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    Here we go again...wry neck...need new advice?

    My 6 month old Silkie has wry neck again. We did this at the end of August. She was malnurished and the vitamins and new food with attention to feeding and watering helped after about 2.5 weeks. She did better her neck straighten out and she was fine. I went away for 10 days, my DD took...
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    OK, so she in on the road to recovery...now what?

    So I have a silkie with wry neck, she is on the road to recovery, eating and drinking well, head straighter. She has been seperated from the flock for days now. I want to put her back in the yard for some time on the ground, you know to be a chicken. The others peck at her and the silkie...
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    Duramycin 10 dosing for a Silkie

    My Silkie has a wry neck....and I need another bit of help (peoplke were nice enough to help me figure out what is wrong with her). My poor baby is getting worse, she is twisted up even worse. I started the Poly- Vi-Flor vitamins, vit e, electrolytes and increase her protein with yogurt and...
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    HELP, Sick(?) Silkie

    My daughter called me at work today...Peaches (a Silkie) was lethargic, head down twisted to the side, falling over....She moved her to the henhouse and diupped her beak in water every 1/2 hour today and she perked up alittle and came out of the henhouse. I called the breeder she suggested...
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    I think we have a rooster - now what

    I have a Red Star, a Leghorn, a Golden Laced Wydanette, a Copper Maran, and 2 Silkies. I thought all were hens....surprise, this morning one of the Silkies crowed!!!!! I live in town and have close neighbors, I cannot have a rooster. I do not want to have him go, is there a way we can keep...
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    did I do it?

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    new layers - 4 good eggs, now none?

    Help, I have 4 pullets - I am not exactly sure how old they are 3 were hatched "mid-march" The Red Star layed 4 eggs small and with a hard shell. Now she sits and no egg. I think the golden laced wydonette (same age) is also laying, her eggs are bigger than the red stars, but the shells are...
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    Anyone want a free chicken or 2.

    Hi all, I live in northern NJ and am very new to backyard chickening. I have a small coop and ended up with 6 chickens. The last 3 were 1 more than I really wanted and I am finding a flock of 6 is too many. Not to mention the newer 3 are way bigger than the original 3 and they are mean to...
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    Needing help with introducing new chickens.

    I have read through the forum and I know this has been discussed, but I am still not sure what to do. I have a Maran about 10 weeks old and 2 Silkies about 9 weeks old. I just got 3 (a Leghorn, a Wydonette, and a Red Star) about 12 weeks old and much bigger than the original 3. How long will...
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    New chickens

    I have a Maran about 10 weeks old and 2 Silkies about 9 weeks old. I just got 3 (a Leghorn, a Wydonette, and a Red Star) about 12 weeks old and much bigger than the original 3. How long will they peck at each other? The new ones seem to ignore the silkies, they peck at the maran (she was the...
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    InfraRed camara

    We want to add a chicken cam to the inside of the henhouse, can chickens see the infrared and will it bother them (keep them up) at night?
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    Can all breeds of chickens live in harmony?

    I am extrememly new to chickens. I startd with 2 pullets a Maran and an Olive Egger, after 2 days we are down to 1. I want to get Silkies, can the Maran and Silkies live together in the same coop? I will be getting a leghorn and a red star as well as 2-3 other larger breeds, will all live in...
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