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    Not eating and not laying

    Hi all, my rooster died a couple weeks ago. My hens seemed ok but now they have pretty much stopped eating their feed. They eat scraps a little & very little feed. Also they have stopped laying. They seem fine otherwise. 2 have started to molt. They are about 1 1/2 years old, buff orpingtons. 10...
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    Very noisy chick

    Hi all, I have a 3 week old chick (who is an only child)hatched by mama hen. Im pretty sure he's a rooster. He lives in a large dog kennel with his mom in a room with other older baby chicks. The thing is he peeps all the time ! Especially in the evening. Until he goes under mama for the...
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    Getting water into sick chick

    Hi, I have a 9 week old silkie recovering from wry neck. She has had it about 2 weeks. She doesn't want to drink water. I try to give her water with a syringe but she doesn't take much. Mostly shakes her head and flings it all over. She does get wet chick grower. I try to put a little extra...
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    Swelling on the side of face

    Hi all ! I have a silkie chick 8 weeks old. Started with symptoms of wry neck. Can't hold her head up. She eats and drinks with my assistance. Has a great appetite. Started her on vitamin E, Selenium and B vitamins. She has been like this for 3 days. Today I noticed she has swelling on the...
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    EXACT doses of Vitamin E and Selenium

    Can someone please give me exact doses of vitamin E and selenium for my 8 week old silkie baby with wry neck. I have looked on here and found an old post where it was asked but no one answered it. I have vitamin E liquid caps and selenium in pills & B complex in pills. I don't want to give...
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    WRY NECK ??

    I just noticed my 8 week old silky chick has a crooked neck. Been reading up on wyr neck. Iv never seen it or had any chicks with it before. This is my first time having silkies, and i read they get it a lot.. Please give me advice on how to treat it. She is such a sweet girl ! Here are a...
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    Boy or Girl

    Hi there ! I bought 6 silkies and this one odd one at my feed store. They didn't even know what breed it was. They said it was a bantam. I figured out it is a buff brahma. I thought it was a girl but its awful fiesty and pecks me hard when I'm doing stuff in the brooder. It will be 6 weeks old...
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    Chick dosnt look his age

    Hi ! My orpington hen hatched 2 chicks, 1 died a day later. ( the dad is orpington also )This one stayed with mom inside till she started laying again and went back to the coop. He is very friendly, eats , drinks fine. He lays by the crate of astrolorps and goes in with them to play...
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    Weird feet on chick

    Hi, I was just looking at my 3 week old chicks and I noticed this chicks feet. I have never come across this before. Any ideas on what to do ? She seems to walk ok.
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    Hen acting like rooster

    I have 4 hens in a coop together with a run. 2 older red hens i got when my buffs were babies. Now the buff orpingtons are a year old. I put 2 in with the older red hens. I noticed one of the older hens was missing some wing feathers when I put the orpingtons in. One of the orpingtons had a...
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    Can an aggressive rooster pass it on

    I got chicks from Hoover hatchery last June. Pullets along with 2 roos. Buff Orpingtons which are supposed to be docile. Both roosters are aggressive. Can the pass it along to their male off spring ?
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    Does this Buff Orpington chick look 5 weeks old ?

    Hi, I was looking at pictures on here of 5 week old buff orpington chicks and mine looks a lot smaller and not as feathered out. I know the correct age as he or she ( any one care to give me a guess ? ) was hatched by one of my hens. Father and mother are full buff orpingtons from Hoover...
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    Seprating mama from baby chick

    I have a buff orpington hen that hatched 2 chicks but sadly one died a day later. Her baby is 5 weeks old. She layed her first egg since becoming a mama today. I want to return her to the coop but don't know how baby will take being by his self. I do have astrolorp chicks about the same age and...
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    Hen losing feathers

    This hen looks kinda like a rooster has been on her BUT my rooster got taken by a hawk a couple months ago. She is in the pen with 1 rhode Island red and 2 orphinton. Any advice greatly appreciated !! I can't see where I can post a picture.
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    Can i put store bought chicks in with new mom

    My hen just hatched 2 chicks and my son brought home 5 chicks that are almost a week old. Can I try to put them all under the new mama tonight ? Or just keep the older ones In the broader. I'm bringing in the hen to a new box in my green room tonight. My other hens are mean to mama when she...
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    New here

    Hi there ! I live in South West Montana in the mountains. I have 11. 10 month old Buff Orpington hens, 1 Buff rooster who hates me and tries to kill me daily lol plus 2 older red hens. I currently have a Buff broody hen setting on 2 fertile eggs. Hopefully the should hatch this Sunday. I have...
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