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    Help! Sexing cross silkie chicks by their feet????

    Okay call me Edith!!! What about the feathers that are coming in???
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    Help! Sexing cross silkie chicks by their feet????

    Hi! I have just hatched out 9 silkie cross chicks, so happy and exciting! Still have 5-6 eggs under my 2 hens. My question is this: I have noticed when picking the chicks up to clean there box that some have 2 back claws and some only have the 3 toes in front and 1 in the back. The...
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    My frizzle hen toes are turning black and dropping off!

    I will try this afternoon, but my hubby and kid are grossed out about this and so will try to get their help in taking a close up pic of Flighty's legs and get them posted.
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    My frizzle hen toes are turning black and dropping off!

    Two months ago, I had to remove my frizzle hen Flighty Whitey from my coop, the other 6 hens ganged up on her and she was kicked out the the flock. I moved her into my workshop and set her up in an large dog kennel. She is doing good, laying eggs and very content. Yesterday I took her out to...
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    2 hens brooding on a nest!

    I could really use some advice here. I have 2 hens that on Feb 23 started brooding together. On Feb 27 a 3rd hen joined in the nest box. The 3 of them are still on the nest. I have seen Raven get off only 2 days ago for food and water, and Goldie got off only yesterday for food and water. I...
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    Ear infection in rooster

    My silkie roo has the same problem, I treat him with over the counter polysporum medicated eye and ears drops. I clean the ear of the ucky cheese stuff and then apply 2 drops 4 times a day for a week. No more ucky cheese stuff.
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    My frizzle hen suddenly an outcast!

    Hi! I had to 3 days ago remove my Silkie roo from the coop as he was covered in ice, took him into the house and literally thawed him out. He was also limping. Having Silkie-boy in the house I was able to clean his feet and found that his back toe nail had grown in a curve and was growing into...
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    2 problems today!

    The weather is very cold up here at the moment, the 9 hens were fine. I can only think that when my Silkie roo was getting a drink of water that his neck feathers were dipping in the waterer and he was shaking off and spreading it everywhere.
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    2 problems today!

    Problem #1 This morning I went into the coop and found my white Silkie Roo frozen to the coop floor in a low nesting box. I had noticed yesterday that his feathers on his face and neck were really frosty and icy, I just figured that he was getting them wet when he eas drinking water, but this...
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    ITS GOING TO BE -52!! AHH PLEASE HELP ME!!

    I feel your pain, live up in Northern Alberta, Canada and we just got it with an arctic freeze, went from very mild temps for this time of year -2 - -5c day and night temps to suddenly -30!!! today with windchill it's -42. 2 days ago I starting using my oil heater on a thermostate set for + 5...
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    My 32 week old hen who started laying eggs 4 weeks ago had gone completely broody!!!

    I momentarily thought about letting Goldie sit on eggs, but it's the middle of winter up here, and I don't want to worry about chicks in early March, so I have been removing her off the nest many times a day and it seems to have done the trick, but I will be keeping an eye on her incase she...
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    Raising Turkeys In Northern Alberta, Canada for Freezer Camp

    Hi!! I am thinking of raising up some turkeys for freezer camp in the fall, but I have chickens, small coop and run for them. I am handy and could make a coop and run for the turkey's for the spring, summer and fall. I am thinking of getting 6. How much run space to turkey's need??? So...
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    Mixed up chicken breeds - Mutt chickens

    Okay, this is kinds strange, but I have a White Silkie Roo, the 9 girls I have are 2 frizzle, 1 American game, and 6 mixed or mutt chickens, anyone's guess. I don't currently have the room to expand my coop to be able to get a 2nd roo. I am going to hatch chicks this coming spring, hopefully...
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