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    Hen Infection

    My favorite hen died in my arms yesterday - I think she had an infection that eventually caused sepsis... Is there an antibiotic I can get from a feed store to be prepared next time?
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    Foot on Hen Help :)

    My hen has been limping. I turned her over and saw that her upper toe is a little bit swollen and on the outside of the tow (the part you can see when she is walking around) just above ground level on that outside part is a tiny bit of black shading. It's not solid black, it is patchy in an...
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    Amazing Baby Silkie Story

    My silkie hen hatched one chick. The hen and chick spent 5 days in my living room. I handled the chick on occasion, but most of the time the momma was teaching her chick how to eat and drink. On the chick's 6th day I let them outside. A few days later, unbeknownst to me the neighbor's cat...
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    Silkie Rooster with swollen eyeball

    My silkie rooster has a swollen eyeball. The eyeball itself looks a little puffed out compared to the normal one, looks like a little infected in the front corner. His eye lid can open all the way but he likes to keep his eyelid half shut. What can I do for him please?
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    Mama Silkie Hen Murdered!

    A fox took our mama silkie hen last night. She had 1 (10 day old) chick with her and the chick is fine. Now, the chick is following around the silkie rooster. He seems to be trying to teach her to eat grass just a moment ago. Do you think he will be able to foster her? Thanks
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    First Rooster Kills

    We are 1 year and 2 months into keep a flock of chickens and over that time we had 1 clutch of eggs that were hatched by a broody hen. We learned our lesson today about roosters. We ended up with too many roosters (7 roosters and 20 hens). We were able to feed 3 roosters to predators but the...
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    1 Yr Old Hen

    I have a 1 year old hen (Andalusian) who for the past week I have noticed will at times lower her head down a bit and walk backwards a few steps. Mostly though, she looks perfectly normal and walks straight with her head up. She is eating and drinking and pooping. It's obvious something is...
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    Baby Cockerels - HELP!!!

    3 weeks ago, our Cochin hatched 12 eggs of varying mutt chicks :) It is obvious that we have at least 4 cockerels in this bunch and I'm waiting for more signs to confirm others as being cockerels. Today, one of the 3 week old cockerels was kicking the pants out of the other co-hatchling...
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    Treating Illness/Disease - How Much?

    One of our chickens started with a tiny limp which got just a tiny bit worse the following day and now it seems to be getting better. I did check her for bumblefoot and she didn't have it. If she had bumblefoot - I don't know if I could even treat it. I'm not good with blood, etc.. I guess...
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    Sweet Silkie

    I have a 9th month old white silkie bantam pullet and she used to be soooo scared of me. She would always shake when I picked her up. Now, she runs up to me when she wants me to put her into an old dog cage to lay her egg of the day and sit for a while. She makes little cooing noises once in...
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    Room Under Mama

    So I have a Blue Cochin who went broody and hatched a dozen babies. The babies are closing in on 2 weeks old. They are all outside in a nursery pen and she sleeps with them under her body inside of a corrugated box with a blanket inside of the nursery. The nursery pen is covered with thick...
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    Broody Hen Hatched Some :)

    We are excited as our broody cochin hatched some eggs. Everyone is outside and she is in a nursery coop (smaller coop separate from the other big hen coop). I put out the starter chick crumbles and chick waterer - but they are only a day old if that. So, is there anything else I need to be...
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    Ancona Pullet (8 Months Old)

    Hi! My Ancona pullet, the leader of the bunch, is about 8 months old. She had white earlobes...and now today I noticed they have turned YELLOW!!! Is this normal, is this an illness...? She seems normal otherwise. Thanks!
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    Eggs! Yayyyy!

    Hi, Our hens have been laying for the past month! We got our first jumbo a couple of days ago. Most of our breeds are supposed to be laying large eggs, but for the most part they are small-medium sized. Is this normal when they first start to lay? We have buff orpingtons (2), andalusians...
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    Cockerels - What to do - I'm new to them

    I have 16 chickies - all a dash over 4 months old. They have been doing fantastic - but now I've been able to pick out the cockerels (I'll call them roosters). I've got a HUGE white rock rooster who now crows, does the little chicken dance to woo the girls, is raping the girls, learning to...
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    Cockerels

    I have 14 pullets and 2 cockerels (that I'm aware of) and they are 3.25 months old. They live in a pen/coop/run enclosure with supervised free range right before their bedtime. I have a huge white cockerel and a wyandotte cockerel. Neither crow yet. The big white one is just starting to try...
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    In Mourning

    When we moved here a few years ago, there was one free range chicken. She wouldn't come close to us at all. I'd throw her food and make sure she had water. She began to trust me more and more, but never would get closer than a couple of feet from me. This spring we decided to try out raising...
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    Cochin Issue - Nutridrench :)

    I had a 7 week old blue cochin the other day who had 1 eye closed. I thought maybe someone pecked it. She could open it but rarely did. The next day she had both eyes closed and her head was drooping, like she was sleepy. So I took her inside and administered my first chick "meds". I put 1...
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    What Breeds Have Black and Blue Bars?

    I have a 7 week old pullet and it is black and blue barred. The feed store thought it was a dominique when i purchased at a couple of days old, but that was the one chick they weren't sure about. What chicks are black and blue barred (because it appears that Dominiques are black and white...
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    Finally Roosting Nicely!

    After 1.5 weeks (with a bit of help from me in the beginning) my chicks have all finally figured out how to use the ladder and roost bar and to get themselves up to roost in an orderly (hen pecked fashion). Tonight, there were no chicks dropping off the roost or running around the bottom scream...
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