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    5.5 week old polish sexing?

    Here are my 5 polish chicks. They hatched out on February 26th. They have some sores on their faces i noticed today was the cause of the plastic triangle chick feeder I was using and have since taken it out. I tried to get a face as well as a side profile picture. They are very skiddish and...
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    Lice

    I picked up a new rooster about 2 weeks ago and he had lice. Atleast 1 so I'm sure more. I poultry dusted him last week with permitrin. And this week I sprayed him with a permithrin 10 mixed at the rate of 1.28 oz x 1 gallon like the instructions stated. How many more treatments do I need to do...
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    Mites?

    The other day I noticed mites running around on the wood of the run after inspecting i found some more in the coop and on the climbing roosts in the run. I have sprayed everything with permithrin. But could these mites be harmess? I read that red roost mites hide in the cracks and at night...
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    Help me with sexing silkies

    Hi. I know it's not 100% with guessing the sex of a silkie. But here are my birds all are around 3 months old. Some have dried food in their feathers and I'll never give fermented feed to a silkie again lol. I'm pretty sure my black and white is a roo and my buff is a hen. But what about the...
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    Guess the silkie gender.

    I have 4 silkie chicks I'm trying to guess the gender on. I'm new to silkies and any tips on sexing would be great as well. #1 yellow partridge 7.5 weeks #2 Black and white 7.5 weeks #3 Grey and black 6.5 weeks old #4 Darker partridge with Grey's 6.5 weeks
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    7 week old silkie hen or roo?

    These 2 are 7 weeks old. I'm guessing yellow Patridge is hen and black and white is a little roo. What do yall think?
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    My roosters acting weird

    My little de uccle rooster has started to act off as of yesterday I noticed he was sitting low to the ground. Today I went out and watched him several times throughout the day and he almost seems top heavy like a see saw. If he leans down to peck he goes face first. If he sits upright his butt...
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    Can silkie chicks eat game bird starter?

    I usually hatch and raise quail but a friend gave me silkie eggs to hatch. Can I feed them the gamebird starter instead of chick starter? They should start hatching today or tomorrow but I never made it to the store to buy chick starter.
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    Chicken in distress please help

    I need help. This morning around 8 am I noticed one of my chickens breathing was very distressed. I've separated her and gave her food and water. I added fishmox and electrolytes to her water. I also gave her a good soak in case of egg bound. I'm not sure when she last laid since I have 3 others...
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