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    Chipped Beak?! Why do I do?

    Hi everyone! My little silkie rooster has a chipped beak (images attached). This must have occurred this morning, as his beak was normal/fine when I put him into the coop. I do not see any redness or dried up blood. I touched it to see if it was loose or could be removed/wiggled off, but it...
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    Best Tyosin Powder? Possible Respiratory Disease | Foamy Eyes and Sneezing

    Hi everyone, I’m making a post again about a possible issue with my Silkie rooster. Today I noticed tiny bubbles in the corner of his eye and have also heard him sneeze a few times. Otherwise, he’s acting completely normal—eating, drinking, active, no open-mouth breathing or gasping. I...
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    Is this fowl pox? What can I do for treatment?

    Hi everyone! Is this fowl pox on my rooster? I’ve noticed some little white bumps or scabs. I’m scared. He’s acting completely normal, eating and drinking. I added some poultry cell into their water, just to boost their immune system. I don’t want to touch the scabs, but what else can I do to...
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    Is this Scaly Leg Mites?

    Hi everyone! My rooster has a limp. He is acting completely normal otherwise (eating, drinking water, exploring, etc). I searched online and it says that sometimes a limo is caused by scaly leg mites. Now I’m paranoid and thinking my rooster probably has that? He could also have just sprained it...
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    What feed do you give your silkies?

    Hi everyone, I have a couple silkie hens and a silkie rooster. I want to give them the best feed for their bodies. Some are 1 years old and the others 2 years old. The hens are laying but I have a rooster in there with them so I want him to have the proper nutrition as well. I’ve heard purina...
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    Watery Poop in Hen, but she is acting completely normal?

    Hi everyone! One of my hen’s is a year old, and she is having some watery clear droppings. She has been having these droppings for at least two weeks now, I am worried about it. Although, she is acting her completely normal self. Shes walking around, scratching, eating and drinking water...
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    Rooster slightly wheezing after a crow

    My rooster appears completely healthy and normal—he’s eating, drinking, and behaving as usual. He’s two years old and isn’t coughing or sneezing. However, I’ve noticed that when he crows, he seems to wheeze at the end, almost like he runs out of breath mid-crow. My other rooster doesn’t do this...
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    Seeking Advice on Safe Free-Ranging During Avian Flu/ Are we still free ranging or absolutely not?

    Hi everyone, Ive read several discussions about people choosing not to free-range their chickens due to the current severity of avian flu, and I have also kept mine confined in their run for the past couple of months. However, based on my location and circumstances, I believe my risk level may...
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    Is this normal wild bird poop?

    Hi everyone, I wasn’t sure where to put this and didn’t get any responses on Reddit. There are some birds outside that like to hang out in my trees, but their droppings aren’t the typical white droppings that I usually see with birds. The droppings are usually red with some white, and I’m...
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    My chickens have worms!!!

    Hi everyone! One or all of my chickens have worms. I don’t know who left the droppings, but I saw a dropping that was half regular/half diarrhea or cecal and I saw little worms inside the dropping. They were very thin, but were clearly moving. I know this happens and some people even take...
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    Sand in Chicken Run?

    Hi everyone! I can’t find washes coarse construction sand or river sand at local landscaping companies, so I wanted to know if these from Home Depot or tractor supply would be good. I wanted to put it down in the run as I’ve heard great things about using sand. Can someone let me know if they’ve...
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    Free Ranging? Scared of Avian Flu

    Protecting Chickens from Avian Flu – What’s Everyone Doing? Also, what are some Enrichment ideas? Hey everyone, I’ve been keeping my chickens in their run recently due to concerns about avian flu. I don’t live near geese or ducks, but there are sometimes small wild birds near their coop, and...
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    Mites Infection in the Winter | Elector PSP Application

    Hi everyone! My silkies have mites and I want to get these off ASAP. I have elector PSP and I want to spray each of them down and their coop(and clean the coop), but I’m worried to stress them out or to do this application in the cold. I’d try to take them inside to my basement to try to let...
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    Mites issues!!!

    My silkies have a bad mites infestation. They seem to be doing well, health wise. They’re eating and drinking, acting normal, which is why I didn’t realize there was something wrong until I picked one up and was covered in mites! I ordered elector psp, but it’s not coming until 3 days from now...
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    Is this my chicken’s crop?!

    Hi everyone, my silkie is broody again and has been sitting down, but she doesn’t have any eggs? Not sure if she’s just resting or not. I then checked her crop and it felt hard!! I was so scared I thought it was a tumor at first but then I looked at the chicken anatomy. She’s eating, drinking...
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    What gender are these baby silkies?

    My silkie hen had her chicks about 12 weeks ago, and I still do not know if these little silkie babies are hens or roosters. I cannot keep anymore roosters, so I am hoping they’re all hens (fingers crossed). Could anyone that may be better at telling the sex of a silkie, tell me what gender...
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    How do I keep snakes away from my chicken coop? Any natural repellents that work?

    Hi everyone!! We have seen two black snakes around in the yard, and we want to make sure they don’t ever reach our chicken coop or near their run. We want to know if there have been any methods that have worked and if there are any natural repellents? I’ve heard cinnamon, garlic, or onions work...
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    Sand in Coop? Coarse sand?

    Hi everyone! I am a new chicken mom of 4 silkies and I wanted to know if anyone uses sand inside their chicken coop? I heard a lot of good things about it (especially for smaller chicken coops). Their run is just grass and dirt, and I haven’t thought about putting sand there yet. I am mostly...
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    Coop Maintenance

    Hi everyone! I’m new to this community of owning chickens, and I wanted to know what everyone thinks is the best method for coop maintenance. I had heard that people use coarse washed construction sand (river sand or bank sand) in the coop and run, which makes for easy poop clean up. People who...
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    Silkie Chicks with Coccidiosis?

    Hi everyone! I am a first time owner of 4 chicks (about 5 weeks/6 weeks), and I was really excited for these silkies. I thought I was very prepared, but I noticed some blood in the chicks poop. I quickly researched and believe they have coccidiosis. It’s been a day since I found blood in their...
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