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    Long story, multiple birds & issues- bubbles in eye, diarrhea, pale eggs.

    Thanks, this is all really good info. I'm a scientist, so I really appreciate the level of info here!!!
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    Long story, multiple birds & issues- bubbles in eye, diarrhea, pale eggs.

    Thank you for this!!!! I really appreciate your perspective.
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    Long story, multiple birds & issues- bubbles in eye, diarrhea, pale eggs.

    Yeah. With 4 vegetarian kids, there's no decision. I'll be nursing these dang birds.
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    Texas

    @AllenK RGV hey, your the first person I've ever seen use the term "way South Texas" properly! I'm in Harlingen. Nice to see someone from Cameron county!
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    Long story, multiple birds & issues- bubbles in eye, diarrhea, pale eggs.

    Yeah, I've asked about it & he indicated that he's vaccinated. So either the vaccine didn't give full coverage, or he didn't actually vaccinate. I've asked him for a list of what he does with the chicks he sells. He's got a beautiful farm with many species of what would appear to be healthy...
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    Major Mud and Heavy Rain - Pea Gravel? Sand? Need advice.

    We have drainage issues behind the house. We've dug a channel about 1 for deep x 2 feet wide. At the bottom, we dug extras holes using a fence post digger. There's holes are about 2 feet apart, and go an extra 18" down. We filled all of this with pea gravel, though I wanted to fill with larger...
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    Hello from Texas

    Thanks! I've posted over in the health forum.
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    Long story, multiple birds & issues- bubbles in eye, diarrhea, pale eggs.

    Thanks! I've considered mycoplasma, but my breeder assures me that's not it. I'm feeling more and more like it may be.
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    Hello from Texas

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    Long story, multiple birds & issues- bubbles in eye, diarrhea, pale eggs.

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    Hello from Texas

    I've created a thread in the emergency/ illness part of the forum
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    Long story, multiple birds & issues- bubbles in eye, diarrhea, pale eggs.

    So, I had 5 healthy birds for nearly a year. Then my new dog killed 2. We moved the coop into the fenced garden area, in like early January. So forarging changed drastically then, from grass yard to a garden with cedar mulch around raised beds. I'm hoping to figure out a way to plant mung beans...
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    Hello from Texas

    Hi I have quite a busy little house. We homeschool our 4 boys, and have a small flock of birds we got last spring (2018). We originally got 7 birds, but 2 were bantam roos that went to a friend's petting zoo. We enjoyed the 5, we until November when we got a new dog. She started out totally ok...
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