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I had a sebright that suddenly couldn't walk. She would fall to the side and use her wing to stabilize. Brought her in and found bumblefoot. Treated that, but she still stumbled and started to get very ill. Vet gave me some amoxicillan because she thought she had sepsis (blood infection). It was...

I have a beloved Barred Rock that has been acting very lethargic for months now (lies down when you set her down, closes eyes). I decided to worm the flock to see if that was it. (Dose of Wazine, about to to Ivermectin as well). Last night my kids discovered her crop was huge. I spent the day...

Quote: I thought about that, but I have never seen a rat in my entire life. My birds are in my suburban backyard shed. I do see mice on occasion and we set traps for them. But I've never seen a rat or evidence of one. It was so strange.

I have a sick Sebright with bumblefoot. We have her quarantined in an ark. She cannot walk at all and just sits there. We have brought the food and water right up to her, though she is barely eating anything. My kids went to check on her tonite and found her very bloody. We brought her in the...

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Quote: The big girls can eat the starter, as long as they have oyster shell around, right? Barb

Boo-Boo's Mama : You could go to Flock Raiser and offer oyster shell for the layers. That is what I'm doing. I'm not sure what Flock Raiser is. Is that some sort of in-between food? Either way, the store I go to only offers starter and layer. Barb

Quote: Darn. I figured that might be the case. There are only 50# bags around here, so I guess I just get another bag and let the "big girls" eat it, too. Barb

I have one 12 week old chick. I am about to run out of chick starter for her. I have 7 other adult hens that I feed layer food. Do I really have to go buy another 50# bag of chick starter at this point? I know they are supposed to be on it for 16-20 weeks, but I'm wondering if it is that big of...

Quote: Don't tell my daughter. She will want to bring all of the other chickens in to compare. I guess I'll just assume it's normal. But dang, it's messy. Barb

Quote: Thank you. I thought the big issue with having a chicken in the house would be the poop. But this preening thing is getting to be a bigger issue. She is almost constantly preening. I have little dust piles on my couch, on my desk, etc. Barb p.s. She, unfortunately, did not get the...

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I have a 10 week old Sebright/Silkie cross. She was attacked by another chick recently so we had her in the house for a week. Now she loves being in the house and I've been allowing my daughter to bring her in for a couple of hours each day. I have noticed that she seems to preen a lot. When...

Quote: Imo, the other roosters should have been euthanized a long time ago. They were very, very feeble, limped, would stumble, etc. I think Elvis just forced the issue. Barb

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Quote: Thank you. I appreciate that. Very few people in real life understand how attached I am to this bird. He really is the sweetest, gentlest, most affectionate rooster ever. I'm just heartbroken over having to give him up. Now for the update. There is a surprise twist. Turns out that the...

We had to rehome our Silkie rooster, Elvis a few days ago (one of my neighbors complained). The home he is at has about 24 hens and 2 other roosters, all standard sized birds. The roosters are very old and quite crippled. They can barely walk. I saw them fight a little and we had to take Elvis...

hangin'witthepeeps : I had a 21 week old Silkie who only crowed after my Standard SLW roo. Well needless to say the SLW and Silkie roo went missing one day (on the same day). I still have not found out what happened. So my TWO other silkie roos who are now 23 weeks old and they do not crow. I...

I just can't figure it out. As far as I know, there are only 2 logical answers- either it can really take a long time for some to crow, or he is not a he. He has the tell-tale spiky feathers coming from the back of his head. Maybe they can have those and still be a female? Or, maybe crowing can...

Anyone know the range for birds to start crowing?