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    Fleas infestation

    I am willing to try anything at this point , how long do you toss the eggs for and I’m thinking of worming them while I have them down
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    Comment by 'jbob' in article 'A Cure for Stick Tight Fleas'

    Do you toss the eggs while they are on the seven dust ?
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    Fleas infestation

    I have lost one bird every week and I believe it is due to fleas , just when I think it’s under control it takes out another bird . I have put petroleum jelly on the areas where I see them on the bird , I have sprayed the nesting box with permitherin and give DE to dust bath in . This has been...
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    Chicken behavior

    Thank you I will try changing her diet . she has always been a picky eater.
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    Chicken behavior

    She doesn't lay when it gets hot out , she eats layer crumbles and fruits and veggies , and they get to range around the yard every day for about 4 hrs. She still bullys the others even when their out ranging , if the other two find bugs or something good, she flies over and start pecking the...
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    Help! They won't integrate!

    It will get better as they develop a pecking order and the others get closer in size . adding more food stations is good it will keep them occupied.
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    Chicken behavior

    I have one chicken that is three years old and she is now beating up the other two chickens in her coop , the other two are only 2yrs old and have lived with the other since they were baby's. This is the first time I have seen this type of behavior. They were so close and always roamed around...
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    broody hen again

    I have a Plymouth rock that it's two years old and she goes broody at least once a month . I have separated her in cage and that seems to fix the problem in a couple of days . She will get broody again. Any ideas. This hen really wants to be a mother. I wonder if I sneak a chick in with her...
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    weird growth on comb

    All of the other one look fine ,she's the only one . I have noticed a lot of mosquitos hanging around the coop . We live next to a canal. Thank you , in going to try to get the mosquitoes under control.
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    weird growth on comb

    Any ideas , never seen this before
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    Male to female quail ratio

    I have 8 males and 6 females and I wanted to remove the dividing wall between the two to give them some more room to roam and so I can start hatching but I think that many boys will be to rough on the girls ?
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    messed-up beak

    I have one that has the same thing and he is just turning a year old , I set up a web cam in the cage so I could see if he will eat and drink and he does just fine , he does it a little different than the others though..
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    PLEASE HELP! Coturnix Quail have large lump/growth on toe/foot

    This may be a deformity in the blood line , inbreeding . I have 16 quail and 1 has a large toe and another has a missing toe also couple have beaks that are not aligned . I found out that the breeder that I bought them from was inbreeding them . This may be why
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    quail having trouble standing

    They have a gallon water feeder in their coop for 6 birds , they don't even try to stand ,they flopped around in their cage to get to the feed and water. I have never had quail act like this before. I'm going to give them a couple of days and hopefully they get better. Thank you for your help.
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    quail having trouble standing

    I have 2 of the 16 quail not standing , they just sit and look around . They both are females and all eat the same type of food and seam to have been laying eggs on a regular basis. They have not done this before. I tried picking them up and checking them for anything wrong , and all I can find...
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