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    My Roo has “tassels” - what breed has them?

    so I bred this Roo from a Swedish flower Roo and a blue laying Easter egger (so of course she was a mix). Not only does he have excellent genetics to fight off bad chicken diseases (he got Merck’s at about 20 weeks old), he has these neat “tassels” (hanging feathers that are very Flowy). Is...
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    Breeding girls

    Not sure which forum to pick, but I have a question for those who breed their own chicks. So far, I've just let the chips fall on which rooster gets which hen, so I am ending up with some beautiful mixes. However, I do want to continue my line of silkie chickens that I bought from a breeder...
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    Question about hatching my weekly chicks

    I have three hens that proved they can stay broody long enough to hatch eggs. So instead of having too many chicks at one time, I let my first hen sit on 6 eggs beginning Friday 3/30/18 - Then I would get chicks on Sunday 4/22/18. I followed this pattern the next Friday, so again I would start...
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    Carport or traditional coop

    So I have a chance to start all over with my chickens. I want to do it correctly this time. What started out as just having 3 chickens, ended up becoming 50+ chickens. I have 5 different areas, which on a daily basis is a lot of working filling up waterers and feeders. I want simple - and I...
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    post impaction surgery, slight complication, how much to feed this hen?

    My 7 month old Blue Copper Maran had to have a crop impaction surgically removed. I had hope to clear it myself with some of the remedies on here, however to no avail - so the avian specialist removed lots of impacted grass and some sand 6 days ago. Here crop is healing well, except that I...
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    Denaguard preventative for coop ready chicks

    I have an existing flock with mycoplasma gallium (spelling?) MG - so I started a monthly treatment program, and now my 10 to 12 week old chicks are ready for their new bug girl coop. Of course this coop will be located by my existing flock - and with the stress of moving, I am thinking these...
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    Polish Experts - can you weigh in

    Hi all Polish chicken people! I was hoping to get some good opinions on how to pick out some polish chicks. I will send the pics I have that have been sent to me by the breeder from my phone, once I get this posted from my computer. The variety of parents are - blue laced, white crested...
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    Need advice on best wormer from prelim results on Necropsy

    Hi all - I'm confused by all the de-wormers out there, and how to dose the chickens properly. Unfortunately I learned a hard lesson yesterday - I lost an apparent "healthy rooster" (when I looked at him) to prelimarily to parasites. I did not ask the vet what type of parasites, but I don't...
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    Seven week old chick with a new crooked leg

    I'm posting this, so that others can learn from my mistake. My Black French Copper Maran will probably have to be put down at some point - here is how her story unfolded. I bought (4) Copper Maran chicks at (3) weeks old, two blacks/two blue. Being a first time mom to little chicks - I...
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    Can bumblefoot start at the hock

    I have a 12 week old pullet(?) that at 7 weeks began to walk funny. I looked up lots of BYC info, and decided that she may have a vitamin deficiency as there were no noticeable injuries, her sisters(?) were all fine, and except for not wanting to walk "right" - I couldn't figure out what was...
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    Carmen appears recovered - what's next?

    So I think my hen Carmen has recovered from her respiratory illness. She became ill 8 days ago, with injection antibiodics started within 24 hours. She had Tylan 50 for a course of 5 days. At day four of treatment, she really had turned around - and I was reluctant to give her a last and...
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    Crazy chicken lady from Virginia

    Hi all - I began my adventure with owning chickens in June of this year. I started out thinking I would have no more than 3 chickens- an Olive Easter Egger, an Americauna, and a brown layer (any would do). Then my fiancé said we needed a rooster (just for fun), so I got Maran cockerel...
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    Trying to save a chicken with a prolapse

    For four days now - my 8 month old laying silkie has a recurrent prolapse. Day one was Sunday, so I tried everything I have read here at BYC and while the prolapse would go back in, in less than a minute it would be out again. Day two, she went to my vet, who is just starting out her...
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