Recent content by -Dakota
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Official BYC Poll: Time for the Vet?
I do have a vet- but she is very far away, and often backed up. I've only had to visit her once with a respiratory emergency,- -Dakota
- Post #87
- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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Neighbors Dog is Digging Into My Yard!
take the dog to the nearest animal shelter. your neighbors will have the inconvenience of having to go retrieve it, but since the animal was on your property, there is nothing they can do about it.- -Dakota
- Post #110
- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Ended Funny Chicken Name Contest - Win 60 lbs of Grubbly Layer Feed From GrubblyFarms
I have an all black cochin named cookie and had a mottled cochin named cream. Cookies and cream, get it? Like the ice cream? Sadly we lost cream last year to an unknown predator, but cookie is still kickin'!- -Dakota
- Post #200
- Forum: Official BYC Contests, Etc.
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Comment by '-Dakota' in media '20200608_185141.jpg'
they just look like big sweethearts 🥰- -Dakota
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Chicken First Aid Kit?
Here's what I have in mine: de-wormer pellets (medicated with fenbendazole, also known as SafeGaurd) epsom salt (for pain relief topically, and detoxifies ingested toxins orally. Orally may also work as a laxative in chickens.) Two containers of VetRX (respiratory aid, may help fight off...- -Dakota
- Post #12
- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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One Eye is Crusty, Sometimes Bubbles.
Possibly, though my vet told be Tylan or Tylosin can only be purchased with a vets prescription now, because people kept taking it as a human antibiotic.. At least in my state. I wiped her eye off with a warm salt water mix and put some VetRX on her. The crust came right off, and her eyes look...- -Dakota
- Post #3
- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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One Eye is Crusty, Sometimes Bubbles.
Hello y'all! My buff orpington, Corey, has one crusty eye. The one eye seems watery, and sometimes has a few small bubbles in the corner of her eye. she is acting completely normal except sometimes she'll rub that eye on back her shoulder area. no one else in the flock is having this problem...- -Dakota
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Chicken disappeared without a trace...?
I too had a chicken that would lay in the coop, but absolutely refused to sleep in it! always perches up in a tree, always on the same branch.- -Dakota
- Post #7
- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Chicken disappeared without a trace...?
sadly, many predators can snatch a small chicken without a trace, especially if the chicken doesn't put up much of a fight. I've lost a hen like that, only once though. sorry about Buffy, but on the bright side, who says Buff is dead? she might be just lost. my brother had a chicken...- -Dakota
- Post #6
- Forum: Predators and Pests
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Respiratory?
Can we see a video? (upload to youtube or vimeo, and post the link, BYC upload will not work for videos) or a picture of her face? are her sinuses swollen? labored breathing or a gargling sound in her breath? is she eating or drinking? is she laying down more than usual? any nasal or eye...- -Dakota
- Post #3
- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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What is This Bug? Is it a Threat?
Aren't deer ticks much redder in color? this dude was more white/grey and pretty transparent.- -Dakota
- Post #8
- Forum: Predators and Pests