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    coccidia questions

    Ive treated some chicks that I was given for coccidia. Will their offspring also need treated or will they have a built in immunity? If they need to be vaccinated, can I use the same product (corrid) to give day old chicks ,, and if so,, how much would I give them. I have also heard that...
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    Free range troubles

    It says in the original post that we clipped their wings.. We dont let them eat peoples gardens,, and we dont keep roosters that flog people.. Im not new to chickens.. or common sense for that matter,, I just had to ask about the dog because i havent had any problems with mine.
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    Free range troubles

    Thank you,, I thought the same thing,, but ... you know how tedious these things can be.... I figured if it was a sure thing ,, they would have told us sooner too... Im guessing he just doesn't want them in his yard anymore.. which we have remedied..(except for one bantam E.E who keeps eluding...
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    Free range troubles

    For the past 9 months I have free ranged my birds on our 2 acre property. Occasionally a hen or two will wander over towards the neighbors yard. Really, occasionally and really only 1 bird maybe 2 go down there. Recently its been snowy here and our birds rarely have left the coop... Today my...
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    New Flock and Mareks disease

    Getting frustrated.. the lady who gave me the flock is blaming me... even though one of the hens was sick for a week before I got them.. she had a paralysis in her leg. a WEEK before! Now the others are getting lesions, paralysis and basically wasting away.. doesn't common sense say that...
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    New Flock and Mareks disease

    Thank you for the positive response. I have read 20 or so articles with conflicting descriptions, symptoms and outcomes for this disease. There seem to be a lot of disagreements over weather adult birds will fall ill, chicks and vaccines, and survival rates... Common sense tells me that if...
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    New Flock and Mareks disease

    I recently posted a thread about an injured silkie. I say injured because the lady who gave me the chickens told me she had "hurt" her leg. I asked her every question under the sun,, about health, vaccinations, etc. Now , a few weeks later, the entire flock is sick,, they are dying off one...
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    Silkie with an injured leg

    Bad news Im afraid.. we lost the "injured" silkie,, and also, the rest of the flock is slowly dying off. 3 others have since passed.. luckily I never did expose them to my existing flock. Of course, the lady who gave them to me has stopped emailing,, I suspect that she knew they were sick...
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    Silkie with an injured leg

    We made her a makeshift chair out of an old t shirt. Her legs are just hanging above the bottom of the basket. I feel better with her in there,, now she cant flail around and hurt herself. First thing tomorrow, I will work on a better one. I have checked a few times for bruises or swelling...
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    Silkie with an injured leg

    Suzie... I am going to try and make a chair,,, do they stay in there all the time? or just for a portion of the day?
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    Silkie with an injured leg

    She is less than a year old,, about 9 months I believe... She is having regular warm baths,,, she has to to keep her bum clean... and is taking a chicken vitamin. I also give her a little glucosamine and chondroitin. I do work her leg gently during the day so it doesn't stiffen. she just...
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    Silkie with an injured leg

    I was recently give a flock of silkies, including one with an injured leg. She will not use her left leg at all, she just uses her wing to try and prop herself up. Here's what I know... 1.She has no signs of injury to the leg and the lady who gave her to me did not see her get injured...
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