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    Neighbor threatening to trap birds

    This one's a long one folks, but TLDR; nosy neighbor is pissed we won't turn our horses out where she can see/watch them and has started baiting our chickens across the road, calling animal control, and is now threatening to trap and sell/remove/give them away. We are in a rural ag zoned area...
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    Black Split to Chocolate Frizzle Silkie Roo - Angola, IN

    I have a gorgeous black split to chocolate frizzle Silkie rooster that was hatched in August of 2022. I am keeping his larger brother from the same hatch. This boy has excellent toes and tight wings and is a total dreamboat. He needs a whole flock of ladies of his own to make beautiful chocolate...
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    Black Split to Chocolate + Black =??

    I have two stunning black split to chocolate frizzle roosters and have been going through my girls to figure out who I want to pair off with them. I have an outstanding black hen, but I'm not entirely sure that will suit my needs when it comes to creating chocolate anything. Admittedly, I'm not...
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    compound fracture of young pullet wing - Amputate?

    I have a young 8 week old pullet who has just started spending her first few nights outside. Today I go to feed them their dinner and notice this young lady dragging her right wing. Further examination reveals that it's a clean compound fracture with the bone sticking through the skin. It looks...
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    What on Earth am I raising?!

    Ok... This bird has me 100% baffled, but I love her. Born; white with very broken dark slate chipmunk patterning and a weird orange/yellow iridescent cast over fluff. 5 weeks; ORANGE with cream cheek and leg fluff and barring all over. Tail and head feathers still scream "My dad is the...
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    Help! Duckling hatching odd!

    This baby pipped last night and then this AM I found my young son had gone in and "dropped" the egg in the incubator. Baby is moving and peeping, most vessels have dried, but eyes are closed and there is a large veins blob in the shell with baby. What on Earth is that? What do I do now?!
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    ISO: Bearded Silkie chicks (Indiana, Northwest Ohio, Southern MI)

    Looking to add to my bearded Silkie groups the following chicks/grow outs; Types: Bearded, Frizzle, Showgirls Colors: Partridge, Buff, Paint, Chocolate, Blue, Splash, Cuckoo Willing to have them shipped, but prefer to be able to do local pick up. Will drive within 2 hours of Angola, IN.
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    Tomorrow is the day the Ice-Storm 24hr no power babies are due

    Winter Storm Olive nailed us last weekend and left us at a little over 24 hours without power. While I kept my two week old chicks and ducklings in my hoodie all night and day until power came back, I couldn't do anything about my two incubators. Temps dropped to 48 in the house, but I never...
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    The great who dun it of 2023

    I have a clutch of 12 barnyard mixes as a new incubator test run currently in the incubator and pipping... One lovely baby has already hatched and they have me totally stumped as to who the parents could be because I was so not expecting a nearly solid white chick with some black spotting on the...
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    WANTED: Salmon Faverolle cockerel and pullets in NE Indiana

    Searching for show quality Salmon Faverolle stock near North East Indiana. Willing to drive a bit for the right birds. I have had ZERO luck finding cockerels and have a few decent hens, but am looking to really help my son establish a line he can show in 4H and beyond.
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    Prepping Silkies for show

    My son wants to show his Silkies (among other birds) in our state fair as an open entry this year. Needless to say, we're now prepping. Our partridge rooster is growing feathers back in and lost some weight after a dog attack about a month ago. What can I be doing to help him gain back...
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    NPIP for show birds?

    If all of my birds have been obtained from NPIP programs, do I myself have to be NPIP certified to have my son show poultry 4H?
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    Whistling... Hen?

    So... I have no idea which hen is doing this as I have 80+ birds and isolating one noise is near impossible. If it was a stress or sickness noise, I'd find a way to figure it out as quickly as possible, but it isn't. It's actually quite pleasant and almost like a songbird as it follows a pattern...
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    Dog attack - shock or something worse?

    My GSD broke into the chicken room (3 season room we brood and keep younger chickens in) and killed 2 hens (Cochin and Silkie) and got ahold of my 5 month old Silkie rooster. Hubby found him laying down but he got up and scurried off. We picked him up and he was panting and gurgling, only sign...
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    New rooster panting, losing weight

    I brought home 4 Silkies last Friday. 3 chicks and a 5 month old rooster. All the birds on the property looked extremely healthy and the babies were hatched in an incubator and brooded in the main house. My flock at home is a closed flock currently living the life of Riley in my 3 season room...
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    Ducklings losing feathers on their backs

    So this occured rather quickly as I didn't notice it at all two days ago when I was caring for my 6 older ducklings (10 and 8 weeks old within the group). My partner has been taking care of them for the past 48 hours because I've been dealing with a Lupus flare and I was called to come take a...
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    Sexing Anconas

    Just obtained three gorgeous little Ancona babies today. Is there a way, other than vent sexing (these guys are tiny and I'm not super confident with the itty bitties) that I can determine hen from drake? Or am I stuck waiting until someone squeaks and someone quacks?
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