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    Fainting Polish

    I have a bantam polish rooster. I was preparing him for show and he kept fainting. When I was plucking his feathers he fainted once and when I was bathing him he fainted again. When he faints his head just goes limp, eyes shut. Then he’ll wake up like nothing happened. Is this normal? I’m...
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    Will beak grow back

    My chick got a really severe case of fowl pox. Of the five two lived, 1 in perfect the other half of the top half of his beak fell off. Will it grow back over time? Do I need to trim the bottom piece?
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    Do chickens in central Florida molt?

    I’ve had my chickens for a little over two years now and they haven’t molted. Is this normal/healthy? Do I need to invoke them to molt somehow? My egg layer flock I’m not sure if they are molting or got bugs. I’ve treated them for lice and a year ago so I’m not sure if they got them again. Thank...
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    Show quality?

    Just wondered your opinions if my rooster and hen were show quality or not. Also if my polish is. Thank you for your help.
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    *Viewer Discretion* Dead Polish Rooster

    came home one of my polish roosters were dead. I have two juvenile roosters in coop with no hens. No visible injuries on the bird a couple feathers lying around. Freshly deceased wattles were dark red compared to the other rooster. The coop is plenty large for the both of them. If I was...
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    Tractor supply Marans and others?

    What variety of Maran are tractor supplys? I bought 5 straight run and want some dark egg layers. I don’t think any of feathered legs but they are black legs with yellow feet. I will post pictures. Also my “Sienna Stars” all 4 look like different breeds.
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    Tractor supply chicks?

    I bought 4 Siena Star and 5 Amberlink. I know tractor supply usually messes up breeds so I was wondering if y’all thought that these were correct.
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    Quality?

    Here’s a couple of my hens I got to pose today. The black is around 1 1/2 years while the other two are both 5 months old. The black hen just wouldn’t pose today lol. Black has been shown before and won 2nd the other two haven’t. All have 5 toes and black skin.
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    Breeding mixed colors

    I have a flock of silkie chickens. I currently have a buff rooster with a black hen, buff, 2 partridge, and a buff partridge. I have hatched out chicks and have only gotten gray with buff leakage. I have purchased more silkies who are about old enough to mingle. I got one white rooster out of it...
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    Better Polish for Show?

    I have two polish roosters. They are both 5 months old. Ones crest is more confined and that bird is smaller then the other. The other one has a more scattered crest and is a lot heavier. I will get some upright standing pictures later today. I purchased them from magnolia Silkies and polish who...
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    5 month old polish

    I have two five month old polish. Trying to figure out gender. One has a comb and the other has none. The one with none had crazier feathers to begin with but the one with a comb has crazy feathers also now. I’m thinking both boys. I’m in Central Florida.
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    Wanted- Silkie Spash rooster with lots of red leakage

    I am in Florida. I am trying to do a calico project so I’m looking for leakage in spash silkies. I also need hens.
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    Moving chickens

    I have a flock of show silkies and a flock of egg layers. My silkie rooster is very aggressive and so is the polish I have with the silkies. How would I go about moving him to the egg layer coop? I want to move him and the polish. I have a 3rd coop that I had tried adding juvenile silkies with...
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    Silkie Gender?

    Hello everyone I have a couple questions. I have bought some high quality silkies so they all have amazing crest. I’ve heard at least one crow so I know at least ones a male. They are all the same age at about 3 months. 1) can you tell gender based off weight or sound? I have two that are a lot...
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    Help!

    My show silkies have growths on their beaks. One of the new born chicks also has it. The majority do, my rooster doesn’t though.
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    Easter egger Chicks gender *Pic heavy*

    I have two Easter egger chicks that I hatched from my own chickens. They are 6 weeks old. Also neither of them has a tail yet. One is solid white and the other is... confusing. My rooster was a mix so he had barring but the chick looks like it only has barring on it’s chest. I’ll post pics of...
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    Lice?

    I discovered these after I gave my chicken her medicine. Not sure if they are but I think they are. That is my arm in the picture.
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    Chickens dying

    My first chicken died about a month ago. Only symptoms was it just layed down for a day or so then dead. My next chicken was my rooster a week or two ago. He acted like he had a broken leg and flopped around. I got him x-rayed and he didn’t have a break. Now my poor paisley is having symptoms...
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    Rooster broken leg

    I came home to my rooster and he was just sitting on the ground. When I got closer he flipped/hopped away “not normal”. It’s been two days and he is still only sitting and doing a flop/run/walk when he gets excited for treats. I locked him in a separate coop with one hen so he didn’t get...
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    Show silkie and polish chicks

    I bought chicks from a Breeder that has won numerous shows. I had a question about the colors and survivability. I got a variety of colors I got 2 white silkies, 1 black, 1 blue, and a splash. I then got 1 black and 1 blue polish. The Breeder threw in an extra white silkie and an extra black...
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