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    Is there a systemic treatment to kill fly-strike maggots?

    A moment ago #8 Carolyn252 Mother of Chickens New Thank you EVERYONE ! I went to amazon just now and ordered the ivermectin paste 1.87% for horses. It will arrive day after tomorrow. I'll put a quarter-of-a-pea sized glob in her mouth and hope for the best. Am wondering: is the one dose...
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    Is there a systemic treatment to kill fly-strike maggots?

    I've soaked her bottom in a deep dishpan of warm water with blue Dawn liquid soap. Many maggots came out in the water. After rinsing her off, I set her on the patio table. Sitting next to the table, I was at the perfect height to see her raw quarter-sized wound where the maggots had eaten...
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    Southern NY, Dutchess county and below

    Hello, fellow Long Islanders and surrounding areas. I haven't been on this site in months and months. I just heard about a relatively new breed and am thinking about getting two point-of-lay or started pullets: WhitingTrueBlue. They lay blue eggs, but they grown chickens come in a wide...
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    Ok to feed raw hamburger meat?

    In an effort to boost their nutrition while they are molting and have stopped laying eggs, I looked at some cans of cat food and cans of dog food at the supermarket today. Only 10% protein. Instead, I bought two pounds of raw hamburger meat. Chopped meat. Beef. 90% lean. It's 22% protein...
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    8-9 Week old wyandottes, welsummers for sale on Long Island, NY

    Are they still available? Have they been vaccinated against Marek's Disease? I am in Freeport, in Nassau County; where are you located?
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    Ok to feed pickled-in-vinegar vegetables?

    thank you!
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    Ok to feed pickled-in-vinegar vegetables?

    Leftover health salad from the deli store. Ok to offer to the hens ?
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    Definitions for "mash" and for "drench"?

    Thank you !!
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    Definitions for "mash" and for "drench"?

    I've seen crumbles and I've seen pellets, but what is mash? And what is it for? Is drench a liquid that chickens drink or do you bathe them in it? And what's it for? Thanks.
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    Is "Triple Antibiotic Ointment Plus" safe to use on chicken's foot wound?

    FYI, it turned out to be her rear toe with the nail broken almost completely off. I snipped it off with a quick snip of a scissor. It was at the middle of an overly long nail, just where the blood vessel begins. I found a tube of plain triple antibiotic ointment and used that. The toe is now...
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    Is "Triple Antibiotic Ointment Plus" safe to use on chicken's foot wound?

    Thank you so much!
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    Is "Triple Antibiotic Ointment Plus" safe to use on chicken's foot wound?

    Just noticed a drop of blood on the doorstep of the ChickArena as my cream legbar stepped out for the day. Am in the house gathering stuff to clean and treat it and bandage it. I'll bring her indoors to bath it in a basin of warm water and epsom salts. Will then be able to see the wound and...
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    Online course in "Chicken Behaviour and Welfare" (Free if you don't need a certificate upon compl

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/chickens
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    Grandpa's Feeder (treadle feeder) and my clueless chickens (I'd love to receive any helpful suggest

    Slowly, slowly, we make progress. Can open it at will: HennyPenny, LittleWhiteFrizzle, BuffOrp, BigWhiteDelaware,EE. So, five Einsteins; two clueless.
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    Grandpa's Feeder (treadle feeder) and my clueless chickens (I'd love to receive any helpful suggest

    Well, one more genius has figured it out. HennyPenny bravely has stepped up to the plate and mastered the dilemma. She can now open the feeder at will. So, three Einsteins and four birdbrains. We continue to live in hope.
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