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    Rooster looks great, but something is clearly wrong...

    I really don't have any info for you unfortunately, but I am in the same boat. My 4.5 yr old HUGE Jersey Giant roo Winston has been acting exactly how your roo is acting. Looks great, but lays down a lot and isn't as active with the ladies. I think it all started 4 or so months ago when he...
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    Buckeye Breed Thread

    I have a broody Buckeye hen (she is about 18 months old). I set 5 eggs under her 21 days ago. When I went to check on her this morning one had hatched and was dead. It looked perfectly normal. Is it possible she killed it? Should I take the other eggs away from her? I do have another...
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    Jersey Giants thread for pictures and discussion

    I got my rooster from the OH National Poultry show. I don't know who I bought him from He was for sale all by himself in the sale area so I thought I'd pick him up. Winston is a great rooster, VERY BIG and protective of his flock! That is a standard cochin in front of him, he towers over...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    How interesting this all is. I don't really know what all that means. Is it too simplified to summarize that she caught an unidentified virus that took advantage of her system (perhaps weakened genetically) and caused swelling of the brain and spinal cord - and that is what killed her? I...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    I just got up out of bed to check and see if you had heard anything yet! .....Very Interesting. So, I wonder if routine worming could have helped prevent this from happening. I have never wormed my chickens; they do free range and have plenty of exposure to earth worms...I wonder if I should...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    OC Chick - I am so sorry to hear about your hen. I was really pulling for her. I haven't posted anything on my hen in a couple days as she is pretty much staying the same. The only thing that has changed is that her left wing has started drooping a little- it isn't tucked up against her body...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    Thank you so much cicene mete; your post gives me some hope as last night my hen seemed very strong. She was a pretty fat wyandotte to start with so maybe that is working to her advantage. Also the fact that yours was reintroduced to your flock no problems, was great to hear! OC Chick - I am...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    My hen is definately better this morning. She actually took a few steps to get into her crate and to her breakfast. This would not have been possible yesterday at all. Whether the pills are having any effect or if this is just the natural progression of the disease I don't know. The pills...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    I watched your video, that is so odd what she is doing with her neck. Have you read this article? http://extension.unh.edu/Agric/Docs/mareks.pdf It is not very promising, but I thought I'd share since you were asking about prognosis info in this thread. Basically it seems to say that...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    Well, the hen I probably overdosed at noon today (5 of the 6x pills) is still alive and maybe seems slightly better. She certainly has a good appetite. I just gave her another dose. I cut it down to 2 of the 6x pills disolved in 1 TBS of distilled water. I am anxious to check her in the...
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    [non-emergency] Marek's Homeopathic Treatment - Video

    I have a hen displaying symptoms of Marek's. I just got back from the health food store with Hypericum, except they only had 6x not 30x as was in the 'recipe'. I went ahead and dissolved 5 tablets into a TBS of distilled water. I gave her a dropper full. She was fighting me a bit so counting...
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    10 month old BLR Wyandotte can't stand up....Mareks? ***Pics Added***

    Thank you!!
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    10 month old BLR Wyandotte can't stand up....Mareks? ***Pics Added***

    I noticed my hen last night laying on the floor of the coop while all the others (9 hens and a Roo) were on the roost. I nudged her and she didn't seem to want to move, like she was broody. This morning she was under the roosting board still laying on the ground (but upright - like she was...
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    WTB: Laying hens / pullets Southwest OH

    I'm looking to buy 4-5 young laying hens. Any large breed would work, but I'd prefer Giants, Orpington,Wyandotte, EE, Marans. I'd give my right arm for a splash giant. I have a Blue Giant Rooster - he is the sweetest roo. Let me know what you are willing to part with and how much. I'm...
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