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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Anybody use these feeders for SMALL BREED BANTAMS? What size elbow would work for them?
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    Java Green peafowl questions

    The 15/16 male The 15/16 female Rockey Castleberry & his extended family raise a lot of high end exotics here north of Austin, TX, including Java Green. Dale Fisher does a lot with exotic birds too here & works with Java Greens. So the stock in this area is from their birds.
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    Java Green peafowl questions

    I have a young pair (6 months-ish) of unrelated 15/16ths high percentage Spalding Java Green in central TX that I need to sell (need the money). What would be fair to ask for them? (They come from the Castleberry's birds)
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    Hen's Face Swollen

    Unfortunately nothing very helpful--the results were very vague. We're still inclined to think that we had some black widdows hatch out but haven't had any more trouble in that department. Thank you for your concern. PS The avian pox (?) ran it's course and was uneventful. We had a rooster that...
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    Hen's Face Swollen

    It has struck again! Last night, despite having moved the cavys to a differant yard the previous night when we lost one, I sat with another of our boys dying in my hands! As for the chickens, we didn't actually find the body for one of the chicks. The mamas are always sooo attentive and...
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    Hen's Face Swollen

    We are seeing a few bumps pop up on a couple roosters and another young hen. Unfortunately we seem to have a bigger problem now. We are having chickens and guinea pigs (housed in the same yard) suddenly dropping dead. We've lost chicks, a hen and 2 cavys. It happens within a couple hours of...
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    Hen's Face Swollen

    Then again, I searched for pictures and they do not look quite like what I'm seeing, though I suppose it will manifest slightly differantly on differant species and under differant conditions.
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    Hen's Face Swollen

    Thank you for your imput. The bumps are drying, scabbing and the scabs are flaking off a bit. It still looks horrible but is not as red and sore looking. With chicks to care for she's more distracted than while sitting and is not scratching as much. The description of dry pox seems to fit and...
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    Hen's Face Swollen

    We have Red Jungle Fowl. One hen is sitting (eggs began hatching last night) and her face is VERY swollen. We are very attentive and know our flock well (lap-pet chickens) but didn't notice anything until suddenly this last saturday. Her whole face is swollen and covered with soft bumps and her...
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