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    Successful vent prolapse treatment - with photos

    Better luck on day 2. I had the idea after I bathed her to wash the prolapse with laxative grade mineral oil. That's the kind that is in an oil based enema, but you can buy in bottles as oral laxative. That seemed to sooth her and the prolapse wasn't nearly as difficult to help back in. That...
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    Successful vent prolapse treatment - with photos

    Trying this method now on my Barred Rock hen. She is definately not as much of a fan of the bath or the blow dryer and had to hold the prolapse in with my hand while holding her in the bath for 45 minutes. Haven't gotten the sling perfected yet and even with the two band method she managed to...
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    Reservations about Bag Balm preventing frostbite

    OK. So from a medical standpoint frostbite is frozen flesh. It has several stages. The first of which is when the water in the cell freezes. If it doesn't rupture the cell and thaws it fully recovers. If it ruptures the cell the flesh obviously necrotizes. THe later stages go deeper into the...
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    Is it a myth that water removes an egg's bloom?

    A couple of things, which are supported by your research The bloom is supposed to form a waterproof seal around the egg as water is the most efficient mode of travel for bacteria. So...how can something that is supposed to be waterproof be rinsed off by plain water? Second the bloom is not a...
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    PVC roosts

    The roost I have in the run is all PVC. I made a chicken tree out of 1 inch charlotte pipe. They love it and during the day its also good excercise for them. As they will fly up to roost and then hop down to forage and then hop up again all day. For inside the coop where they will sleep on it...
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