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    Chicken being picked on

    I have a few Polish in a mixed flock and have found they get much more confident when you trim back the feathers around their eyes and they can see better.
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    Can a parrot have tylan?

    Cleopatra has her good and bad days. She's about 4yrs old now, the past year or so I've had to keep her leg/foot wrapped w/vet wrap and gauze pads for padding 'cuz the part of her foot that touches the ground was starting to scab but we cleared it up easily. I'm considering keeping her inside...
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    Can a parrot have tylan?

    Thanks, I finally talked her into taking it to an avian specialist.
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    Can a parrot have tylan?

    A friend of mine has 2 parrots, today one of them showed respiratory distress then died. She's wondering if parrots can have tylan, or if that's specifically for poultry use? If they can, what's the dosing per weight of the bird?
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    Gifted Chick

    I have a cross beak, but no where near as severe as your's. Deep food dishes, wet food help a lot. Since she was a chick I kept up on trimming and dremeling her beak and feel it's helped her a lot. We're in NH, so in winters she lives inside the house to avoid her tongue getting frostbitten...
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    Help, I have an aggressive dog

    Put up a few strands of electric fence, one or two zaps is usually all it takes and he'll learn fast. Not only will it keep your chickens and ducks safe from your dog, but also all other sorts of predators. I have it up around my flocks and it's quite the peace of mind. I've gotten zapped...
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    Is this normal for a mother hen?

    I tried that, covered it w/bedding so they could walk up to the water and she still got it filled with wood chips.
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    Is this normal for a mother hen?

    Whiskers is an Old English Game hen, hatched two chicks last Saturday. They're in a large cage in the house. Starting today she has gotten over the top aggressive when you try to feed or do their water. I mean it's ridiculous how much. She keeps kicking bedding into the water, so I'm...
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    Broody hatching eggs questions

    All the eggs I gave her were hatched that day and put under her that day. I don't have an incubator but I do have another broody hen {not being allowed to hatch} and a heating pad, thanks.
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    Broody hatching eggs questions

    This is my 1st time letting my broody hen hatch eggs, so far 2 have hatched this morning. My questions are... should I pull out the layer pellets and give her the chick food today? How soon after hatching can I clean out her cage? It's ripe due to a broody poo overnight, lol. I'd like to...
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    What breed is this bantam cockerel?

    Thanks everyone.
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    What breed is this bantam cockerel?

    What breed is this bantam cockerel? I love the fullness of his feathered "britches", he's a keeper for sure.
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    Breed of this bantam cockerel?

    Thank you.
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    Breed of this bantam cockerel?

    Can anyone tell me the breed of this bantam cockerel?
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    Introducing a new Roo

    I added an adult silkie rooster to my flock about a year and a half ago, he was the only silkie and he went into a flock of 18 hens, all bigger than him the poor guy. After letting the girls see him while he was safely behind fencing, I put them together. Honestly, he looked like a bull...
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