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    Help!! Raising Chicks with a Cat3/4 Hurricane Coming

    I hatched out 10 beautiful Button Quail Chicks 10/6 and have five eggs I’m waiting on in the incubator. I’m here is South Florida and we are nervously expecting Hurricane Milton to land this week. Luckily we will be on the out skirts, but I’m freaking out over possibly not having a heat source...
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    URGENT: Torn Skin and a Need for Advice

    About six days ago my girl was mauled and I have been tending to her wounds, one of her injuries was the first layer of skin being ripped off her. What I didn’t notice was she has a very deep flap hiding the second layer of skin that is detached from the second. It looks quite nasty. Our vet is...
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    Is they’re any money in Poultry Shows

    Now it begs the question, we don’t care if there isn’t any money, but can you make money off show birds. It would be a plus to recoup funds ✨✨
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    Calling All South Florida Silkie, Cochin, Brahma, and Favorolle Breeders

    Any one in the South Florida area who breeds silkies, Cochins, favorolles, or Brahmas, I would love to get in touch. My family and I would love to add to our flock.
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    Possible Gape Worm/Respiratory Infection or Stress

    Yesterday my mom and I bought five chicks from Tractor Supply (it was our first time buying chicks from a big box hatchery). They had been shipped in that day and there had been delays in transit with the chicks. One of the chicks at first had been constantly opening its mouth with its eyes...
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    Help Us Gender Cutie the Mutt Chicken

    Leaving my local park I had passed by a younger chicken of unknown breed and gender for a bit. After a while I noticed how it didn’t mind if I got too close and I caught it and brought it home to quarantine. My brother has named them Cutie. Cutie has no physical issues or abnormalities but is...
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    Hawks, Flocks, and Small Dogs

    Our family has a flock, we currently let our 5 Week old chicks run around in a metal pen while the girls free range. We have plenty of vultures the fly around our house, but usually not many hawks or other Ariel predators. About 7 days ago we had a hawk (I think a Red Shouldered Hawk) try to go...
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    Miami, FL Family Looking for Orps

    Hey guys, my family and I are looking for Orpington breeders in the south florida area, just wondering if you guys know anyone! :D
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    Corzya, Cankers, or What?

    My family and I have four chickens, two Silkie-Ameraucana crosses, a Paint Silkie, and a Lavander Orp. We got our Silkie from a pretty shady breeder as an impulse buy and since have has had problem after problem. When we bought her she had fowl pox, and now she has one nostril that always has...
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    Introducing Myself to the Community!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Yes, recently our family bought a paint Silkie, a Lavender Orpington, and our two black Silkie/Ameraucana are our first chickens. We have had our Orp and paint for two months, and so far our Orp looks like a pullet, and I don't see...
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