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I found her wandering by tve side of the road, no one claimed her. One eye is completely poked out, the other is flattened black with a blue white iris, dot of white in center. The iris seems to be raised up. I think she got pecked and the white is damage, ocular mareks is the opposite where eye...

Is she chilled?

I know this is an old thread but black diamonds aren't ee they are a cross between black silkies and ayam cemonis https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/shop/product/black-diamond-chicken/#:~:text=The%20Black%20Diamond%20Chicken%20is,Blue%20Banty%20Farm

She has fly strike. The maggots are eating her up. She needs bathed, and as many flushed & removed as possible. There is a product called capstar which is to kill fleas for cats or dogs and given internally. It is the only thing that will surely help at this point. You could try ivermectin but i...

New to this chat but something you can get to help moniter how he's doing is a fingertip oxygen sensor. $20 peace of mind. They sell them at meijer. I had the original version of covid feb 2020 and a different version march 2021 shortly after vaccinated. The first time I should've gone to...

Yes, ee. Don't know how many generations before an outcross is considered "pure" again? I like the ee, personally. They come in colors the "pure" ameraucana don't. Purebreed are more stable in the temperament department though. Good breeders select for it.

All chocolate ams started this way, i would hope good breed lines for that price? Obviously i would rather some further along generationally, but far as I know these byc breeders were only ones to start this color project until now???? I have been dying to know whether this strain of...

If these guys don't, all I have found were first generation chocolate orpington + amerauicana (easter eggers) hatching eggs from my pet chicken. $$$$, but is something??

Ages since I've been on byc, with spring I'm wondering how the projects have been going? Wondering if anyone could do a close-up of a "silky" ameruacana? Is it the same feather type as a silky? Or softer feathers? Thank you. I am considering adding chocolate to my flock :) Here in MI I may...

Hello :) working tons now but finally have technology that can load b.y.c. :) :) kept chickens; lots of life changes and more to come (good) missed the chicken chatter

www.backyardchickens.com/a/fuzzys-notes Under: Care: ... Understanding behavior...two links. :)

Most roos that attack can't be converted. In my Sig. Link I have an article saved in "fuzzy's notes" that explains rooster behavior, hoping it was a one time and lesson learned. Are some suggestions in article to work with him should you go that route. My mean ones turned mean at puberty, roo I...