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    Colourful layers through cross breeding

    I don’t know if this is the right place to post this but if it’s not please correct me. My mum wants colourful layers so if anyone knows how to get them please help. I have A barnevelder rooster A buff silkie rooster A white silkie rooster A white Pekin rooster A lavender Pekin rooster A Lemon...
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    Have someone interested in my grower silkie is it a rooster?

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    Silkie chicks not silkie looking

    I have recently started breeding and have about 20 silkie chicks at the minute, only 1 is silk textured, the others a smooth, The parents are both Silkies. All the chicks have black skin and five toes. Why are my silkies not silk? I don’t understand.
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    Chicken has horrible sinus problem

    Hi everyone, My 2 year old Hen Tally’s eye has blown up like a balloon and is filled with egg like pus. I have given her left over antibiotics from the time another of my girls had a sinus infection, She has been fed scrambled egg, chick crumb, kiwi and lots of water containing ACV and a vitamin...
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    Serama hen foot injuries

    I recently posted about my Silkie-Serama and my Pekin hens being ill and the Pekin has been getting better, I've done a few careful treatments of Vaseline on her face, but my Silkie-Serama Maple hasn’t been doing so well. She hasn’t laid in a few weeks but there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong...
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    Coop Planning for Breeding

    So I have 8 roosters and 25 hens, and my mum wants to start breeding to sell. I have a plan and I want to ask for advice on how to make it happen or for someone to tell me it’s not going to work. My idea was that I would separate my hens by breed so I would have 4 hen coops, and give my...
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    Two hens randomly Ill

    Hi everyone, two of my hens, A Pekin and a Silkie-Serama have both come down with separate ailments. My Pekin has an empty crop, is looking pale, and hasn’t been leaving the coop much. but whatever is wrong with my Silkie-Serama doesn’t seem to be affecting anything but her walking. Can anyone...
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    HELP! Respiratory Infection?

    One of my Polish girls seems to have developed another Respiratory infection, it’s currently -1 - 8 degrees Celsius outside so if I isolate her I’m not sure if she could survive being alone. Another of my chickens, my Serama Rooster seems to be unwell too, should I put them together and take...
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    MITES!!!

    My newest set of babies, 7 Seramas (Hens and Roos) live in one of my spare coops, recently I noticed that they have been itching a lot and I checked around their cloaca and noticed some bugs, one of my previous girls that were housed in that coop got mites last year, even though that coop is...
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    Hen making weird noise!!!

    My Polish hen Stella is making kind of dolphiny noises, is this a respiratory issue or a stress or discomfort thing? Is there a way I can link a video or Voice memo of the noise? I can’t figure it out
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    Dry beak

    Some of my hens have really dry crusty beaks, the temperature here ranges from -2C and 4C (28.4F and 39.2F) Is there anything I can do to help them? It looks uncomfortable, I’ve read that pure coconut oil is okay for chickens but everyone on the internet seems to have a different opinion.
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    Is something wrong with my Polish Chickens or are they just not the smartest?

    My Polish hens, Talulah, Stella, Blanche and Buttercup are lovely girls but not the brightest. They wander aimlessly through their coop and surrounding areas and don’t seem as interested in treats as my other do. They get lost very easily and often at bedtime I have to go on a polish hunt to...
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    New Member

    Hi I’m Lottie and I’ve had chickens for 3 years. I currently have 24 but am starting to breed. I have Pekins , Polish, Silkies, Seramas, Barbu D’anver, Maran, Cream legbars, Arucana, Ayam Cemani, and Mixed. My favourite aspects of raising chickens is the happiness I feel seeing them and their...
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