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    Silkie, thin, thrown up brown liquid, cant perch right

    I have had Sikers, Silkers, my Silkie, for only about a year now, she turned 1 year this Oct..... She has always had a problem perching because her wings are furry, right? Even with help of a latter, I have to put her to the highest perch at night manually. Well, tonight. I went down to the...
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    I miss having peacocks

    I used to raise them all the time but my dad got stricter since I got chickens "You have chickens now, we dont need peacocks" I used to have the nicest boy, Rocky, when I was 10. Then I got Lucky a couple years ago, and Zip, male and female In an area where there are many peacocks, I usually...
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    New Button Owner-SHE LAID AN EGG!!

    I just got two chicks from my old teacher/friend who raises buttons (my dad calls them butt-hole quail ), and they are now full grown, and last night I checked their aquarium.... EGG! It was sitting in the corner behind the ferns I gave them!! It was so cute, tiny, dark brown with speckles...
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    Crowing Hen (And she's a hen FOR SURE)

    So I went down to the coop a couple mornings ago, and my BB red hen, Little Girl, was crowing!! I've had Little Girl for a few years now, and she's laid eggs, I've witnessed this. She's gone broody, she's everything a hen is supposed to be, so.... why did she crow?? I havent heard her ever...
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    OBSESSED: Eating pin and grown feathers

    So I have this hen, Kekh.... she likes to EAT feathers..... She will catch those I pull from birds or the feathers that fall when others are preening..... But then she is SO obsessed, she will go in search of feathers... they can't be old, dirty ones from the ground.... she has been going up to...
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    A couple sick ones...

    Silkers: Silkie hen, keeps sneezing, its dry, no running of the nose, no yawning, no nothing except dry sneezes. She is also pretty skinny compared to the rest of my hens but maybe its just the breed? shes my first silkie! Love her to death<3 anyways, yea, but she also shakes her head a bit...
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    Hen Missing without Trace...

    My hen, Ra, is gone! I got back from vacation and the petsitter said everything was fine. I checked and noticed a hen was gone! I looked all around the coop and run, and no Ra! So i asked her if she escaped when she opened the door, she said no one escaped and she doesn't even remember her...
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    Chick died-gasping, sneezing, droopy wings

    My little golden sebright that I bought from the feed store came home with a small sneeze...it turned out to be contagious and worsened. It got all 6 of my other chicks sick, but with medication and fresh air, they are fit, running around, still have a lil sneeze, but healthy and growing fast...
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    Help Yoshi! Sneezy, yawning, pink poop, quiet

    Yoshi is about a month and a week old or so....he was a class pet for my brother and very healthy....my mom decided to put him with some of my sick chicks because "He'd be fine." I freaked out and put him in a seperate cage, but it's too late! He doesn't seem to have the exact same problem as...
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    Stopping Mean Roosters

    As the title says....HOW? First, it pisses me off when people say "soup"... that is NOT a solution. Second, these are bantams, they were not bred to be eaten, they were bred to be pets and beautiful, colorful birds for people to enjoy. Second, yes, I have read Shilala whatever her name is's...
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    Broody Hens vs Laying Hens

    I have about six broody hens right now in boxes in the coop along with unused boxes full of eggs for the laying hens. Still, the hens that want to lay a new egg come in, ignore the unoccupied boxes and find the ones with broody hens in them. Then the layers kick her off her clutch, lay their...
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    Respitory Disease

    My hen, Ra, has had this respitory disease for a while now. She once and a while gets the foam in the corners of her eyes, she sneezes alot but her nose is dry, no runny nose or snotty blockages. She weezes a lot and has a raspy voice. Also, when I looked down her throat, there seems to be a...
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    This is Ra, Ra is a what?

    I thought ginger banty but im not sure, she lays big light brown tinted eggs
  14. thornwing

    BUFF SEBRIGHT HEN wantedddd!!!!

    Looking for a nice young sebright hen to live with me in California! Nice coop, outdoor run, well fed, treated well (pet chickens). Needs to be shipped unless you live close!
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    Looking for those pretty BUFF SEBRIGHT HENS

    Looking for a buff sebright hen that is still young and if not located near me, can be shipped! She would be going to a nice home, with nice friends! Wanted to be a pretty pretty pet!
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    NEON green, What's it mean?

    My older banty rooster has been quiet lately. He's been in the corner, fluffed up, head down, walks slowly, allows hens to push on by, loosing ability to crow and no energy to mate. I noticed his poop is BRIGHT NEON green, whats it mean???? HELP!
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