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    How to keep flies off a wound??

    Hello all! I had a terrible fox/dog attack on my flock, and I have three hens with terrible deep wounds. So far I have applied vetricyn spray and gave them antibiotics, but how do I keep the flies off my hens? I'm pretty certain they will bounce back but the flies are so bad right now I just...
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    Sick little silkie chick with pasty butt and mushy belly

    I looked at the link, but it looks like if it was mushy chick disease she would be dead already? Also, her swollen part is in her breast, not the rump. I have no idea what's going on with her!
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    Sick little silkie chick with pasty butt and mushy belly

    No odor.... One minute she is lethargic and the next she's pecking away... We just gave her a dropper full of water with Bragg vinegar with "the mother". She has such a fighting little spirit! We are all rooting for her.
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    Sick little silkie chick with pasty butt and mushy belly

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    Sick little silkie chick with pasty butt and mushy belly

    Hello BYC friends! I need some help. I have a sick silkie baby she is 6 days old. We got her from our local feed store. When we first put her into the brooder, we noticed she had the dreaded pasty butt. I gave her electrolytes and some mashed up hard boiled egg, and I've washed her vent and have...
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    English Bulldogs and chickens: yes or no?

    Hello all, I have had a strong backyard flock for 5 years now. I have lots of different breeds, including Silkies. We have come across an oppertunity to take a Victorian bulldog pup off a friends hands, but I have reservations.... I will not tolerate a dog that goes after my freerange flock...
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    Injured chick help please:)

    My daughter just picked up 4 adorable silkie chicks from our local feed store. One of them has really bad pasty butt and the other has a tiny spot on its back and the others are picking at it and making it worse. I have blue kote..Can I put a small dab on her back? And is there anything I can do...
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    When day 16 eggs go cold.....

    Well, this morning I unplugged the incubator and pitched the eggs. They were both fully developed! They weren't turned the proper way... I think they died when the heat spiked in the incubator. I am so totally bummed. One was yellow and one was black. They were mutt "barnyard classics" from my...
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    When day 16 eggs go cold.....

    Nothing. I went to bed last night and the humidity was 70, got up this morning and it was 50. I think these eggs are a lost cause. Now I'm realizing that it's not me, it's the incubator. This thing is pure junk! I'm still gonna give it another day though and see what happens.....
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    Styrofoam Incubators Club

    My temp is 100.5, humidity is 75. Is that okay? Do these styrofoam factory thermostats usually run higher or lower than the gauge reads..? Day 21.
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    Styrofoam Incubators Club

    Im trying to quote and reply, sorry! I'm new at this... But after that temp spike nightmare I had when I went on lockdown, the next time I open this bator is either going to be taking out some fluffy chicks, or removing bad eggs
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    Styrofoam Incubators Club

    Today is supposed to be hatch day but I have had no movement at all:(. I'm hopeful for tomorrow maybe, they did go cold after all on day 15 when I brought them inside to put in the incubator. So they've been really cold on day 15, fine 16 and 17, and really hot day 18, that's when I went on...
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    When day 16 eggs go cold.....

    Today is supposed to be the day when my chicks hatch... I am so impatient! I've been playing chick peep sounds from you tube against the bator. I haven't seen one ounce of movement. On the first day of lockdown my temp spiked to 104, I don't know how long it was that high; it was between 6am and...
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    Styrofoam Incubators Club

    Ok here's one more question... This morning at 6 a.m. It was 95. I turned it up a HALF MILLIMETER and it spiked and it was 105 when I got back up a 9... I freaked and tweaked it again.. Do I have cooked chicks? I'm worried it was too hot for them.... Everything was fine until I had to go into...
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    Styrofoam Incubators Club

    I just read this and now I want to cry!! My silkie quit sitting. On her eggs at day 15, so I borrowed a friends styrofoam bator because I don't have one and I have no idea what I'm doing.... The humidity is hell to keep up with, I have a wet rag in there and it keeps spiking to 80, which I think...
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