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    duck with weakness, recovers, then weak again the next day??

    Are they foraging on any toxic plants?
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    Blue Ameraucana and Cream Legbars

    They did a terrible job packing those eggs! If packed correctly you should have had very few with a crack and none broke and leaking. Scrambled air sacks from rough handling is out of the sellers hands but, if bubble wrapped individually with extra bubble wrap around all - they would have been...
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    New H5N2 cases Warning for Michigan Flock Owners with Links

    Here is the latest Update from Michigan Farm News. Bird flu may have been spread by lax biosecurity June 17, 2015 Category: Livestock by MFB, USDA Michigan’s immediate action to tighten biosecurity may be one reason the state’s poultry industry has not been infected, said Ernie Birchmeier...
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    Janoel Digital Automatic Turner - 48 egg - New Version ?

    I'm not sure? Check to make sure it doesn't have a hairline crack in the plastic bottom. The last couple hatches I did in late Spring this year, required me to add more water besides the bottom trays to keep humidity up high enough for hatching. The added container I used was 6"x6" and tall...
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    Feather picking problem

    Your boy must not mind the hens aggressive preening. 20% is pretty high for layers so, maybe she needs to ware a plastic no-peck device?
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    first time we" culled" a chicken

    Take comfort in knowing - they have a better life with you, than at a factory farm. Keeping them longer than the normal 6 weeks, requires limiting feed to 12 hours per day and you up the chances of them having health issues - heart or legs can give out but, it can be done. I have tried several...
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    Feather picking problem

    Try upping the protein in their diet. Some layer feed is only 16% and my feather pecking stopped shortly after I started feeding 18% feed.
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    please help - broken wing? or Marek's?

    Unfortunately Marek's vaccines don't protect them completely. It sounds like your hen has the normal symptoms that go with Marek's disease. It's heart breaking to deal with.
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    New H5N2 cases Warning for Michigan Flock Owners with Links

    There are new cases in WI & MN I just got a email Warning from Michigan Allied Poultry Ind. Inc. This is the info. Biosecurity efforts are important for Michigan poultry and bird owners Confirmed cases of H5N2 avian influenza exist but not considered a human health risk. Posted on April 7...
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    Vertical (gravity) vs. horizontal (spring loaded) watering nipples

    Not a issue. All the sediment goes to the bottom of the bucket and the foil is above the nipples so the sides and water stays clean. The bottom is easy to wipe out, do a quick bleach water sanitizer and re-rinse and it's good to go.
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    Hen can't get on roost

    Orpingtons are a heavy breed and need at least a 2x4 flat to roost on but, if the roost is too high they tend to avoid the possible fall. My orps have a roost at 15 " like a platform and from that they can get to the 2x4 roost that are 24" high. I have BR that roost at 6' with a 4' vertical...
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    Vertical (gravity) vs. horizontal (spring loaded) watering nipples

    I cut to fit the inside of the bucket and use food grade caulk at the seam and multiple spots at the bottom edge just above the nipples and top edge so it stays in place. I use only heavy duty buckets so they last and my local feed store sells the HN buckets I make for me. Foil bubble insulation...
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    G'daay from the land down under

    Hi & ! They may need worming? That will cause them to slow laying or stop laying.
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    Vertical (gravity) vs. horizontal (spring loaded) watering nipples

    If you have a 250 watt bird bath deicer and have 6-8 birds per HN then the birds won't leave water in the little catch below so there should be nothing to freeze. I put foil bubble insulation inside the bucket, glued to the sides with food grade caulk. I was able to use 40 watt deicers inside...
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    4-H Pheasants HELP!!

    Hi & ! How warm or cold is your brooder! Are they crowding together under the heat lamp or spread out and panting? What kind of Wood Chips - some are toxic.
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