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Old English Game Chicken Breed

The Old English Game Birds are a hardy and vigorous chicken breed. They are known for great longevity and will easily turn to feral living.

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PARALYSIS AND DEATH

This is the 3rd hen to develope this.Need help the other 2 died

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www.cspotsfarm.com

I breed the smallest chicken breed in the world- the Serama. I have silkied and smooth in lots of colors. Chicks and eggs for sale. Adults rarely for sale

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POLISH HEN NEEDS A HAIR CUT

Is it OK to trim a Polish hen's crest, so that she might see better? I have 2 Rhode Island Reds, a Plymouth Rock, and the Polish. I've noticed the polish

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LEG LUMP

I have a hen that has a big hard place growing out of her leg. It looks like a tree stump, smaller version, she cannot walk on it. Do you have any suggestions

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ONE LETHARGIC CHICK OUT OF 15

Hi, I ordered 15 1 day old chicks from a hatchery they all come in doing good. A week later I found one chick isolated and laying around she was able at

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BUMPS ON HOCKS

One of my roosters has raised areas of skin on his hock area. They appear to be swollen or lesions around some of his feather pores. (Not sure what to

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WHY DO CHICKENS BULLEY?

I have two hens hat have been together once two days of age. Why is one suddenly beating up the other.

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Black spot above eye

Hi 2 weeks ago I noticed a white spot above my chicken's eye. I started treating it with topical abx but it went black so I stopped hoping it would self

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WHAT CAUSED THIS SPOT?

Hi 2 weeks ago I noticed a white spot above my chicken's eye. I started treating it with topical abx but it went black so I stopped hoping it would self

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WHAT PREDATOR DID THIS?

What happened to my chicks if one of them are missing another is dead and cut in the belly intestines everywhere with a left wing eaten and another with

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SILKIE LOST CONTROL

My silkie started acting strange. Her head flops around and she looks like a chicken that has had it's head chopped off, flopping around.

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FERTILIZED EGGS

We have raised chickens years ago and trying again. We want to hatch baby chicks. Does the hen know if the eggs are fertilized, before she stays on the

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CAPONS

I am not able to castrate my extra roosters. Who can do this for me in Ft. Myers or nearby areas?

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EYE GUNK & BUBBLES

Have 13 adolescent chickens mixed in with 12 adult chickens, one adolescent is smaller than the rest. Went out this morning and the eyes on the smaller

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