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  1. grammyjladr

    Chicken needs a bath!!! Help!!

    My 8 month old silkie is filthy!! She's so muddy and it's dried on her! How does one clean a chicken? Yes this is no joke. I really want to know. She has got to be uncomforable with all that dried mud. How do they clean a chicken for show?
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    Queen O'decoup laid her first egg!!!

    My girls just started laying around Christmas. There are 18 breeds in my flock of 25. Queen is the only Polish and everyone picked her head dress out so we moved her to the new condo build for her right next to but secure from the others. Since she has had so much trouble she has had alot of...
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    Odd Poop...yes I'm serious.

    My polish crested hen, about 13 weeks has started pooping formed poops more like chihuahua poop size, but soft and I'd have to say maybe marshmallowy soft. Is that normal? She just was traumatized and her crest ripped out by some other chicken yesterday and today I notice these weird poopies...
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    Polish Crested de-crested AGAIN!!!What do I do?

    My 13 week old(they all are 13 weeks)Polish crested hen has always been the bottom of the pecking order but I thought it was getting better but they, or maybe just one rooster ripped about half her top crest out again. I am wondering if it was an attempt at mating my an inexperienced EE Rooster...
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    Trying to integrate the chicks. What now? Need help!!!

    I have 25 birds, 2 are 10 week old banties,18 are 8 weeks(various other full size breeds). 20 living happilly together but I have 5 that are banties, so much smaller and were being bullied a bit in the beginning so I put them in a brooder together. Now the 20 various breeds are doing fine in...
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    First visit to the coop run today!

    We are still building the chicken mansion but getting close now. These two wanted to go visit today to inspect the grounds. They seemed to feel we passed the pecking test. Electricity went in today, the chicken door and the fencing was finished. I'll let you know how Chicklet and Fricasee feel...
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    They're here!!!

    I got my call from the Post office on Thursday morning. My babies arrived!!! They shipped from Natures hatchery in IL. on Wednesday and arrived at my post office at 4:30 AM Thursday morning in Washington State. The sad news is that three didn't make it out of 25. I was heart sick. One liitle...
  8. grammyjladr

    Real Newbie

    The DH wanted chickens...I didn't want another responsibility. I had always wanted to get a few hens but over the years had never had the opportunity or the time, or the space or the money. Something was always in the way. Now I thought we were to close to retirement and that dream of jumping...
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