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    Do Your Baby Chicks Really Need Marek's Vaccination?

    It's my understanding that vacination is a one time deal done with in the first 24 hours after hatch.
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    Do Your Baby Chicks Really Need Marek's Vaccination?

    How do you vacinate 10 or so chicks when the feed stores only sell vacine for 1,500?
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    Do Your Baby Chicks Really Need Marek's Vaccination?

    What I'd really like to know is how many strains of Mareks is there and does the vacine just cover the "most popular" strain as does the flu vacines for us humans? I can't seem to find an answer on the Internet. Does anyone out there know the answer to this?
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    Do Your Baby Chicks Really Need Marek's Vaccination?

    I recently hatched 11 chicks that were bred here on my ranch. I thought it would be best to vacinate them for Mareks, however our local feed store chicken expert said not to worry about it because they would essentially pick up an immunity from their mama hen. Does any one else know about this...
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    Mareks Vaccine

    I recently hatched 11 chicks that were breed here on my ranch. I thought it would be best to vacinate them for Mareks, however our local feed store chicken expert said not to worry about it because they would essentially pick up an immunity from their mama hen. Does any one else know about this...
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    Permethrin Poisoning??

    Can anyone out there instruct me on how to spray my chickens with Permetrin? I found mites on them so we sprayed the coop with it and dusted the birds with DE. That was 3 weeks ago. The sparying and dusting worked pretty good. I checked them tonight and some of the buggers are back but not...
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    can you help me identify this rooster

    thank you. i thought his legs where to scaley. i isolated him from the rest of the flock and will starting treating him for leg mites tomorrow. i read up on treatments. one treatment is to scrub his leggs and feet once a day for 2 weeks with soapy water, then after each scrubing you rub in...
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    leg mites

    i've been told my new roo has leg mites. i just isolated him and going to start treating. i read you need to scrub their legs and feet with soapy water 1 time a day for 2 weeks, and after each scrubing rub in petroleum jelly. any other suggetions?
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    Cooper's Hawk - will it eat a full grown chicken?

    a coopers hawk got my 4 month old pullet...my neighbor saw it. and 2 days ago the hawk nailed a morning dove to the ground right in front of me. the dove got aways due to the commotion i caused. it was definitely a coopers hawk.. i got a good look at it.
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    Cooper's Hawk - will it eat a full grown chicken?

    i love and respect all birds and wildlife. the coopers hawk is trying to survive too and i don't blame the hawk for targeting my chickens. i have taken some steps to protect my girls. one is that when they are out in their outdoor run i am feeding them their garden snacks and treats close to the...
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    can you help me identify this rooster

    yes he's a beaut...but don't know the breed. wellsummer is a good guess . i was actually condsidering that. i have 3 wellsummer pullets, and i had a roo; raised from a chick but looked a bit diifferent.... pic attached. this is a picture of a wellsummer rooster I raised from a chick. they...
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    Cooper's Hawk - will it eat a full grown chicken?

    i'm hoping my rooster would go after a hawk if the hawk had one of my girls on the ground.
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    Cooper's Hawk - will it eat a full grown chicken?

    i had a coopers hawk grab one of my 3 month old pullets and take off with her. i didn't see this happen, but my neighbor did. then yesterday i was out in my yard and a coopers hawk chased a morning dove right down to the ground close to where i was standing. they struggled, i screamed and...
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    can you help me identify this rooster

    ok my new friends...thanks for giving me guidence on uploading pictures. i'm up and running now. anyways, this is the rooster that moved into my hen house, leggs and all. i can provide a close up shoot of his leggs and feet if that helps? does any one know what breed he is?
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    what kind of rooster is the rooster in my profile pictuer?

    i just joined this forum and haven't been able to figure out how to post pics. all i could manage was a profile picture. i need help.... i'll try to get a full body pic in. legs are a ashy greyish...not yellow
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