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    Comment by 'Janetthegannet' in article 'Ways To Get Rid of Dirty Coop Bedding'

    With time. Other types of bedding like chopped hemp or rape straw compost fairly quickly even in the comparatively cold and rainy UK but wood shaving take a long time to rot down. If that's what you have then it needs mixing with a lot of green stuff like grass mowings or weeds you've pulled up...
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    Hostage to chickens since 2008

    Hi there! I'm lucky to be able to have Cockbirds as so many people can only have hens because of the early morning singing but I so often see questions on Facebook pages from people struggling to deal with bad behaviour from cockerels and it's clear that they haven't thought about it enough or...
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    Hostage to chickens since 2008

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    Hostage to chickens since 2008

    No, I'm English so I'm in the UK, but I loved this breed from the beginning. They are rare here so I started to breed my own. We have a lot of Poles here and I've sold a lot of fertile eggs and young hens to Polish people's looking for a taste of home. They can only be kept free range and...
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    another chicken death. severe panting and then death minutes later. Gapeworm? Heatstroke? help :(

    If you are going to get a PM (my vet says) the fresher the body the better. And if one chicken of a particular breed dies unexpectedly, a post mortem may help you to save another. I know it has helped me. Also, learn all you can about how chickens work - they are SO different to humans! Even...
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    Hostage to chickens since 2008

    Thank you. (poultry people are special!)
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    another chicken death. severe panting and then death minutes later. Gapeworm? Heatstroke? help :(

    Without actually seeing this chicken I don't think anyone can give a definitive answer. If I have a mystery death I'm lucky enough to have a Vet who will do a post mortem. If you can afford to get a post mortem done on a chicken, ask to be there for it and let the Vet teach you as you go. It's...
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    Hostage to chickens since 2008

    Hi there. I'm not actually new to this site. I joined it not long after I first got some birds back in 2008 but then I left off posting when I got so busy with chickens that I didn't really have time. Chicken maths and the obsession quickly took me from 8 to about 68 plus lots of chicks and...
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    4 day old chick wont stop chirping

    I don't know if you ever solved this but a 4 day old chick with what you call a 'pasty butt' -was it pasted white? If it was it was more than likely salmonella pullorum. The chirping is, I believe, pain and is followed within days by bleeding from the vent. If you are having this, I didn't solve...
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    Tylan 200 injectable how much ?

    I know this is an old thread but I just came across it. Tylan injectable is what english vets term as "off label" for chickens BUT for a speedy cure, I have had it prescribed for chickens at the rate of 0.5ml injected in the breast muscle, then repeated in the other breast 48 hours later. Egg...
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