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    My Black Headed Caique Elwood gets shot!

    Just thought I'd share a video of Elwood. He's usually more charismatic, hopping around and laughing when he plays dead. Having Chihuahuas in the background barking at him put him off his game. Enjoy!
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    Pigeon with no feet.

    I've never kept pigeons before but I feed a small flock of them in my yard. They are waiting for me every day at 5pm when I get home from work. Well one of them has no feet. He has just stumps. I don't how he lost his feet, but he's the first to come to me for food and the last to fly away...
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    Nellie Needs Help!

    I've noticed that Nellie has been lethargic lately. I thought it was because I put too much DE in her dust dish and she probably inhaled it. I washed her and her cage, and took it out immediately. Now I see that she can't stand, and flops down as soon as I let her be. She uses her wings to...
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    Washing Chickens?

    I'm looking at pictures of some beautiful birds, especially a white silkie. I have to imagine that those birds are washed. Does anyone wash their birds? What do you use? I've taken Nellie and just dipped her in a bucket of cool water to wash her off and cool her off. So does anyone actually...
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    Updated pictures of Nellie

    http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii204/Scylla_photos/Nellie/ So has she matured enough to positively determine sex yet? She's growing by the day!
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    Starter vs grower

    Here's a feed question. Nellie is aproximately 7 weeks old. She's on medicated chick starter, as has been recommended here. When she turns about 8 weeks old my understanding is that she should be switched to grower, not layer. I'm having a problem finding grower. Anything I can find says...
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    Cuddly Nellie

    I brought Nellie to the vet tonight and after the exam Nellie walked over to my open hand and settled down on my hand! She looked so content to just sit in my hand. Whenever I pick her up she walks onto my hand and she likes to be held. I really want to take this chicken into the house and...
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    Rooster protection question

    I have a new chick and I put her out in the yard yesterday in an exercise pen to peck around while I cleaned her cage. We have crows in the area and I've seen them fly off w ith baby chicks, so I put a cover over the pen, and kept an eye on the sky. Being new to chickens, I'm wondering what...
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    recognizing food

    My grandma used to say "la gallina che non riconosce il grano", the hen that doesn't recognize the grain. Well I found a chick yesterday in my city back yard, and I'm unprepared for caring for it. I started out by giving it wild bird seed and parrot mix, which is what I had on hand. I...
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    feeding help

    Hi, I just found a chick, and it's my first chicken. It's not very tiny, but it's still a baby. I have no idea how old it can be. I have wild bird seed on hand and that's what I gave it, although it also had a slice of apple and nibbled on some parsley in the yard. I'm reading about starter...
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    Hello, my first chick!

    So a chicken wandered into my backyard today.... No really. It's not a joke. A chicken really did wander into my yard today, in Brooklyn, NY. This is rare enough to be the source of jokes for the rest of the day. I've been aware of this site for a while, quietly reading and debating whether...
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    Found my first chicken. What is he?

    http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=2051366532938&set=a.1352661265743.2051333.1507744623&type=1&theater Hi all, I've known about this site and been wanting chickens in my Brooklyn NY backyard for some time. Well the option has been taken out of my hands. A little baby chicken wandered...
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