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  1. Wendy'sChicksRock

    will the cold kill mites?

    I noticed today that my tiny white silkie has little red mites on her head.its too cold to give her a bath.. I dusted everyone and the coop but was wondering if the cold would kill the mites??
  2. Wendy'sChicksRock

    Moulting NOW.. can this be right???

    I have had a feather here, a few more there, a handfull here and today EVERYWHERE....feathers from most of my flock.. never had any molt so im wondering if thats what they are doing NOW... will they molt this time of year? no one is " naked " yet but if this keeps up they will be .. poor dear's
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    Bright red Combs and waddles

    I see a lot of pics with really nice looking birds, most have nice bright red faces. mine do not.. im wondering if they are missing something in their diet? they are pretty healthy but have kinda a flakey thing going on there cambs and waddles.. whats up with that? ETA : they are all laying...
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    BUGS.. eeek HELP with how to

    get ride of bugs on my flock. Seems I have wild birds getting in the run and enjoying the scratch along with my flock so I have bugs now. I see red mites and what Im guessing lice GAG on most of my birds ..ewww Ok so how do I get ride of them? I dusted once and still see them. I have not...
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    eeeeek bugs on my baby's :(

    Ok so i was looking the girls over and BUGS.. little redish ones so Im guessing mites!! Gag anyways ( scratch ) i dusted EVERYONE and EVERYTHING with seven dust ( itch ) and was wondering if I need to toss out my eggs? if so for how long and starting when? :barnie Im think the new all day...
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    OHIO nationals.. whi's going and who's selling what

    if someone else started a thread already let me know
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    ALWAYS soft shells from my MARANS..whats up

    Wehn she first started laying they were AWESOME..nice shells..really dark and firm. now all she lays (when she lays) is these really soft eggs.they almost always break open whenyou grab them.. sometimes she will lay two at a time. is she missing something in her diet. they have the oystershells...
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    FINALLY....my old shed is now A PRETTY COOP... take a look :)

    this old storage shed has been an eye sore for almost 25 yrs.. we've almost torn it down a million times...filled it with all the old misc junk your hubby wont throw out... you know the story! SO we finally gave it a much needed make over.. what do you think?
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    my poor hens are sooo hot... help with tips to keep them cool..

    we're in a heat wave ( index's of 110 ) and my poor girls look sooo unhappy. I have two fans out there and we keep frozen water bottles in the water'ers...aside from putting in a window A/c unit... (I did try but the hubby said NO way... ) im out of Ideas so please share them if you can. Thanxs...
  10. Wendy'sChicksRock

    soft eggs ALL the time...

    My 12 month BCM keeps laying these really soft eggs.. sometimes she skips days and then will lay 2 in a day. they are really soft sometimes she steps on them and then everyone eats the eggs befor i get there. SHe is on 18 % protien with grit and oyster shells in the feed ( my local feed store...
  11. Wendy'sChicksRock

    HELP my white chicken isnt white

    Ok I asked about this a week or so and didnt get any sure fire way to get my silkie's face white again.. She really gets her face wet and dirty ALL the time. We have a show next week and most of her is really bright white but she still has some stains here and there.. someone said to use...
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    Help. My FBCM keeps laying from the roost....

    she does it almost every day now. I was tinking she had quit laying for the last few weeks but I have been catching the girls eating her eggs. Well today I found out why. she lays them from the roots and they break when they hit the steps... i thought they were kicking them out of the nest box...
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    best way to make them shine......

    Were getting ready for our first go at showing chickens , next week is the 4-H fair and the kids are super excited to show their chickens. we have washed and fluffed and scrubbed the combs/waddles. They look great, im just wondering if we need to do anything else to give them that winning edge...
  14. Wendy'sChicksRock

    who uses poultry contitioner feed?

    ever hear of it? what do you all feed them to give them that winning shine for show season??
  15. Wendy'sChicksRock

    neighbors dog got my daughters Buff Orp pullet....

    The dog pulled her thru the fence...the dog has been diggin under trying to get out...she was in shock,is limping falling over and panting.she is in the cool area isolated with water and some food.when I looked closly I can see the puncture marks on her poor little body.she is just 15 weeks...
  16. Wendy'sChicksRock

    Roo or Hen??can you help me im not sure yet

    The bird in question was hatched the first week of march so is about 15 or 16 weeks old...Does not act like a roo but kinda has long looking saddle feathers?I did have two roos hatched the same day that were crowing and acting very roo-ish.. they were re homed already... here are a few pics of...
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    New Chicks hatched today ! whats your best guess...

    Im really REALLY hoping they are ALL the same breed? I have only one roo and he's a BLRW splash and I have a splash hen an a blue hen....I'm thinking maybe "someone else" laid her egg in the BLRW run cuz one chick looks really different than the others..anyone have an idea what they are ?. ok...
  18. Wendy'sChicksRock

    my eggs are peeping.....

    Soooo secited..its day 20 and they are all 4 peeping! ! Under my broody silkie are my first BLRW eggs out of my splash roo and my blue hen....they are from fowlys ...pics to come asap..
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    how do you tell age in chickens???

    Is there something to look for? How do you tell old from young etc...???
  20. Wendy'sChicksRock

    MOLTING questions... new to me

    hello, I have a fairly young flock most still under a year, a few about 13 months now.. Im seeing feathers everywhere.. no one looks naked just not as fluffy as they were. is this molting? my two tiny cochins have not laid an egg for a few weeks now. how long does it take to re grow feathers...
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