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    If chickens can't taste sweetness...

    My chickens definitely love sweets and prefer something sweet over anything else if given the option. One hen goes absolutely crazy for white cake with frosting... One of my roosters is addicted to getting a few bites of cheesecake before bedtime and my entire flock prefers red grapes over...
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    Acyclovir for mareks?

    I realize this is an old thread now but I wanted to include my two bits about the lack options really for managing a mareks positive flock. I have had mixed results with acyclovir but there is research to support that its does help at least in a short term sense of extending time with and...
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    White fungus looking spots on chicken comb

    Look into this as a possible match for your hen's symptoms... I found this info on another post and copied the pertinent part: "If it is a fungal infection called favus, it can spread from the comb to feathered areas. Treatment consists of applying antifungal cream such as miconazole (Monistat)...
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    White fungus looking spots on chicken comb

    I noticed the same kind of white spot on one of my roosters... If I figure it out I will let you know!
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    TREATING MAREK'S WITH ZANTAC

    I'm curious if you had positive results continuing with the zantac?
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    Swollen comb on silkie hen

    there doesnt appear to be any obvious focal point of the swelling, no obvious scabs or anything oozing. I haven't seen anything crawling around in her feathers, although I have never an opportunity to identify lice or mites on any of my chickens previously, so I'm not exactly sure that I would...
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    Swollen comb on silkie hen

    Any advice or suggestions are appreciated Cricket is 2 1/2 years old. (dad is a black silkie, mom is a buff silkie) We are in Wenatchee, Washington. these are the best my phone camera produced, sorry. I also interrupted her snack time with fresh corn on the cob, so her face was a bit messy and...
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    Swollen comb on silkie hen

    Can you please tell me- How did this resolve for your hen? One of my most beloved silkies has become almost unrecognizable, since her comb began to swell; I 1st noticed (maybe 2 weeks ago, give or take?) when after greeting her by name, I had to second guess myself. Although I have about a dozen...
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    Bantam Rooster problems

    I have a similar situation and have found a good home for one if the 3 roosters that resulted last spring from my young pet silkie rooster named "Baby". He was a king, with 3 broods of chicks from my polish & 2 silkie hens, dwarfed but loved by my Buff orph and 2 Easter eggers; happy flock- no...
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