my silkie chicks that are due to...
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    Celebrity pun chicken names!

    So tomorrow i'm getting a new silver partridge silkie hen and for me personally only having a small flock i like to name them all. So far all of mine are puns on celebrity name and i'm trying to come up with another for this new hen, sticking with that theme. I was wondering if anyone else names...
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    Is this coryza or something else?

    One of my silkie pullets had a closed runny eye about 5 days ago andshe was constantly scratching it. By today both of her eyes were closed and had a bit of crusty looking puss around them. We took her to the vets today and they prescribed enrotril, metacam (because she was in pain) and an...
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    Hen laid a 'rubber' egg?

    I just let my chickens out for the morning and found I had two eggs waiting for me, one a regular egg in a nest box and a completely shell-less egg on the floor of the coop under the roosting perches. I have 5 silkie hens, one that currently has chicks, one that's laying the normal eggs, one...
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    What colour will these silkie chicks be?

    I've got 5 two day old silkie chicks and i was wondering if anyone can tell me what colour they're going to be. Mum's a pure white silkie and dad's also a pure white silkie. I know the grandparents were also pure but i don't know what colour they were. Any ideas on what colour they'll each be...
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    Will broody hen stop leaving nest after day 18?

    I've currently got one broody silky on 6 fertile eggs. My first hatch and we're on day 13 and all are going well so far and I've seen movement in all which is very exciting! My question is does there come a point, I've seen day 18 somewhere, that the hen will stop leaving the nest to eat and...
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