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    Fun Monitors Flock

    This is Scratch, the One Who Started It All. It was a boring summer and my husband happened upon a craigslist ad for a hen needing a home. She'd been rescued from the pound and rehabbed but didn't like her current family's dog. We realized we couldn't have just one lonely hen and soon...
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    Tylan not working yet

    My little bantam girl has that sickness where she's congested and her eye is bubbling. She's been that way for a while (maybe a week), sorry to say, before I was able to get her the meds. She's had one dose yesterday and one dose today, 1/4 cc IM. She's not looking any better yet. She sounds...
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    sick or old? broody!

    Guess what? Not sick - broody! I finally noticed that she gets up once a day to eat/drink/dust and when I open the little coop to check on her, she makes broody noises at me, but what really gave it away was the noise she made at my husband. Yep, broody! Thank heavens since we're dealing with...
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    Chickens Used To Test For West Nile Virus In California

    The sentinel flock in our area has tested positive.
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    Help please, Eggbound, tried lots of things, WARNING GRAPHIC PICTURE

    I'm so glad that your surgery was successful and you had a happy ending. I'm concerned that she's back in the hospital cage again...keep an eye on her for the next egg! (duh, I know) I had a RIR who went eggbound on her first egg and she didn't make it. The story is very similar to yours but the...
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    Wheaten Marans - photo of egg included

    I'd settle for her being a marans/BO mix. That might make sense. Interesting egg color though! I wonder if they'll get darker or lighter or what.
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    Wheaten Marans - photo of egg included

    So is it a Marans and a Penedesenca? I'm confused... We also just like the color...not planning on winning any awards these birds or eggs Makes for a pretty basket.
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    Wheaten Marans - photo of egg included

    Well, I guess the color was off in the photo because lookie what I got today! She's ridiculously gold on her neck and head, like metallic gold. Yellow, buttery, sparkly gold. Now I get to wait to see if the other Penedesenca will lay!
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    my flock's got the pox...need confirmation on what to do

    Yep, nearly the whole flock has the dry pox. This is what I understand and how I will be "treating" from what I have read: -treat open wounds (only one is that bad) with iodine or blu kote -supplement with AviaCharge - what is the non-McMurray name for that? -eliminate/spray for mosquitoes We...
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    how much do you charge for your eggs?

    I only have one customer at the moment and she pays me $5, but I (used to) give her half a dozen extra when I had them. Boy, do I have them now! I'm just outside of L.A.
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    sick or old? broody!

    Hm...I agree...probably something parasitic. I think I'll treat her mites with Ivomectin and see what happens next. Thanks for your help!
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    sick or old? broody!

    One of our hens is sick and I can't figure out what is going on to be able to treat her. Right now she's in a cage in the garage. -age unknown. -bantam OEG -have been fighting scaly leg mites with vaseline, never completely gone away but has definitely improved -has been laying shell-less eggs...
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    Wheaten Marans - photo of egg included

    I'm still not sure what this girl is, but with the white legs, I'm hoping she's a Marans. She just doesn't have the coloring that I've seen in any pics of Marans and I'm starting to get concerned. (I've had a lot of chicks from my sexed runs turn out to be roos ) I'm also getting excited though...
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    FOR SALE - Partridge Penedesenca cockerel in CA

    He's a pretty bird but super skittish and already kinda mean. He is a lot bigger than in this photo. $15 OBO.
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    Crowing

    I have a 16-week old Penedesenca who crowed for the first time this morning! That was crazy. I've also heard a one-week old attempt to crow and another cockerel started at about 5-6 weeks...so I'd say it varies
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