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    Starved with leg mite-refeeding advice

    I'll look around for the nu-stock, I've never heard of it, but Should be easy enough to find. My old flock got decimated by a neighbors dog last fall, so I was out of the chook business until the three refugees arrived, which makes things simpler. Buttermilk will be tough to find, no ones...
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    Starved with leg mite-refeeding advice

    I should add the vet has injectable ivermectin waiting for me to pick up tomorrow or Thursday; she mentioned that he may need antibiotics as well as the wormer. How do I know if abx are warranted, without obvious signs of infection? Thank you for your help!! Laurel
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    Starved with leg mite-refeeding advice

    I offered to take a few birds from a neighbor who has been very unwell this winter. The birds are very thin, look and act as though they've not been fed for several weeks, and they were thirsty enough I didn't think I could keep water in front of them. The roo (lovely buff Orpington) has leg...
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    Urban roo's, necklaces, and roo-boxes

    It figures that of my 8 pullets, 2 were roosters. I'd have no qualms about eating them, it weren't that my favorite australorp, "Alice", was one of them. The RIR will go to freezer camp soon, as he's not a pleasant bird already. (I'm rapidly losing my high opinion of RIRs...always thoguht they...
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    Sq feet per bird & 'Purina' coop? Questions.

    I'm planning a coop for 8 girls. I have 8 now, and I will have to exercise restraint until such time as I either eat one (gasp!) or lose a neighbor or three. (I'd prefer the latter...) I live in an area with huge (110+ degree) temp swings throughout the year-summers routinely hit 106F (in the...
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    Another one from Eastern WA :)

    I am Laurel, aka Eklecktika (I don't know where it came from, I was scrambling to find a name a few years ago, and all my ideas were taken. So I got creative. Anyway) I've been thinking about getting chickens for several years, never had the opportunity, but it finally arrived. So I have 8...
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