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    In your flock, what is the average lifespan of your hens?

    I've had chickens now for 11 years, since 2013. One of my hens, a Hamburg, was hatched in December 2012, before I got my flock and I adopted her May 2013. One Minorca chick I got in May 2013. Another one, a Buff Orpington, is from my original batch of chicks of April 2013. She and the...
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    Yellow/white/clear discharge from vent - Sick chicken?

    Gasp! Your Penny is so beautiful!
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    Yellow/white/clear discharge from vent - Sick chicken?

    I am so very sorry to hear this. I hope that she is together with her friend Una again.
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    Yellow/white/clear discharge from vent - Sick chicken?

    I just posted a rather lengthy bit about my bird, Penny, who seems to have some of these similar symptoms. I also thought the wet spot was from the roof, but it's from the hen. I wish you luck with her - I hope we can get the information we need to help these gals out.
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    Penny has watery diarrhea & lethargy

    Our Gold-laced Wyandotte, Penny, seems to be declining. She is a little over 4 years old. She is one of 11 hens. We also have 1 Silkie rooster, and 3 chicks which 2 of our Silkies are raising off to the side from the main flock. It's been a few months since Penny has laid an egg. For a long...
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    Hog Slat - Feed-O-Matic Automatic Treadle Chicken Feeder

    I saw that as well - and I, too, am leery of the plastic parts. We don't often get as cold here in NC to worry about the all-metal parts. But I bet the mice would get thru those plastic parts pretty quick. I do store my feed in a metal trashcan, and so far, after nearly 4 years, it's holding up...
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    Hog Slat - Feed-O-Matic Automatic Treadle Chicken Feeder

    I've about had it with the mouse in my coop. (Yes, I know it's probably a whole village of them - but for some reason we only see the white-bellied one with certain markings.) I was researching some sort of treadle feeder, and thought I'd check - do you still love it? Has it worked well over a...
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    Do Silkies like the rain?

    Today we discovered that 3 out of 4 of my Silkie teenagers prefer to play in the rain and get thoroughly drenched. I took pity on the sweet one and brought it in for a blow-dry. When I took her back out, the other two wet ones had set aside their differences and had snuggled up together...
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    Do Silkies like the rain?

    Most of my silkies seem to find cover under the trees or bushes, except for my Partridge Silkie rooster - that boy likes to get WET! When we had some nasty wet and cold weather this winter I did bring him in the house to thaw the ice off of him.
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    What is so "bad" about buying feed store chicks?

    We got our chickies at a family-run feed store/farm supply place - Triangle Farm & Home near Durham NC. Overall, I was pretty pleased with my service there. They were stored in an upright metal brooder cage - like a giant square layer cake, and all looked pretty healthy. And it smelled pretty...
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    Found this pretty hen while googling....What is she?

    That's a lovely looking chicken! One of our silkie chicks looks like a chipmunk, and after doing some googling I understand she is a partridge silkie. I hope she looks this lovely when she grows up!
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    Help me Identify!

    They look a little like my Dominique chicks did earlier this month. Now they are feathering out and changing colors - one to black/white stripes (is that called "barred" maybe?), one to copper-tipped feathers, and well, the one that looks like a penguin still looks like a penguin :) Dominiques...
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    My Chicks lay down with his/she's foot sticking out..?

    My Dominique chicks do this also. Glad to read this here. They are bright and alert, and seem quite healthy, so I wasn't too worried. Sometimes they stretch out a wing too, and half-close their eyes... they look like they are lounging by the pool!
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    Due to handling of the breeds temperament?

    One of our 8 chicks is a BO and she is the sweetest also! I read somewhere on here that they are a very friendly breed.
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    cutest chicken names!

    LOL OMG Please tell me Zaphod Beeblebrocks does not have 2 heads and 3 wings! LOL!
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    cutest chicken names!

    We got 8 baby chicks at the beginning of this month. A Partridge Silkie named "Chipmunk" (wow, I see now how amazingly original that is. But she is the first chickie I picked - because, she looks like a chipmunk!) A grey Silklie with rust markings on her head named "Freya" (the kids said she...
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