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    Help "putting down" my chicken...

    I have a RIR hen and she I believe has become an internal layer.. her rear end has swollen up so bad to the point it is starting to break and I am worried she's just going to explode and suffer a painful death. Ive been on here looking for answers before and basically Ive read there is not much...
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    Rooster or Hen?

    This chicken is a few months old, they are all just starting to sound like real chickens now and Im thinking it looks like a rooster... It kind of has the curved feathers on the tail, what do you think?? The breed is Golden Sex Link.
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    New hatched chick!

    I really got lucky with this one, I didnt do a darn thing and let the two mamma broodies do there thing and as I was cleaning there coop today I heard something peeping, thought it was one of them but when i moved both there butts out of the way to clean there nest I found a cute little chick...
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    Silkie Aracauna???

    Anyone have any silkie mixed with aracauna pictures?? My rooster (aracauna) fertilized my silkie, Im curious as to what they will look like!!
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    Leaving fertalized eggs with the hens?

    I have two silkie hens in one coop together and 8 other chickens (2 are roosters) in another coop and i let them all free range together and today I collected 4 eggs out from the silkies butts (they sleep in the same nest together) I hadn't collected the eggs in awhile, so I started to throw...
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    How many fertile eggs is about normal?

    I have 2 silkie hens, atleast I think they are both hens, and a few weeks ago shes started brooding and rarely ever comes out of the coop. I was collecting her eggs for awhile hoping that she'd eventually stop but she never did so then we kinda stopped collecting them because she would rarely...
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    Americauna Rooster & Silkie hen???

    So, I have never had a rooster before, and about 5 months ago we bought 4 RIR hens and 2 Americaunas that both turned out to be roosters. We already had 2 Silkie hens that are now around a year old. I let all of them wander around the yard together but a few minutes ago saw one of the roosters...
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    Cant figure out if one is a Rooster...

    So, here are the two pictures I thought the one in the second picture was a rooster, it has a longer tail, and well, it just looks and acts like a rooster... The one in the first picture however started crowing this morning, not a full crow yet because they are still young, but it was...
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    SWOLLEN FEET!! Need helpppp! (Pictures)

    Its been below freezing temps and all but one of my chickens are doing fine. My Rhode Island Red has been acting weird and hasnt been moving much, normally shes quite energetic. I picked her up today and noticed her feet looked absolutley horrible and felt like ice, im thinking they are...
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    Frostbitten feet?? Hellpppp please!

    I live in Washington and we've been having some serious weather here, lows of 15 and highs of 35 degrees. I have 3 chickens that are 7months old and normally when I go out to feed them my red is first at the door jumpin around all excited. For the last 3 days shes been just sitting in a ball by...
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    Chicken poooop.

    I just got 2 silkies about a week ago and their poop was hard and looked very healthy, but now that they are here eating my food its become really light brown and very very soft, like diahrea (spelling). I have a RIR that ive had for a month and a half and her poop is the exact same as the new...
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    Silkie Chicken

    I have a Rhode Island Red chick about a month and a half old, and it gets a ton of attention for hours a day, but when I have to put it back in its cage all it does is chirp and try to get out, it gets lonely. Im going to get another chick and I was wondering about a Silkie. All we really want...
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    Rhode Island Red... Roo/Hen?

    I believe s/he is about a month old, is it still too early to tell?? Im thinking a Rooster but I hope not!
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    Just one chick..

    So a month ago we had bought 3 baby chicks and about a week after one chick died, not sure of what. Then about 3 days ago another chicken died and now we only have one. Im not sure if its a rooster or a hen, but he/she has become very bonded with my dogs and I. I have 2 chihuahuas and I always...
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    I think shes dyinggg HELPP

    My chicken that is about a month old isnt being herself! I turned her light off earliar today and I came back and checked on them and one of my chickens was sitting in the middle of the cage all fluffed up and sleeping. I went to pet her and usually she perks up or jumps or something but she...
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    Sick chick?

    I just got 3 baby chicks last week (not sure how old but their still little fuzz balls!) and well, two of the chicks are really active and one of them just sleeps ALL the time. When I pick her up to play she just passes out in my hand like dead weight. Every once and awhile I can keep her awake...
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