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    Dying chickens with no clue why?

    My chickens have started dropping like flies. I have no idea what is wrong with them. One minute they are fine, then the next time I see them they are unable to walk with their legs curled up under them. They still eat and drink just fine, but within a few hours they are dead. Ive lost 5...
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    Sad story about my chickens. I need to find them homes asap.

    I already have them posted in the auction area, but I just wanted to spread the word a little more. I need to get them new homes asap. Because of relationship problems and job loss my immediate future is uncertain so I need to sell the chickens in case I have to leave. And if I leave there is no...
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    Young Royal Palm Tom

    Young Royal Palm tom. Parents met the SOP. Hatched out on May 23rd. Pick up in Rockford Illinois only. Should turn out to be a very nice bird when full grown. Offers considered! Really need to get rid of all of my birds.
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    A bunch of chickens for sale. Silkies, Frizzle, Silkie mixes, EE's.

    For sale: 1 pair white silkies. Hen is non bearded, rooster is bearded- $15 for the pair 1 frizzle bantam cochin rooster- $10 1 Silkie x Blue Andalusian hen- $8 1 rumpless black Easter Egger hen-$10 1 blue and tan Easter Egger hen- $10 1 golden sebright bantam hen with a single comb- $5 1...
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    Selling ALL of my chickens

    All of my chickens are for sale. Im located in Rockford Illinois. All prices and some pictures are on the Craigslist ad. If you would like pictures of a specific bird, let me know and I will get them for you. http://rockford.craigslist.org/grd/2549252638.html
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    ~*wtb: one bantam Turken and one bantam Ameraucana pullet/hen.*~

    WTB: one Bantam Turken and one bantam Ameraucana pullet/hen. Can pick up within a reasonable distance from the 61101 zipcode.
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    Three months old and still not 100% sure.....

    This is my first chick that I successfully hatched out in an incubator by myself. I am thinking rooster, but Im not sure still. He was hatched on Mother's Day. He came from an Easter Egger, but his paternity is unknown. I think it has to be some kind of pure breed though, since all the adult...
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    Cuckoo Marans Cockerel, pickup only

    Cuckoo Marans cockerel, Hatched May 23rd. Not SQ. $8.00 or trade....? Pickup in Rockford, Illinois. All offers considered.
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    Inside video of McMurry Hatchery

    Just saw this on my Facebook and I though it was interesting.
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    What to do with chickens when moving portable coop?

    What do you do with the chickens when you move your portable coop? Do they just run along with it while you move it?
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    How big of a coop for silkies/bantam cochins?

    How big of a portable coop do 2 silkies and 2 bantam cochins need. Not including the run part.
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    bicycle tires on portable coop????

    Anyone know of anyone doing this? Anyone have pictures?
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    Anyone have a "turkey tractor?"

    I have been thinking about how I am going to house my almost 2 month old turkey poult when he gets older, and I was thinking about making him a large "turkey tractor" out in the back yard. Anyone else ever done this?
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    question about chicken tractors..........

    I am thinking about getting rid of all of my chickens but 4 or 6 of them and just building them a large chicken tractor but what do you do with the chickens in the winter when there is snow on the ground?
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    Is it common for bearded and crested chickens to have balance issues?

    Is it common for chickens that have both a large crest and a beard to have balance problems because of lack of sight? Only one of my silkies is bearded and it seams like she gets knocked over easily and falls over objects on the ground and the rest dont seem to have that problem. She is a little...
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    White poop, What could it mean?

    What could runny white poop mean? A few of my hens have it stuck to their butts.
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    Having a hard time finding a puppy.

    I am looking for a female dachshund puppy with long hair in Illinois or Wisconsin. Anybody know of anyone who raised them and has some for sale? I am having a really hard time finding any. Our dachshund died a few weeks ago and we would like to find a puppy. I figured that I might as well...
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    6 week old RP displaying and "gobbling." Tom or do all poults do it?

    My 6 1/2 week old RP poult has been displaying and I just dropped something and it "gobbled" in response to the noise. Do all poults do this, or is it a sign that it might be a tom?
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    Dead rooster and sick looking hen. Any ideas?

    Today I went out to feed the chickens and my EE rooster was dead and one EE hen isnt looking so good. Everyone was fine as far as I could tell yesterday. Today she is fluffed up somewhat and has white poop all over the feathers around her vent. She is keeping her mouth open all of the time. She...
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    It is a miracle that this chick even hatched!

    So, My first broody ever had ten of her own eggs in her nest on the floor of the coop. They started hatching on the 11th and finished hatching on the 24th. Some time between the 11th and the 13th our new polish/silkie/who-knows-what mix hen layed an egg in the nest when the broody got up to eat...
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