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  1. chandrahoffman

    Could this be wry neck?

    About a month ago, my 11 week old silkie started shaking and weaving its head every so often. Not constantly, but there were seven episodes in a ten minute period yesterday. When this is not happening, it happily goes about its chicken life, eating, drinking and foraging. I would like to treat...
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    eleven week old silkie weaves its head

    My one surviving silkie of 4 feed store chicks does a weird thing. Occasionally, it weaves and shakes its head back and forth. It looks neurological. Is there something else I should be thinking of or worrying about? I am happy to keep it as long as it is living a good quality of life and not...
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    Hen or roo and breed?

    This is a 13 week old... something. I have a definite rooster from this assorted straight run batch, and 3 definite hens, but am not sure about this one. What is making me think roo in part is the THICKNESS of the legs and I am seeing a little arc to the tail feathers that is making me wonder.
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    Hen or roo?

    I let my silkies hatch out eggs from a breeder who is trying for olive eggers (with Ameraucana/Auracanas and Marans.) "Bright", who we thought might be a Wheaten, hatched on June 19th. Now his/her legs are really thick and even developing a bit of feathers, and I'm getting a little nervous...
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    Buff Brahma one swollen eye

    My son's favorite chicken, our beloved Buff Brahma (9 months old) woke up with a swollen eye this morning. I took some photos. Only swollen on one side (the other one is in pictures for comparison.) I am reading some scary stuff on here about diseases that could cause this. She is otherwise...
  6. chandrahoffman

    Easter egger, hen or rooster?

    I have a 3 month old Easter egger in my batch of sexed chicks from mypetchicken.com that is starting to look a little roostery.
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    Mystery Rare Exotic Chick

    Hi there I recently ordered a dozen day olds from MyPetChicken. In the order, I selected 3 'rare exotics'. These can be anything from this breed list: Buckeye Ancona Easter Egger Ameraucana (Wheaten, Blue, Black, Splash) Black Sumatra Andalusian (Blue, Black, or Splash) Appenzeller...
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