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    FLYSTRIKE!! I need info *GRAPHIC PHOTO

    Thank you! I know there are always going to be challenges and losses with having animals, but being inexperienced is awful in the sense that I feel like I have to learn so hard lessons by just not knowing enough
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    WNC poultry vet recommendations

    Thank you!
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    What is your favorite quote?

    Hahaha, I can totally see this happening. We started with 15 and 7 were roosters, so that wasn’t going to work... but I started incubating in March and that became a monthly thing for a little while. I decided to take a break because we ordered ducklings and bam. That’s exactly when my 5 hens...
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    FLYSTRIKE!! I need info *GRAPHIC PHOTO

    I just lost my Rooster to this today. He had a wound from a cat I believe. So awful. It happened quickly and I had never dealt with it before and am very new at raising poultry. I definitely wish I had known all of this information as I would have handled it much differently. I do think DE would...
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    WNC poultry vet recommendations

    Is anyone located in WNC (preferably Buncombe County) that can recommend a poultry vet or general vet that will preform a chicken fecal test? We’ve got some funky looking poop and want to have it tested. Thanks!
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    What is your favorite quote?

    Love it! Sounds like such a colorful flock! This is our first year doing Chickens and after lots of research I decided on the Lavender Orpington’s, but since we have gotten them all I have definitely been wanting to add more breeds! They are kind of addicting!
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    Hen is sick

    I’ve had really good luck water glassing eggs with just room temp water. I’m definitely going to keep researching the lime, but I would love to find some farmers in my area that can tell me if they personally use it and why or why not. As much as you can find on the internet I still really love...
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    What is your favorite quote?

    Thank you! Nosy? I love to talk about my Chickens! I have 7 Lavender Orpington hens and 1 Roo (who is currently being nursed back to health in my “hospital room” with an injury, really hope he will be ok) 9 Chicks that are about 3 months old and 3 that are about 2 months. We also have 5 broody...
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    Hen is sick

    Ok, good to know. Thank you so much for clarifying!
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    Hen is sick

    The biggest difference in DE is how it is processed. Food grade DE is going to be pure where a garden/pool grade could possibly contain insecticides or other chemicals. For human and animal use (personally, I prefer it in the garden as well) I only use food grade. From my understanding lime has...
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    Hen is sick

    Thank you!
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    What is your favorite quote?

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    Brooder size needed for 20 baby chicks?

    Yay 20 baby chicks! My first chicks we had 15 in a wire dog crate that was sealed with hardware cloth and it worked well for the first 3 weeks. After that the chicks needed more space and actually started to get injured because they didn’t have enough space and were scratching each other up...
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    What is your favorite quote?

    “Would you rather be right, or would you rather be happy?” this is what my husbands friend told him... he would usually rather be happy, which works for us because I would usually rather be right. At least I can rightly admit that’s one of my character flaws!
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    Hen is sick

    Looks like you’ve found a treatment that is working and I’m so glad she’s improving!
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