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    Help! - hen with persistent diarrhea, no longer responding to corid

    For all diarrhea and digestive-related diseases I trust coliflox. I used it to treat my chickens last year and within 4 days most of them had recovered. I have suggested Coliflox to several farmers who have had challenges with their chickens and I'm yet to come across a single farmer who says...
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Sweet, it's so beautiful. It's so beautiful that you would easily be tempted to compete with those who go for shopping with their dogs or cats hahaha 🤣
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Thank you Staceyh. Enjoy your holidays too. ☺️
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Wow, that's some beautiful piece of art there. Thank you @theoldchick
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Yes, I also raise rabbits primarily for their droppings. Rabbit droppings make excellent organic manure for onions, spring onions and garlic, they actually perform way better than chicken and duck manure when growing bulb onions in particular. I also tried using rabbit urine in my greenhouse...
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Hey Ursuline Chick, my apologies for the mess up. I will try to quickly catch up with how the BYC site operates so as to avoid further mix-ups, hahaha. That's surely a good idea. I will write the article and post it after this holiday weekend, probably on Monday. What I'm not too sure about is...
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Hey @416bigbire. I'm so overwhelmed with the welcome responses that I've received from all of you guys. I honestly wasn't expecting that. I'm so happy and I'm blaming myself for taking all this long to join this beautiful place. Over the years I would just search for help on BYC website until...
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Kikiki, that's a nice one. Well, I'm not too sure if it really differs or if it's really the same. But, well, in most African countries corn is the staple food, so most homesteads usually have surplus corn. So I mix the corn with wheat bran and wheat screenings then ferment for three days...
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Thank you @godzillaandfriends. By the way, what's the breed of the hen that's on your profile picture? Is it a Barnevelder chicken?
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    Hello hello, chicken and duck farmer here

    Hello backyard chicken farmers. I'm Pearce from Zimbabwe. I have been raising free-range chickens and ducks for the past couple of years. I currently have a breed of chickens from India called Kuroiler chickens and intend to start rearing Black Australorp chickens within the next few months. I...
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