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    Hen or Rooster?

    Can someone help? Is this a hen or rooster? 6 months old and not crowing yet!
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    where can I buy SULFADIMETHOXINE?

    Does anyone know where I can buy the above? Thanks.
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    URGENT - TYLAN - Can anyone tell me correct dosage?

    I have a jar of Tylan powder 100 here,but the directions are for the WHOLE jar. I just want to dose one pretty sick chicken. Can anyone tell me the correct dosage,Please?
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    blind chicken with cold legs

    I went to visit my friend today. She has a few young pullets,and one of them seems to have gone blind,or at least can't see very well.She is very thin and just stands hunched up in the corner,also when I picked the pullet up I noticed that her legs were very,very cold. Obviously she is a very...
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    Sexing Silkie chicks

    Can anyone tell me please how to sex silkie chicks? I've heard that it is very easy, but don't know how to. thank you!
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    Two bantam girls want to share nest

    Well,the girls have done it again! One went broody and was sitting on 10 eggs, then along comes her sister and decides SHE wants to go broody in the same box. They did this last year and it ended up as a disaster,with only 2 chicks surviving. So I put in an extra nesting box this year,and...
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    Sick silkie chick -update-and question?

    Some time back I posted about my little silkie chick ,who was getting very thin and had blood in her droppings. Well, the blood has gone, but she is still very skinny,and her backside is always very dirty and "claggy",and streaked with white . I heard about something called "vent gleet" which is...
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    How long can you keep eggs before putting them in incubator?

    This question has probably been asked before, and if so I apologise! But I was wondering how long one can keep eggs before they go into the incubator? I have heard up to 2 weeks, anyone able to help,please? We found a heap of eggs, which I know are at least 12 days old,and we are wondering if we...
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    Can chickens pass disease onto dogs?

    Hi again, Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I am wondering if chickens can pass any disease on to dogs or any type of worms/parasites etc? My dogs mix with our chickens all the time and I have seen them eating the chicken droppings, even though I try very hard to discourage...
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    Rooster with scratched eye

    Hi, I got a new rooster yesterday, took him out of the car in his cage to put in his quarantine pen, and the phone rang. I put him and cage down on the ground and when I came back from the call another of the roosters was attacking him through the bars of the cage, his comb is bloodied, but his...
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    Skinny sick silkies

    Hi, I posted a couple of days ago about my sick silky but no one replied! I am worried sick about them and would really appreciate some feedback. 6 month old silkie very thin - breastbone feels sharp, I have wormed her, given her a broad spectrum anti biotic, and give her extra feed in the...
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    4 month old Silkie pullet lost a lot of weight

    When I picked up one of my silkie pullets 3 days ago I was appalled to feel how light she had become,I usually check them every day, but this one is very shy and difficult to catch, she looked fine so I didn't worry, but when I finally picked her up, I couldn't believe how much weight she had...
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    Chick born with "twisted" middle toes

    I have seen what to do about this somewhere, but now that I need it I'm d...d if I can find it! I have a 2 day old silkie chick that has both of its middle toes bent to one side. It is having trouble walking and I would like to try and splint it. Can anyone help me with that? Thanks!
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    How long before a temperature spike causes damage?

    Okay, here is what happened. We have 2 different lots of eggs in the incubator. The first lot are due to hatch on Monday, so we are to take the the auto turned out remove the front racks and put those eggs on the floor of the incubator and then go into lockdown. DH says he will have to take...
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    What to do?

    Maybe this has been asked before, if so apologies. I have 24 eggs in the incubator, and when each one hatches, I know that I should leave them there to dry, but they start to flounder around and knock all the other eggs around. How do others cope with this? Is it o.k. to bring them out and put...
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    8 week old chicken died, had runny bloody faeces

    My 8 week old chicken was running around the pen yesterday,eating and as happy as could be. This morning I noticed her all hunched up in the corner, with a mass of runny,bloody droppings around the pen. She died about an hour later. She had two pen companions of the same age, and I have moved...
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    Strange Pekin hen behaviour

    I have a 2 year old Pekin hen who is acting very strangely. When I let her out in the morning she goes straight to a spot under a bush and stays there all day until it is time to roost again. It is as if she is broody but she has no eggs. She recently lost both her rooster and sister and I put...
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    Polish chicks with runny noses

    Oh,dear! My 3 new Polish chicks have bubbly/runny noses. It's a clear discharge and they are eating and drinking well, now the Vet is closed until Monday! However, they had a really stressful journey to get to me, all 3 crammed into a tiny cage for 200 miles! (NOT my doing, I promise!), and I am...
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    Hi from Australia!

    Browsing through the internet and came acrosss this great site! I have chickens, many chickens! Am a total chicken addict, breeds I have are-Bantams - _Japanese,Belgian d'ucles,polish. Also Silkies,and Barnevellders. Every week I swear -"no more chickens" and every week I break the vow! I also...
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