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Found this available at a nearby farm supply. As it would be for off label use they cannot legally give any dosing information. Has anyone used this particular product and if so, do you know the correct dosing?

This morning we were woken up at around 4:30 to a mink decimating our flock. We've captured and "removed" around 10 over the last five years but have never had one find its way inside the coop before. As I wasn't sure how it was accessing I did not want to lock then inside today so they are out...

Wondering if anyone knows the breakdown dosage for Piperazine 52 powder. This is what the container says: Chickens and turkeys (water mixing): Remove regular source of water the night before treatment. Supply only medicated water during treatment period. To prevent reinfestation, clean all...

Looking for some information from anyone who has either raised Chenteclers purposefully for meat or has butchered their cockerels. We have six White Chantecler hens and a rooster in our flock that we sort of came to have accidentally. Never intended to raise the breed but fell totally in love...

So I've been waiting for the gentleman I bought my polish from to have an order on the island for quite a while now for a replacement cockerel chick. Yesterday he emailed and said the little guy was coming on a plane today! :) Other than being tired he appears healthy but so lonely all by...

Ahhh! I came home today planning on locking down the incubator and there's a chick in there! Day 18. So glad it didn't get squished by the turner! I quickly pulled it out, pulled out the turner, put the eggs back in, filled the water trays, put the chick back in and closed the bator. I don't...

I am currently calibrating my Air Circulated Hova Bator and just ran out and bought a hygrometer which I am also calibrating. As I have never hatched in an incubator before, so I have some questions. We live on Vancouver Island (BC, Canada) and this time of year the humidity outside is high...

I'm hoping for a little insight from the great poultry community of BYC. Sorry if this is a bit long... Our original flock was a ramshackle mix of hand me downs, rescues, battery hens and the inevitable "ooooo that one looks cool!" at poultry swaps. This led to the sad but common outcome that...

Looking for dosing information for Oxy Tetra-A. The information I can find is in grams and since I do not have a scale or know how much this stuff weighs I am not sure how much to add to their water. If anyone has used this before and can tell me in easier terms it would be greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately I can't get any pictures to post. I have 2 Silver Laced Polish that are about 4 months old. From all of the pictures I have seen they appear to be female, however, this morning they were fighting each other like roosters. (jumping at each other and using their feet) At this age...

I have 18 Blue/Black Amerecauna chicks that I picked up on sunday from the breeder. These guys were hatched on Saturday. The flooring she had them on was a bit slippery and one was displaying splay leg on just one leg. I picked up vet wrap on my way home yesterday with the plan of hobbling...

We will be picking up 15-20 Blue Amerecauna chicks in a few weeks and need to get set up. We have a 5' circular kiddie pool with a 2' tall wire cage built around it that we used for some 3 week olds. It is in our shop which is not heated. I am planning on raising the pool so it meets the wire...

I would like to start transitioning our laying flock to a dual purpose flock. Please help me decide between Black Copper Marans or Barred or Plymouth Rocks? I love the egg coloring of the Marans... Does anyone know which tastes better. The plan is in one coop the blue/black Amerecaunas...

I will be dosing my entire flock tonight with piperazine dihydrochloride, how can I kill expelled worms in the run? I routinely give my flock UPACV, garlic, pumpkins and herbs to try to help control parasites. They also bath in wood ash and DE. However we have recently lost a couple hens who...

My husband just called me from home to tell me that one of our hens has spent the day inside laying next to the waterer. She took a couple steps when he picked her up and put her on her feet an then layed back down. This hen is a Orpington cross, guessing about 2 years old, healthy and high in...

Ahhh! We are supposed to be picking up 8 new birds this weekend and do plan to quarantine them. However, when I let the girls out this morning a few were sneezing and one was walking around with an eye closed. The eye looks fine when I get it open and they are basically acting normal...

We have lost three of our 28 x-battery hens in the last month and now one of the youngest is shaking her head, yawning and scratching like a dog. All the hens seemed healthy, nice red combs, eating and drinking normally, fully feathered and bright eyed. One looked a bit off just at the end of...

I am concerned that we may have an issue with our laying hens but have no clue how to determine if we do. We first lost 2 to a hawk and thought at the time that it had hit another who died two days later. Now that we have lost one who was acting similar I am starting to wonder if we were wrong...

We are going to be picking up some chicks this weekend and I have a few concerns. I understand that layer pellets are not good for roos and hens the are not laying yet. We have 27 older birds and would like to let everyone be a happy family once the young ones are big enough. My concern is...

I'm having trouble keeping my coop litter dry and clean. We live on Vancouver island in BC. Canada. For a better perspective on location and climate, from the southern parts of the island you can see Seattle if you look across the ocean. During the fall/winter/spring it rains hard almost daily...