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    Red sexlinks molting?

    Hi I know this is an old post but did yours ever went into molt? Mine are “molting” at very slow rate. An older gal I got it took her a year and half maybe to get back all her feathers. And my two left are missing feathers since last summer and haven’t grown them back. I give. 16% layer feed now...
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    Suggestions for ISA Brown longevity

    Around when did yours molt? I think one of mine who passed recently went into a slow “molt” took her like over a year for feathers to grow back. When I got her she was looking really rough with barely any feathers and had blood in her stool. Poor thing. I think she was an ex battery hen. But I...
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    Bio security question

    You can, you will need to take more than 1 silkie and slowly integrate them so they don’t get bullied. If you have a rooster it’ll help with integrating. You’re supposed to quarantine the new chickens Ina separate(but secured) living area for a month where the other chickens can see, if they are...
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    Suggestions for ISA Brown longevity

    Thanks for that. What brand of feed did you feed them? Do you have pictures of them? Do they go into molt? Mine never went into molt but their wings are all broken off and missing on feathers on their backs from the rooster. It’s been over a year and it’s not growing back. I give electrolytes...
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    Suggestions for ISA Brown longevity

    Also what kind of oatmeal do you give? And what kind of thyme vinaigrette?
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    Suggestions for ISA Brown longevity

    Hi there. Can you give me updates on your ISA brown? How long did she lived for? Did they lay everyday? Is there any advice you can give me, I have 2 left that i am very attached to. I don’t know what i do if i were to loose them. I give them Grubbly Farms and Nutrena. They get mealworms, frozen...
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    Natural herbs for reproductive health for hens?

    I read that flaxseed and turmeric prevents ovarian cancer/reduce tumors for hens. There are articles and tests that have suggested/proven so. Is there anything else anyone knows besides in terms or diet and natural remedies? Is there any other suggestion anyone else have to prevent...
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    TX- any vets that does contraceptives for hens?

    Please do! Thank you!
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    Limp got worse after bumblefoot removal

    Hi did the limp ever improved? I got a hen going through this and it’s been a month maybe a month and half and she is still limping after I did the bumblefoot surgery…
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    How can I get suprelorin without a prescription for my chicken?

    Did you happen to figure out a way to get it in the US? Here in TX. If so PM me! Thank you!
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    egg yolk peritonitis, ascites or something else?

    Their feed has probiotics on it, I ferment their feed sometimes and give them chicken elixir almost everyday it has probiotics and electrolytes oregano and vitamins. She’s still alive a year and half later. I think it has calcified inside her, she shows discomfort from breathing but still eats...
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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis and Natural Remedies

    But for the “sour crop” treatment which was really internal laying I gave her small cat medicine syringe of a mix of garlic, oregano and apple cider vinegar and water. I boiled it and let it cool down before giving it to her in tiny syringe slowly ant the end of the so she doesn’t aspirate. And...
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    Egg Yolk Peritonitis and Natural Remedies

    Well I have a chicken that I guess now a year and half later I figured it’s internal laying. Long story short she had laid soft shell eggs when she was living at someone else’s house who wasn’t caring well for her. She couldn’t walk and barely ate anything. I took her home and treated her for...
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    TX- any vets that does contraceptives for hens?

    Hello, I am in Austin and cannot find any Vet that does any Lupron injections or any type of contraceptives or hormonal implants? i called all the local ones and none will do it for chickens. Does anybody know of one ? Willing to make a drive few hours away. Or even more. What is the price for...
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    Swollen foot (no scab, possible internal bumblefoot)

    So a little update in case it helps anybody in the future— after trying to get more of the kernal out at the bottom (where there is no scab eventhough I managed to get a very small piece out earlier by lancing it)…, I couldn’t find anything else at the bottom of the foot. However the area...
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