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    Sick one year old hen, pale comb and feather loss, help!!

    I have a flock of 5 hens, Golden Laced Wyandottes, and theyre just approaching one year old. Before the weather here turned bitter cold (like 6 degrees with wind chill in the negatives) about a week or so ago, my "alpha" hen- Bumble Bea- started getting a pale comb. Its not purple or blue as...
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    4 month old Wyandotte with skin on leg ripped off.. please help!!!

    I have 6 4 month old wyandotte hens that are free ranging in half of my yard and have a coop to sleep in at night. I went out this afternoon to give them treats and the hen at the top of the pecking order, Goldie, didnt come to me and showed no interest in the seed mix i was giving away (all my...
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    Silkies, Cochins, and Mystery chick- oh my!!

    I have 5 2 month old chicks.. i was given mystery eggs and told they were silkie and "silkie bantam" eggs.. about a month ago i was told on here that i had 2 silkies and 2 cochins.. those predictions were right i believe.. so now i need to know who is the last mystery chick (theyve all...
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    Baby (ish) Feather Picker :(

    I have 6 wyandotte pulletts, one silver laced and the rest gold laced that were hatched on March 16 so they are 3 months old.. i moved them to their outdoor coop about a month ago and within the last 2 weeks ive noticed feather loss.. It started on one and now theres two, possibly 3 who are...
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    one month old silkie chicks

    I have 2 full blooded silkie chicks and 3 silkie mixes, all around a month old. I plan to use a 5 gal bucket with 5 water nipples on the bottom as their water feeder in the coop so I have made a small water feeder with a gravity water nipple and a Gatorade bottle. It's been in their brooder...
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    Silkies & Mystery Chicks, help :)

    I was given 9 eggs from a friend of a friend.. one was a quitter and 3 eggs just didnt hatch for whatever reason. So i have 5 2 week old chicks and have no clue what they are. I was told 4 were silkies and 5 were silkie bantams.. 3 "silkie" eggs hatched (were very light cream and the...
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    ridiculous sounding.. but help taming 1 week old silkies??

    I have 6 4 week old GLW pullets (well, one is silver but it was supposed to be a golden, lol) and, although they were my first chickens EVER, they were so easy to tame. Now they get excited when i walk into their brooder room, jump up on my hands and arms, fight each other for my attention...
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    ridiculous sounding.. but help taming 1 week old silkies??

    I have 6 4 week old GLW pullets (well, one is silver but it was supposed to be a golden, lol) and, although they were my first chickens EVER, they were so easy to tame. Now they get excited when i walk into their brooder room, jump up on my hands and arms, fight each other for my attention...
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    when to assist.. *sigh*

    I have been incubating 8 silkie eggs and yesterday, on day 20, 4 hatched. Today another one has. I realize the remaining three still have time, but no one has even pipped yet so im trying to plan ahead.. at what point should i consider giving them a hand (creating an external pip/view hole...
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    just hatched, chick in trouble? please help!!

    I just got home to find 2 of my 8 eggs have hatched into baby chicks but im very worried about one. The hatch hasnt taken longer than 8 hours. The chick appears to be wrapped in yolk with visible veins throughout? the belly button area is swollen (pea sized) and red, no fresh blood though...
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    1st incubation!! Day 19, 2 eggs are rocking, 1 wiggling slightly!!!!!

    Soo i have 4 silkie eggs and 4 mystery bantam eggs (lol, eggs were obtained through a friend of a friend so who knows what they really are) and today is day 19. I noticed this morning 2 mystery eggs are rocking and 1 silkie egg is slightly wiggling. No visible pips yet! In your experience...
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    day 14, first incubation I've done, AIR CELL PROBLEMS!! Please help!!

    I have 4 silkie and 4 bantam mix eggs in my forced air incubator.. Yesterday was day 14 and I think Ive royally messed up.. i had read, before i started, that I need approx. 50% humidity for the first 18 days, then cranked up to 60-70% after lockdown on day 18. I candled and marked my air...
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    Advantek Solarium?

    I have 8 silkie and silkie bantam chicks (hopefully) hatching around April 10th and i was looking into buying the Advantek Solarium hutch but i cant find ANYTHING online about it!!! Have any of you hear purchased this coop? Could you show pictures of the inside Or tell me about it? Id hate to...
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    First time owner! Any experience with Golden Laced Wyandotte colors?

    This is my first time owning chickens (actually any bird for that matter) and so far Im LOVING it, but ive definitely realized that I dont know NEARLY what I should!! Anyway, i purchased 6 1 day old Golden Laced Wyandotte pullets from Mount Healthy. Now theyre a week old and growing so...
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    5 day old chicks- respiratory problems? HELP! 1st time chicken owner!!!!

    Okay so this is the first time Ive ever had chickens or even been around them but am an animal lover and decided i would like to have some for eggs. I purchased 6 1 day old chicks from my local feed store. By the second day, a couple were sneezing but it was infrequent and i thought it may...
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