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    EXACT dosage for selenium and vitamin E for chicks with wry neck?

    there are some specific sellers selling gel for wry neck in poultry. I found the info below in their treatment: Vitamin E (min)………………………200 IU Selenium (min)………………………23.2 mcg Twice daily if treating for wry neck for up to three weeks Excessive amounts of selenium may be toxic. I got some...
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    EXACT dosage for selenium and vitamin E for chicks with wry neck?

    One of my Siciliana chicks (2 days old) is putting its head down and rolling and walking backwards sometimes, i gave it some squished up noodle with vitamin e oil (from a human capsule cut up 1000iu) but it only ate a small few specks. So i wiped some of the oil on to its legs. I am getting some...
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    Sponsored Post I'm incubating - what do I do if the power goes out?

    I got one of these pure sine wave power stations with lithium battery and tested it on my brinsea 28 ex for three hours, neighbours have a power outage planned for day 20 of my "siciliana white" and "ixworth" hatch. I calculated it should last 16.67 hours if required. Cost me $386AUD...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    I saw this on my facebook page. Opportunity for those who attend to win a prize of a trio of imported breeds donated by Avgen. The Brahma trios sell for $1400. Im not sure they will be raffling a trio of "The Bresse Gauloise" but would be great to attend if you can.
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    Will my hen teach my chick to eat?

    i bought week old chicks recently and was amazed they knew how to eat and drink and even have dust baths and fly.
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    Ayam Cemani in Australia

    i did a search havent seen any in Aus. I did see a black sumatra breed though. I think AvGen are at the forefront of importing new breeds into Australia. I was wanting some White Siciliana utility chickens or some Bresse utlility. Although they only sell bresse under contract. I think it...
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    Hi All,

    Ive had chickens for a couple times over the last several years, mostly isa browns for eggs. I had 7 hens in total. Recently two of my isa browns went broody in a lawn mower catcher, so i decided to buy and put some fertilised eggs under them, most of them cracked, and others went bad, one...
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