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dominique girl off - facial color, green poop, crop feels fine - help
10:17am sad news my girl just passed. i was sitting with her, she went into arrest and did not recover. i am looking into a location where i could take her in for a necropsy study. sorry folks - i hope your efforts prove positive texas veterinary medical diagnostic lab site...- hippychickenfarmer
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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dominique girl off - facial color, green poop, crop feels fine - help
daily update in the case other folk are working with chickens in a similar situation monday january 11, 2o1o 8:03am color - color is still off though not as yellow as yesterday (i turned off the red heat lamp to see more clearly) - i will check in on her several times today to see if the color...- hippychickenfarmer
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dominique girl off - facial color, green poop, crop feels fine - help
in regard to a possilbe moult - there is no sign of feather loss anywhere on her body. hen-thusiast - no i have never wormed my girls with a wazine type wormer. i do add diatomaceous earth to their feed - some call that worming so do not. chuckzoo - here are the efforts i am currently...- hippychickenfarmer
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dominique girl off - facial color, green poop, crop feels fine - help
hello briarpatch - thanks my girls eat only organic feed that i pick up on a weekly basis and it is milled locally so i very much doubt mold in feed as a possibility. she has had scratch recently but that too was purchased in the last week. the waterers are clean as a whistle. the coop is...- hippychickenfarmer
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dominique girl off - facial color, green poop, crop feels fine - help
i have a 5 1/2 month old dominique girly girl who has been feeling a bit off the past week. i first noticed her energy level slowing down but i thought maybe our quick onslaught of unusually cold weather might be cause. then i noticed her facial color looking a bit yellow/orangish and her...- hippychickenfarmer
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Recomendations for laying hens in Houston, TX
i live in bastrop texas. i have a red star started, a black star started, a white and a brown leghorn, a silver laced wyandotte and an ameraucana. all are quite lovely a do well. make sure that your coop provides good ventilation. i set up fans for my girls in the heat of the summer.- hippychickenfarmer
- Post #5
- Forum: Managing Your Flock
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CHickens in Hot weather!
hey chookie i'm in central texas. we had a whole slew of days over 110˚f not fun. find the shadiest spot where the chickens like to hang out, run an electrical cord and set up a fan or two. turn them on to high and watch the chickens flock to them. i run the fans day and night. my babies...- hippychickenfarmer
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- Forum: Managing Your Flock