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    Ways to keep sick hen comfortable (respiratory illness) and question about treaitng the rest of the

    My beloved "Winglet" is suffering from what I think is the myco-somethingorother. She's wheezy, gurgling, trouble breathing. Slight nasal discharge, watery eyes. Hunched up and not herself. No odor, and no abnormal poop or anything. I should have realized she was sick last night, Winglet is a...
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    BQ Black Silkie Roo bought direct from Hattrick Silkies

    I bought a handful of breeder quality birds from Hat Trick, and this one roo I just don't need. Black isn't my color of choice! He's beautiful, has awesome feet, and has done well the one time I've shown him. He is not in condition, and I know his feet are filthy in the pic, but it was too cold...
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    Help with humidity in my bator

    I've got an LG still air (I know, they're junk, but they are in my budget so...) and have run around 5 sets of eggs. First set, no eggs hatched. Shrink wrapped. Second, 5 hatched and lived. Third, shrinkwrapped. Fourth... same... Fifth...same... I can keep the temp stable no problem and the...
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    Why are all the hatcheries sold out of turkey? Edit: I got my pair!!!

    My husband finally caved and said I could get some, but NO ONE has any! Why is this?
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    Silkie bath day hilarity- Now with pink and blue Silkies

    A flock of wet Silkies is a sad sight to behold... I've been feeding them a lot of veggies from the garden and everyone was getting kind of grimy, so I waited for the next 100 degree day (didn't take long) and bathed and treated everyone for mites. Needless to say, everyone was very sad, sodden...
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    Second hatch, down to three eggs- rotten? Also, fuzzy butt pics!

    My first hatch was a disaster, resulting in a bunch of shrink wrapped, fully formed, beautiful, but dead Silkie chicks. This hatch has gone better, not so many temp spikes and I've gone crazy keeping the humidity up (with sponges, wet paper towels, and dishes of water, no more room to add...
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    Post Egg Carnage, Round Two

    After screwing up in every possible way with my first attempt at hatching, I'm trying again. Last time, I had a lot against me. No experience, still air LG bator, no egg turner until halfway through hatch, inaccurate thermometer, SERIOUSLY inaccurate hygrometer (reading 25% after the salt test...
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    They're starting to hatch!!!!! (Update: Dead in their shells)

    Ok, my eggs have been in the bator for 18 days. Since I put them in at night, I'm thinking Day 18 actually starts around midnight tonight, technically. I have 6 or so eggs that have actually developed, and I'm praying they hatch. I killed the other 14 eggs somehow. Anyway, I need some info. I'm...
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    Two of my 5 eggs are further along than the others- what do I do?

    When I put the eggs in, I originally just had a bunch of Showgirl eggs. The next day, a friend pulled me two eggs out from under one of her broodies and I put it in. Both of those eggs are significantly further along, development-wise, than the Showgirls. They're at that point that it's almost...
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    Got a free "skeleton coop"(Lots of progress!)

    My neighbor has this enormous dog house "skeleton" wood frame he started. It's got a great raised wood floor, the framing of the walls will allow for me to have ventilation, it's a great little project! He made the main frame and never finished it, it was supposed to hold two large dogs but they...
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    Our incredibly tolerant rooster... Hilarious pics.

    We have a beautiful SQ white Silkie roo named Thor (Might bird of Thunder) who was given to us by a wonderful friend. My daughter fell in love with this rooster from day 1. He's a little under a year old, and he lets her do anything to him. She lugs him aroud, hugs and kisses him, puts him "in...
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    Well, 3 out of 20 at day 7 is better than nothing... I guess?

    I started my very first hatch a week ago, with shipped eggs. I screwed up many times in the first couple days, with temps swinging between 88* and 110*. Every time I opened the bator to hand turn the eggs, it got all out of whack again. I'm not loving this LG, but I bought the egg turner on day...
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    Cocci: RIP little Puff

    One of my new little Silkies, somewhere around 6 weeks old, has cocci. I'm 99% sure- from the lethargic, sleepy, fluffed up appearance, loss of balance, and incredibly fast weight loss. She's just skin and bones, which she was not 2 days ago. The others that came with her look fine, but...
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    Started my first hatch 6/16, think I fried them already.

    ... and I sure hope I don't kill all the eggs. I've never done this before. Have read a ton about the LG, and have had it on for the last few days getting temps right. I'll be hand turning, and no, I don't have the fan kit. I know it isn't ideal, but people seem to manage to get decent hatches...
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    Pics- HUGE prolapse w/ 2 eggs. UPDATE- There's another egg... HELP.

    Well, this was not something i expected to deal with on this chicken- the other I have is the only with history of prolapse. I went to check the coop for the evening, and found my little year old(ish) frizzled Silkie hen with prolapse. One egg was hanging all the way out of her body, trapped...
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    Lethargic hen, possibly eggbound. I'm running out of things to try!

    I've read up on older threads here on this topic, but I'm still at a bit of a loss. I got this hen as a freebie, she has a history of small prolapse. I have no clue how old she is, she is a Silkie, but the former owner said she lays every day and never goes broody. She laid an egg the first...
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    Splash BLRW? Pullet, please?!

    I am really hoping that this one turns out to be a girl. I just can't tell on Wyandottes. A BYC'er told me that he/she/it was a splash BLR. He/She came with my order of several "normal" BLRW and looks totally different.
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    Severe wry neck/swollen head- Photos added.

    One of my 8 week old Silkies started in about 4 days ago with what I now recognize as wry neck. It has progressed to the point of the bird needing assistance to drink due to the extreme curling of the neck down between the legs. The head seems swollen, though not grossly so. It will eat and...
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    New hen with history of prolapse and clear, runny poo

    A friend of a friend needed to find a new home for one of his Silkie hens, and so I agreed to take this one on. I am not sure how old she is, but she's been laying for some time apparently. From what I was told, she has a history of prolapse. She lays an egg every day, so I guess whatever...
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    Here we go again... Wyandotte color mystery, Sebright and D'uccles

    I am narrowing down my chicken herd finally, and just have these left to try and sex. I'm a bit perplexed as far as some of the Wyandottes go. I ordered BLR but who are red/cream colored. What is this color called? I've got them all banded in different colors for easy ID... #1- Yellow banded...
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