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    I'm a Mama Hen!

    We've had chicks, chicks and more chicks. Everything was going fine, but I think the last hen to have hers hatch got tired of more babies. She rejected one of them, kept pecking at him so I removed him. At the same time I saw an egg with a hole, so I let that one hatch out on my desk. Now, I...
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    Chick with infected eye

    Pretty gruesome pictures, but I'm hoping this is not as bad as it looks. I found this little guy, absolutley filthy outside. I brought him in and gave him a bath so I could see exactly what else might be wrong with him. He's wild, but didn't mind me picking him up and fussing with him. I put...
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    Injured chick

    I have a chick that is about 6 months old and found her laying on the bottom of the pen. When I approached her, she got up, but had an obvious problem with her left leg. I thought that maybe some of the other chicks (some a little bigger than her) may have stepped on her since it happened...
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    Is anyone worried about bird flu?

    I'm hearing more and more in the news about bird flu. Last I heard, it was coming for sure and almost here. What's going to happen to our chickens. Will we all have to kill all our chickens? We have wild chickens living near us too. Will there be a vaccine for the chickens? Or just for...
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    How long should the chick be breaking out of the shell?

    I have a chick still in his egg, he's been pecking out since yesterday. His little beak was open & closed, like he was panting. I gave him a small drink of water through the hole since his beak was exposed. He doesn't look like he's made much progress. How long should I let him work at it...
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    Miracle Baby!

    This little guy shouldn't even be alive!! I noticed an egg yesterday morning with a small hole in it. The mother hen was wild and was not too careful to keep the eggs warm, so I picked up the egg thinking I would take it inside. Immediately, fire ants started streaming out of the hole! There...
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    Have you ever seen anything like this??

    I know these guys are part silkie, but are they some particular breed, or kind?
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    Free to a good, loving home

    We are OVERRUN with baby chicks. I started with 6 chickens 1 1/2 years ago and now I've lost count of how many we have. I helped some of them hatch, so I'm really attached to them. I would like to give some away, but only if I know they will only be used for eggs. Daddies are either RIR or...
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    Boat Babies

    About mid morning, a few days ago, while I was eating breakfast on the porch, I heard a tremendous noise. It sounded like a thousand birds all chirping at once. I recognized the sound. Baby chicks. Soon it subsided, but came back periodically during the day. I was curious about where the...
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    Deformed Chick

    I don't know if there are more deformed chicks this year, or we're just getting to them before they die naturally. These chicks come from wild hens. One that we cared for last year brought 14 chicks, one was only able to hop. The one leg bends all right, but the chick just holds it up close to...
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    Roosters Fixed???

    I have 8 silkie roosters and 3 hens. The hens are threatening sexual harassment class action. Is there a way to neuter the roosters? They are so beautiful. I've tried giving them away for pets. No one wants them. They have had the occassional fight. But I'm here and can stop before any...
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    Deformed?

    We have 10 babies born yesterday to a wild hen that I captured for safekeeping. Yesterday, one seemed distressed and died shortly after, other 9 appear healthy. The last egg hatched a couple of hours ago and the membrane is attached to the baby by something going in (or coming out of) his...
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    Strange Behaviors

    I have some wierd Silkies. There is a 7 month old rooster that stays by himself all the time. He just stands there staring out at the road on his right foot all day long. (His left foot is fine, he can walk around on it and everything) Sometimes he stands on a concrete block, but always on...
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    Frightened Chicken

    We have a bantum something. She seems really afraid to sleep in the chicken house with the others. She's like a little kid, handing on to me and screaming when I try to put her in. I've been letting her sleep in the bathroom and she's quite happy with that. Her preference is to sleep in the...
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