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    Silkie Roos fighting

    i have one silkie roo and one silkie roo mix. They both started fighting today for a long time. I waited about fifteen minutes to make sure that it didn't go on for long. And when it kept going I took one of the Roos and put him in a dog kennel in the run. Is this normal? I've had silkie Roos...
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    Chicken has puss on chest

    Last night I noticed one of my hens was not perched and then today when I let everyone else out she came wobbling towards me. I checked her out and noticed she smelt awful! I looked under her feathers and found a big pussy scab. I cleaned it off with hydrogen peroxide and it looks swollen in the...
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    Silkie roo

    This is my roo Fluff. I am looking for a forever home for him. My chicken to rooster ratio is off so I have to get rid of one, and he is the youngest. He has just reached his maturity where he is starting to mate. He has a beautiful crow. He has been given shots. Located in the north central ma...
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    Silkie roo has matured... And very aggressive with mating. Will he calm down?

    I have a flock that has been incredibly happy... I have four red comets, two leghorns, two silkie hens, and then three roosters, one older silkie, one small Japanese bantam, and then another silkie male who has just reached the maturity that he is starting to mate. All my hens were fine up until...
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    Rooster can't walk. Help

    I have a silkie rooster that has not been able to walk for three days now. He is alert and will drink but does not eat much. He won't touch his feed, yesterday he would only eat rasins and plums and today he won't touch anything I give him. He also has green diareah. He tries to walk and move...
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    My rooster can't walk,help!

    When going to let the flock out this morning I noticed one of my silkie roosters is not walking. He was huddled up in the corner of the coop and he did not even turn around to look at me. I picked him up to get a closer look and when I put him back down he put his wings out to get his balance...
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    Depressed or sick?

    I had to get rid of four members of my flock on sunday. They were four roosters that were just too aggressive towards my other birds. But today I go into my coop and notice that one of my girls is just in the corner to herself. not her usual peppy self. I picked her up and she just closed her...
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    Mean Plymouth Rocks? What do I do??

    So in my flock I have Four golden comets, Two white meat birds (no idea what breed), Three silkies (plus two new silkie roosters i added on saturday), one Japanese Bantam rooster, and then my four Plymouth Rocks... All of that flock is original except for four of the silkies. Two I added into...
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    Lost my first bird....

    Today was a very sad day.. Lost my favorite bird to my sisters cat. I'm really just posting this to find out has any one else lost a bird to one of their cats. I've been so sad all day. Cried for a while too. My family says it's just nature but not being a cat person and I don't agree with...
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    Barred rocks getting white spots

    Hello I don't know why but my barred rocks are developing white spots and losing their color. Is this normal?
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    Does anyone else worry about their chickens as much as me?

    I am a first time chicken owner. I feel like I worry about my chickens a little too much. (or at least thats what my family keeps telling me). I was even half way joking about getting a baby monitor and sticking it in there... Am I alone on this or should I really just lighten up and trust...
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    Adding two silkies into my flock...

    Hello! So I have a question.... I have a flock of 13 chicks.. They are a couple months old. And in that original flock I only had one silkie and I wanted to get two more. So today at the farmers exchange I picked up two more who are only a couple weeks younger than my flock. I was going to wate...
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    Okay, my mystery tiny rooster...

    So this is my (what i believe to be rooster) Penguin: He is small compared to the other chicks that we have. Its my first time with chickens and I was not sure if anyone could identify what he is. I have included a picture where he is around the other chickens for size comparison.
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