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    Can you Stop a Rooster From Crowing?

    Hello all! I have a 5-month Blue Satin cockerel (Silkie and Cochin cross) who has recently mastered crowing at all hours of the day. I live in a neighborhood that isn't really all that fond of roosters (they're not actually allowed) but we fully plan on keeping him... but we are worried about...
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    Help! Sick Orpington Pullet; Mysterious Illness?

    Hello! I am a poultry owner from Ohio and I recently got 9 more chicks from Meyers Hatchery this July 29. They are overall healthy except for the Splash Orpington (4 months about) She was always the heaviest and largest bird in the flock but I noticed starting late October that she would...
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    Red and Swollen Abdomen

    Hi! I have a standard Buff Brahma hen who is 2 1/2 years old. She has been very healthy and by far one of my best show hens. Yet, in the past few weeks her bottom has become more bloated and has red stretch marks on the bottom. When I feel it with my hands it feels like its filled with some...
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    Veterinarians stumped... chicken still sick.

    Hello, I have have 1 1/2 year old hen who last Saturday morning wouldn't leave her perch. The night before had been raw and windy, even though our coop was insulated well. The others seemed fine. I brought her inside to a hospital cage and did all I could for her. I'd been feeding her as best...
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    "Lifeless" Hen with Vertigo

    Please Help! Hello, I have a 1.5 year old standard Buff Brahma hen. This morning, when letting the flock out of the coop she didn't come out. Instead she stayed on the perch shivering with her eyes closed. It was 55 F out. Thinking maybe she was cold I brought her inside and put her in a...
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    Male? Female!!?? I don't know! Sexing Pigeons

    Hi, my sister has a pair of Tumbler Roller Pigeons. She keeps them in a small run outdoors with a nest box for them to perch in at night. We got them at a poultry show 3 months ago and they are doing quite well. Despite this, I have no idea whether they are male or female. I would like to know...
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    How does a hen get Bumblefoot?

    I have a two small flocks of bantam and standard chickens. Recently, one of my Buff Brahma standard hens got a case of bumblefoot on her left foot pad. After doing some research and preparation, I gave the bird's feet a salt bath, surgically removed the scab, applied Neosporin, and wrapped her...
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    Does House Finch Eye Disease Affect Chickens?

    Hi, I have a bird feeder and currently the House Finches at my feeder have the well known House Finch Eye Disease (mycoplasmal conjunctivitis). I was wondering if this disease could spread to my poultry or domesticated parrots. I read that this disease does come from pathogens that originate...
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    Wheezing and Pained Buff Brahma

    Hi, I have a 3 1/2 year old Buff Brahma bantam. I checked on the girls a few hours before sunset. Around sunset I brought them to their coop and noticed "Digger" was making strange rough vocalizations every time she breathed. I isolated her from the others and put her in a cage with pine chips...
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    Brahmas and Sussex's Galore!

    Hi! I like being called Owl girl. I live in Ohio with 13 hen chickens. I have 6 bantams- one adorable Mille Fleur named Muffin who was rejected by the flock. Then a Quail Belgian Bearded D'anvers called Owl that I got my name from. A Buff brahma called plain Brahma and sometimes Digger. Two...
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    An Underweight Cochin Chick?

    Hi. I have just gotten 7 standard chicks from Meyer Hatchery. They are all two days old. They all seem to be doing just fine except for one white Cochin. I weighed them all when I brought them home and the next day (today). All of them have gained weight except for the Cochin. She actually lost...
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