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    HEN STANDING/ACTING WEIRD

    Noticed our 3 yr old black sex link hen standing very strangely yesterday. She is sort of crouching down with her body almost upright. Her tail feathers are on the ground and drag when she walks. She stumbled a couple times over some rocks and used her wings to balance. She’s eating and drinking...
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    ROOSTER FEATHER PROBLEMS

    Our sizzle roo has had a serious issue with regrowing his feathers. Especially on his rear. We had a tom turkey in with him and all the hens including two hen turkeys. He was getting picked on so we removed the Tom and things seemed to calm down. His feathers still haven’t grown back and it’s...
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    SILKIES GENDERS?

    So we had a silkie hen breed with our sizzle roo. The result was a beautiful bunch of 6 chicks. Born Dec. 15-21, 2017. So about 4 1/2 months now. None have started crowing or laying which I wouldn’t expect this early. One has feathering of sizzle and 4 have silkie feathering. Then there’s one...
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    HAWK ATTACK

    Well I just had my first lose due to a red tailed hawk. I’ve seen one hanging around over the past couple weeks. Also a huge owl stalking around. I look out my window and see an enormous hawk on the ground near my smaller pen. I ran out and it flew off. On the ground where it had been were a...
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    Sneezing Chicks

    Ok also got another quick question- my chicks that hatched around December 15-20 are all sneezing. I have kept them in garage in large dog cage with straw bedding and feeding medicated starter crumble. I read that it can be from sensitivity to dust. I’ve changed their bedding regularly but they...
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    2 Day old chick Foot/leg problem

    I have a 2 day old silkie/sizzle chick that seems to have something wrong with one or maybe both legs and feet. One foot is some what curled up and it holds the leg up next to its body. Haven’t seen it put weight on it or extend the leg. The other leg extends fine but it’s foot seems sort of...
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    TOM?

    About 5-6 weeks old. Know it's barely old enough to show gender but just curious if anyone can tell. Thanks
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    SLIPPED TENDON ON 6 week old poult???

    So I got two poults from small animal swap little over a month ago. One is perfectly fine while the other developed a leg issue. One of its legs is turned outwards and almost backwards. This started about two weeks ago and we have tried a few things I read might help but so far nothing has...
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    HENS NOT LAYING REGULARLY

    So we have 2 buff orpingtons, a BSL, a LF Cochin, a silkie and a frizzle that have been laying for about 2 mths now. The silkie is the only one we haven't witnessed laying but all the others we have watched lay. So we usually get 4-5 eggs daily. The past week or so we are getting 1-3 a day at...
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    Guesses

    Sorry to ask again but we still don't know what we have. We know we have one roo because he started crowing. NONE of the others have started laying yet. They are all around 4-5 mths old now. There are a few that really look like roosters but don't know enough to say so myself. Please let me know...
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    Error message

    Keep getting a message saying invalid or unrecognized edit. Or something like that. Can't start a thread or get pics to upload. Will get one pic uploaded then when I do another it replaces the first one and the first one is gone. Please help.
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    ANY GUESSES

    They are all around 2-3 months the buff orps and BSL are oldest then the blue Cochin. The younger birds are the silkie, silkie Cochin, frizzle is youngest. [/IMG][/IMG]
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    What are they??

    Think this is a hen. Other buff I think is a rooster. Now the two turkeys. Can you tell if they are rio grande or bourbon red. And also we think a boy and a girl. Judging by tail feathers. Neither has tried strutting or gobbling. [/IMG][/IMG] That's the black sex link. Boy? This the...
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    New turkey owner/memorial

    We decided to get a flock going for the first time this year. We have a nice little variety of birds. 2 buff Orpington, one black sex link, one frizzle, one blue slate turkey, one Cochin, 2 turkeys(either rio grande or bourbon red) one silkie, and silkie/Cochin cross. A few nights ago we lost...
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    Sick Chick!! Please Help!!

    Have a black sex link hen chick guessing about 4 weeks old. She has just started getting grown up feathers. Found her laying limp in corner of box this morning. Picked her up thinking she was dead. She wasn't but she was very lethargic. Put her in box by herself to see what is wrong. She has...
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    BEGGINER IN MID MISSOURI

    Hello my husband and I recently purchased a few chicks for our kids to enjoy raising and learning from like we did when we were young. Got 2 buff Orpington and 2 black sex link first. They are still staying inside (youngest daughter is playing "mother hen") but plan to build coop and move...
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