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    Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

    Hi hedz82 Have a look at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsyyQoTlT-pSN6f_GZrlv4w There is a short video on one of my chickens. I'll post some more pictures in the week.
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    Chicken breeders or Folks in South Africa?

    Hi I'm from South Africa, Atlantis. I've got a few Black Orpingtons, but plan to have about 50 hens in total. Can anybody PLEASE tell me where I can buy medicine? Also, what do you recommend as a vitamin/mineral supplement? The local Beyer agent told me to get Avi Boost. Still waiting on...
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    Training/Teaching a dog about chickens

    Hi Juley Yes, they are orpingtons. The are doing fine here, although we sometimes get into the high 40's during summer. Boxer are the BEST. Mine does the chickens, as well as cattle and sheep. The sheep is a bit of a problem, cause they think he is one of them :) He works the cattle better...
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    Training/Teaching a dog about chickens

    This is a short video my dog. He's got no training. He does everything cause he wants to.
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    Training/Teaching a dog about chickens

    I have a Boxer male. He helps me every day with the chickens. He started off on cattle (self taught) He then progressed to sheep (He watched the collies for about 2 weeks, before he jumped off the truck to herd them himself. Lately he started helping me with the chickens. When one of them is...
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    New to chickens

    Thanks for the reply. At the moment I'm not giving them any vitamins, as I'm struggling to source it. I am in contact with someone from a big pharmaceutical company and I'll get the right stuff as soon as we've decided what I need. Cheers
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    New to chickens

    Thanks for the replies. The video shows her head going to one side all the time. Maybe you will be able to notice something else? I've taken a pic of the hen from the top. You can see her tail is pulled to one side. Sorry for the bad quality. My wife took the camera on holiday...
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    New to chickens

    Hi One of my hens are sick. Her tail is pulled to one side. One eye is sometimes closed (no excretion in the eye) Her head also goes to one side, then she pulls it back. Like an involuntary movement of the head? I've had her in isolation for about a week now and gave her some charcoal...
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    Intro and first question

    Thanks Sumi Not sure what area you from, but I'm outside Atlantis and the Co-op here is USELESS. I'll go and post it there as you suggested.
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    Intro and first question

    Hi all I'm new here and also new to chickens. I'm from South Africa and I have 11 Black Orpingtons. My aim is to have 50 hens and 10 roosters in addition to some beef, sheep and pigs. (Everything on small scale) So far I've lost 1 chick to Coccidiosis (I think) and 2 to falcons (Sure...
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