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    Seriously mixed breed flock with new baby chicks!

    farmer boy, great idea for crossbreeding since both tend to be broody. I'd love to hear how that turns out. I'm really sold on having a mama hen do the sitting and raising. This has been soooo easy!
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    Seriously mixed breed flock with new baby chicks!

    Thanks, farmer boy. I think the hen who hatched this brood is an Araucana because she lays a green egg. I've heard Silkies and Australorps make good mamas too. I am so happy I have a broody in this group. Thank you, SD bird lady - Good point. Just getting a new roo would add new blood. The two...
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    Seriously mixed breed flock with new baby chicks!

    Thank you, Old Rando! I suspected as much but since I want this flock to outlive me, I needed to make sure I'm on the right track. I'm new at raising chicks. My very first hen-hatched brood is below - they were two days old in the photo. Thank you, farmer boy - you are certainly correct...
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    Seriously mixed breed flock with new baby chicks!

    Thank you for your reply. I agree that the hens I currently have are very good layers. My question wasn't clear so let me try again - if I continue to let the chickens raise the multi-breed flocks, will there be a point in some future generation where the hens may not lay? I suspect our...
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    Seriously mixed breed flock with new baby chicks!

    Some of you may recall I lost my entire flock to predators, I bought 7 new ones and only two lived - both roos - a cuckoo Marans and a British Speckled Sussex. Then I met an amazing lady who was downsizing her flock and I bought 10 hens from her. They are everything from pure white to pure...
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    Gape worm - Safeguard not working - suggestions?

    I've wondered myself if it is gapes or not. I've wracked my brain but her symptoms seem to be gape worms. At one point, I thought she was totally cured and within a week she was gasping again. I put Corid in their water, just in case but none of the other birds are sick, have gapes or whatever...
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    Gape worm - Safeguard not working - suggestions?

    casportpony: Thank you so much. Now I understand the dosage. Noticed you have a heeler and ponies. I'm looking at a heeler but wondering if he/she would try to run my horses. Is yours good with your chickens? dawg53: Your point seems to be the crux of my problem - I didn't dose multiple times...
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    Gape worm - Safeguard not working - suggestions?

    How kind! The hen is right at 4 lbs. I do have a 1cc syringe. Thank you so much.
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    Gape worm - Safeguard not working - suggestions?

    Smoochie: According to Tractor Supply, Camvet requires an Rx in the States. Thank you, though. casportpony: That is the same Fenbendazole I'm using. I'm gonna be honest - all that cc, ml, mg and kg confuses the heck out of me and I have no way to measure most of that. However, your advice...
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    Gape worm - Safeguard not working - suggestions?

    My baby (about 4 or 5 months old) black sex link contracted gape worm - the typical stretching out of the neck for breath and crackling sound in her throat. I've dosed her three times in as many weeks with Safeguard at the pea size dose recommended on this site. She gets better and at one point...
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    Limping hen - bump on inside of one leg

    Here we are exactly one month after my first post about my limping hen. She has healed completely and walks without any trace of a limp. The vet wrap seemed to help although we had a tough time keep it on her. Thought everyone might like to know how it turned out. As always, thank you for all...
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    17 week old chicken died suddenly

    Same thing happened here this morning. Speckled Sussex about 4 months old dead without a mark on her. She was fine yesterday evening when I closed them in. She was one of the last to go in because she was gobbling some strawberry tops I'd thrown out. She was a good size, weight and seemed...
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    Limping hen - bump on inside of one leg

    Vet wrap - great idea! So strain, sprain or break, it will be supported. Perfect! Thank you all so much.
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