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    Tylan 50 Injectables question

    Here's a good thread which addresses your issue specifically: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/554991/antibiotics-for-bumblefoot
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    Tylan 50 Injectables question

    Tylan 50 is typically used for respiratory infections. For bumblefoot, you want to clean as much gunk out of the wound as possible (I know it's gross but you've GOT TO get all that gunk out!!) then sterilize it, press a cottonball onto the wound and wrap it with vetwrap. Unwrap it everyday and...
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    Tylan 50 Injectables question

    Lillybug 1973~ Did you ever get an answer? I would definitely use Tylan 50 for 3-5 days for this type of respiratory infection. 1/4 cc for small hens, 1/2 cc for larger hens. Inject into breast is quickest method. Left breast on first day, right breast on second day, left breast on third day...
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    How long does the Marek's vaccine last after I've mixed it??

    Hi! I am vaccinating my newborn chicks for Marek's today and I'm wondering ~ after I mix the live vaccine with the diluent, how long can I keep it?? I only have 7 chicks but the vaccine always sells in quantities for 1000 chicks. I have another batch of chicks coming next week. Will the vaccine...
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    Using ACV in fermented feed

    I ferment my feed too! You definitely do NOT want to put ACV in fermented food. Fermented feed uses lacto-fermentation. The culture in ACV is acetobacter bacteria which converts alcohol to acetic acid, not a lactic acid. Here is a pretty good article about fermenting feed which explains the...
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    Comment by 'idlewilde35' in item 'White Bresse'

    This is not a broody breed but you never know. Sometimes you get a hen that will sit on her eggs, even in breeds that have had the broodiness bred out of them. You can always have another broody hen raise the bresse eggs.
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    Review by '' on item 'White Bresse'

    These are beautiful dual purpose birds. I currently have 4 bresse roosters and they are friendly, mellow fellows. They are great foragers ~ they are historically raised to be a foraging/free ranging bird. Both my bresse roos and my hens are very brave. When my dog tries to nip at them, they just...
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    Review by '' on item 'Chantecler'

    I have 3 partridge chantecler hens. They are middle pecking order in my flock, not too bossy and not too meek. They are excellent foragers and good layers. My only strike against them is that all 3 of them are extremely broody, and it's difficult to get them off the nest once they've decided...
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    Review by '' on item 'Dominique'

    I have 4 dominiques and they are wonderful hens! They are very friendly, curious and brave, and like to follow me around the farm when I'm working. They are wonderful layers through summer and winter months, and get along great with the rest of my chickens. An all-around great bird for...
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    Review by '' on item 'Australorp'

    I have 4 Australorps in my flock. They are by far the best layers out of all my breeds (Dominiques, Speckled Sussex, Welsummers, Ameraucanas, Brown Leghorns, Cream Legbars and Bresse). They lay huge eggs 4+ days per week in the cooler months and 6+ days per week in warmer months, so they are a...
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    chicken with foot/leg problem

    Okay thank you. I've been reading up on Marek's since you posted that and I think you are definitely onto something. I have her isolated for now and I'm just going to hope for the best. I've been reading that Vitamin B2 deficiency can have similar symptoms so I might work on that with her since...
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    chicken with foot/leg problem

    Marek's?? Yikes! I've had her since she was 2 days old. I have about 40 chickens and none seem sick except this one.
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    chicken with foot/leg problem

    I'm wondering if anybody can tell me what's going on with my hen. She's about 6 months old. Yesterday she started limping on this foot. Last night, she wouldn't get up on the roost but slept on the floor instead. Today she's hobbling (when I was trying to catch her) but mostly sitting still in...
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    Split the eggs between two broody hens??

    I have one broody hen that's been sitting on 8 hatching eggs for 13 days. For the past three days, I've had ANOTHER hen go broody. She's proving to be a very good broody, diligently sitting on her *empty* nest for 3 solid days now. So now I'm wondering: Should I split the eggs between my two...
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    What breed of chicken is this?

    Oh yes thank you! I think you're right!! Thank you!!
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