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    Turkey is lethargic, yellow diarrhea, doing a weird head-turning thing...

    I've had something with similar symptoms kill my purebred turkeys in the past. The barnyard mixes seem much more resistant to it. I believe it to be something my chickens carry that doesn't affect them, but is much harder on the big birds. I'm sorry, I don't know what it could be though.
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    Bourbon red x Narragansett x blue slate poults

    I have a bunch of Bourbon Red/Sweetgrass poults. Is it possible they could be sexed by feather color? I have my suspicions about their sexes already. They are a week old.
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    MAGICALLY APPEARING CHICKS under a broody butt!?

    My turkey hen sat on a rock for 3 weeks, then at the start of week 4 we gave her 4 eggs out of the incubator. They hatched two days early, so she really only sat on them for 2-3 days. After a couple of days of her appearing to be quite shocked, she turned into a fantastic mother.
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    Sick chicken with swollen face

    You need to isolate anyone who is sick. It's obviously respiratory and highly infectious.
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    A Question About Worming

    "Safe" Guard was named by the people marketing it to you, the consumer. You're not going to buy something called Liquid Toxicity, now, are you? And the Chicken Chick is a lawyer by trade, not a veterinarian. She also states in that article that she feeds her chickens pumpkin with seeds once a...
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    A Question About Worming

    To a vet. You just have to enquire if they will accept a chicken sample.
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    Small pullet...bantam?

    She'll probably never be a big bird, but man, she's cute.
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    A Question About Worming

    No, but you can send a single sample in to be tested. It's not that expensive.
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    A Question About Worming

    If your chickens spent any time pecking at the ground and it's spring, chances are they have a parasite load of some sort. Safeguard (fenbendazole) is toxic to chickens, and can cause newly grown feathers to be deformed. Same as I don't use glyphosate on my garden, I won't use fenbendazole on...
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    A Question About Worming

    A float test will reveal worm eggs.
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    A Question About Worming

    I don't deworm unless I see signs of trouble (ie worm eggs in droppings), for a couple of reasons: 1. I would have to throw away all eggs laid for a week and that would be a LOT and 2. Worms develop tolerance and immunity to deworming chemicals, so technically, the more you use the less...
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    What is All Flock?

    I will say that chickens are omnivores, and SHOULD have animal protein in their diet. Here in Canada it's not legal for me to buy chicken feed with any animal protein in it, so I buy lower % protein feeds (16% layer pellets) and add ground fish based dog food to it. The difference in my birds...
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    Ended Official BYC Mini Contest - Poultry Pair Photo Contest

    I love Dorkings with their bouquets of toes!
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    Worms?

    I thought that was an urban myth. Uncooked rice is no different than any other uncooked grain (wheat, oats, rye, barley) but it definitely isn't a nutritionally complete food.
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    HELP! problem with neighbor

    Interesting point, but lots of people keep dogs and cats (and other 'pets') in less than appropriate environments with no legal consequences.
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