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post #1 of 10
5/10/12 at 2:18pm
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HI! We are relatively new to raising chickens. We live in the city and have 4 adults and 1 baby(got her in March).  She got attacked by our duck and I just wanted to share what I did to help her out. She had pretty bad injuries on her head and was bleeding pretty bad when we found her. My husband cleaned her up and brought her in the house. We put her under a heat lamp in a bedroom with the heat cranked up. She was VERY lethargic and wouldn't eat for a day.  I purchased Critical Care Apple Banana, Nutrical and a product called Viyo.  I mixed them together and tube fed her for 2.5 days and sprayed her wounds with Vetericyn and her recovery is amazing. She's eating the mush on her own now and is picking at chicken feed granules that we added water to. She's up walking around, drinking water and appears to be on the road to recovery!  Whew!

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post #2 of 10
5/10/12 at 2:31pm
Hi and welcome-byc.gif from Ohio. So glad you joined. Thanks for sharing. I hope she continues to get better. thumbsup.gif

TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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TIME is the best thing to spend on a child!
Always calibrate your hygrometer before you incubate!!

Home to Black East Indies, Mandarins, Speckled Sussex, Barred Rock, Golden Buffs, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Black Australorp, Silver Laced Wyandotte, Two Weimaraners, Two beautiful daughters and a great DH who builds whatever I need!

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post #3 of 10
5/10/12 at 2:49pm

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Pure English Orpington Breeder

*Partridge Orpingtons *Spangle Orpingtons *Jubilee Orpingtons *Chocolate Orpingtons *BBS Orpingtons * English Lavenders* 

* Autumn Farm Orpingtons *

  

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post #4 of 10
5/10/12 at 2:58pm

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  AnnElise Clark

 

~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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  AnnElise Clark

 

~Chickens are like potato chips, you can't just have one!~ 

 

Silver Laced Wyandotte's, Silkies, Ameraucana's, Easter Egger's, Belgian d'anvers, Leghorns, California Whites, Rhode Island Reds, Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Buff Orpingtons, one Black Jersey Giant rooster, Guinea's, Ducks, and one Sweetgrass turkey tom. 

 

 

 

 

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post #5 of 10
5/10/12 at 3:13pm
Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan big_smile.png

Good job

Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
              one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

              Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

 



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Home of the world's cutest dachshund, one crazy blue heeler, two cats,
              one fat pony, and many (but not too many!) chickens

              Can anyone tell me, how many are too many chickens?

 



My Chickens
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/1muttsfans-chickens
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post #6 of 10
5/10/12 at 3:33pm
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Thank you to all! So nice of you and we are excited to be joining you all!!

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post #7 of 10
5/10/12 at 3:35pm

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

 
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
— Maya Angelou

 

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

 
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
— Maya Angelou

 

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post #8 of 10
5/10/12 at 4:54pm

frow.gif & welcome-byc.gif from Alabama. Glad you joined us. Great job! Best of luck that she continues her fast recovery thumbsup.gif

Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
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Dorothy: The woman keeps a chicken in her home, how normal can she be?
Rose: I kept a chicken in my home.
Dorothy: You see my point?
The Golden Girls "Long Day's Journey Into Marinara"

 

Check out my Blog: The Country Chick                          And be sure to check out our soap shop on Etsy, here.

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post #9 of 10
5/11/12 at 5:57am

LL

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Lucky to have an awesome wife.  Father to three boys.  As for animals...rabbits, chickens and goats, oh my!
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Lucky to have an awesome wife.  Father to three boys.  As for animals...rabbits, chickens and goats, oh my!
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post #10 of 10
5/11/12 at 5:58am

Always love hearing stories like this with happy endings!  Glad you joined and shared!

 

LL

Wife to a wonderful husband (Michael-NMarine1057), Mom to 3 dogs, Pomeranian, Pug and Boston Terrier, 17 silkies, 12 wellsummers, 9 rhode island reds.

 

My swap page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/paris-swap-page

 

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Wife to a wonderful husband (Michael-NMarine1057), Mom to 3 dogs, Pomeranian, Pug and Boston Terrier, 17 silkies, 12 wellsummers, 9 rhode island reds.

 

My swap page:  http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/paris-swap-page

 

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