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    Blackhead Disease from Chickens...Egg Quality?

    I figured it was blackhead because of the way they died and also because I had unknowingly put them in the pen with my chickens. Stupid move, yes I know that now. I feel horrible that this happened but I am concerned about the chickens eggs.
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    Blackhead Disease from Chickens...Egg Quality?

    My turkeys are dying one by one, didn't know about blackhead disease till today. Make a long story short, it's obvious they got it from our chickens. Besides the obvious steps I need to take with the turkeys, my question is, how does this affect the chicken egg quality? I'm really not...
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    Strange Peacock Chasing Our (Male) Turkey : (

    I don't even know if a peafowl is also a peacock..please forgive me if I'm wrong! Anyway, this peacock just appears out of nowhere. Male I'm assuming since he's quite colorful. He is chasing my (full grown male) turkey ALL OVER the pen, the yard..driveway. The turkey usually doesn't get too...
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    Rejected Silky Chick : (

    My silkies 2nd batch of eggs are hatching. Yesterday right after one hatched, the hens formed a circle around it and just sort of watched. I didn't think too much of that, so when I went outside a couple hours later, this same chick was laying in the hay curled up, eyes closed and very cold...
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    Silkies & Community Nest ..hatching!

    I have 4 silky hens. Almost as soon as they began laying, they also began sitting on their eggs. The four are in one big heap with a gazillion eggs under them, and a couple hatched yesterday. My question is, it is about 40 degrees here at night, anywhere from 63 - 75 during the day. (I'm in...
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    New Turkeys Losing Feathers

    This is the first time I've had turkeys...they are a pair of adults, and I've had them a little over a week now. The female is losing LOTS of feathers and I have no idea why. If it matters, they are in an enormous coop with a rooster and a hen. Thanks.
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    Silkies with Potbelly Pig & Rooster, Hen with a Turkey Pair

    I have two questions. Will my 5 silkies be happy with a 3 month old potbelly pig in their coop part of the day? When Piggy isn't with me and at night to sleep I thought I'd put him in there since the silkies have their own smaller coop up high to sleep in..till I get this fence fixed. But I...
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    Using DE

    Okay, so I FINALLY found some DE, and it wasn't an easy task, believe that. I'm just not sure how to use it. The ENTIRE floor of my chickens coop is covered with red ants. Right now they are locked up in the house which is above the floor and not too happy about it! Do I just sprinkle it...
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    Fireants in Coop

    I can't find DE anywhere, went to the feed store yesterday and the owner said he'd order it but its VERY expensive. Which I think was a completely moronic thing to say, I NEED it so just order it! My chickens floor is completely and totally covered with ants now, thankfully they are locked in...
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    Fireants in Coop

    My silkies are finally in a "real" chicken coop, the floor being grass and dirt. And fire ants! How can I keep them away? I heard that cucumber peels work, but that just doesn't sound right. Any natural repellents?
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    Directly on Ground vs. Off Ground?

    Is it better for chickens (specifically silkies, if that makes any difference) to be off the ground, with a raised floor or directly on the ground? I'm thinking off the ground would be safer, but of course I want them to be on the dirt & grass as well. While looking at pictures of the coops...
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    Kissing my Chickens?

    Thanks Neeleys! LOL I'm not alone, huh? Yeah, the other day I was talking to my silkies and turn around..there's my son with his cell phone pointed in my direction!
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    Hawk attempting to get in cage!

    Alrighty then, I won't shoot the hawk. *winks* Yesterday it was actually hanging off the bottom of it trying to get their feet! Building a new coop, complete with hot wires, the pie plates as suggested and everything else I can think of!
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    Kissing my Chickens?

    "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Chickens But Were Afraid to Ask" I will steer clear of the bookies and the frenching, thanks!
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    Kissing my Chickens?

    I know this is going to seem idiotic, but can I get any sort of sickness from kissing my chicks & chickens? I'm always kissing my silkies on their heads and it just dawned on me after reading about all the mites and diseases,etc. I'm glad nobody here knows who I am!
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    Hawk attempting to get in cage!

    Oh dear God! I think I need a gun! They are a few feet from my front door too. I have one other question I forgot about..do hawks come out at night?
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    Hawk attempting to get in cage!

    My silkies are my babies, so they are kept in their own pen right next to the house. It is fully enclosed (the holes in the wire are very small), off the ground. I heard quite the ruckus yesterday so I ran outside and saw this hawk in a frenzy obviously trying to get in the pen. Thankfully...
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    HOT, panting, miserable chicks!

    I live in SC and its a little over 100 here, no breeze, humid etc. My 13 day old chicks are in a brooder outside with shade, plenty of water, and even a shallow container with a bit of dirt in it. They are even trying to lay in the water!!! Is there anything I can do for them? Would bringing...
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    week old turken chick is sick!

    I have quite a few chick, they are about a week old. (received in the mail, if that's of any importance) One of the turkens never acted quite right since we got him..not as much energy as the rest of them but I just figured he was slow or something. But just tonight he started acting very...
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    A Featherless Neck?? where'd the feathers go?

    Aww! thanks guys. I was just a bit worried maybe there was something wrong with them! Okay, now I will go outside and love on 'em..again! By the way, I got absolutely nothing done today. Love the picture!
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