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    VetRx dose

    Hi everyone on this cold and snowy Sunday. I have a hen that has a slight coff. Brain freeze so I know missed spelling. She has no running nose. She is eating and drinking. The only things I have is VetRx and vitamin How much of the VetRx do I give her and do I give orally or in water? No...
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    Illinois...

    Hi flowerchild59. We are almost neighbors. I am around the Salem area.
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    Hen with Pale face and wattle and comb. What do I do ?

    Is she old enough to be going broody? Mine does even without eggs. Everything goes pale
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    KEEPING HEN AS A PET

    Are you sure is just broody? My house pet chicken who is a Serama went broody at 9 months without eggs nor a rooster.. She would sit on The bottom of her cage. Would not eat nor drink. This went on for 3 weeks. I had to take her out of the cage to eat and drink or take her outside Do you...
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    American serama thread!

    I am not sure about kaons but my Serama hen loves living in the house. Lol
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    American serama thread!

    So sorry about your loss. She was a cutie.
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    American serama thread!

    I think she is beautiful . I have a wheaten and black that is a class B She weights 10.5 ozs. She is 10 mos. actually she is a house chicken. They make wonderful pets. Not all Seramas are SQ and that is good too. :)
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    Illinois...

    I live close to I 57 . Salem, Il 55 is west of me. Are you still in the area, kcacres?
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    Illinois...

    Has anyone ever been in Southern Il? I live in Marion county. Nice to meet you all :)
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    American serama thread!

    Humm. My 10 oz hen lays an egg that is bigger than a quail and my 12 oz hen lays one that is about the size of a regular Banty I am sure a micro hen would be quail size
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    Water in Winter

    This would be worth a try.
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    Water in Winter

    Most farm stores sell heated water containers. Thinking of getting a couple myself. They need just as much water in winter as summer.
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    Owl came to visit

    Thanks for the tips, Cosmo. I worry about anything that could get my birds. We are redoing another room in our shed and making another run for my Silkies and Seramas which will make me feel better.
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    Owl came to visit

    I don't know the kind it was and I will have to look on it to who made it. All I know it keeps everything away. Just this morning a hawk was sitting on the hood of our truck which is about 20 feet from my back door. We have not let the chicks out yet this morning. He could carry away one of my...
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    <--- First timer here ... Our dog or WHAT keeps eating our chickens?!?

    Any time you free range without any fence you will have dead chickens from something. Sorry to hear it was to your own dog. It is nearly impossible to break a dog from killing chickens. I would say you will need to make a choice. Keep your chicks safe from harm and build a fence or build a pen...
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