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    Bumblefoot treatment not working

    Thanks all! I’m going to try tricideNeo. I’m sure it’s not dermatitis. My run and bedding are always bone dry. We live in a desert. and there was a broken slat on their ramp up to their roost which was causing them to jump to the ground and is probably the cause of the bumblefoot
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    Bumblefoot treatment not working

    Ok, I got some pics. The circled areas are where the scabs were, and they are slightly pink. The swelling has gone down, but I’m certain the infection is still in there. The circled black scab developed after I started treatment, which makes me worry that it’s spreading. Any thoughts on...
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    Bumblefoot treatment not working

    I have a hen with bumblefoot in three of her toes. Initially, I tried doing surgery, but since the infection was in her toes, it seemed risky to cut into it… I was afraid of cutting her tendons or something. Anyway… I’ve heard folks say that epsom salt soaks and PRID salve is a good alternative...
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    Do I need two quail pens?

    New quail owner, recently bought five hens plus a cage and would like to eventually get a rooster and hatch eggs so we can harvest quail for meat. But I wonder if people keep their breeding stock in a separate cage from their meat birds? I realize baby quail will need to be separated for a while...
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    6 week old Marans - Cuckoo or Black?

    I have two 6 week old cuckoo Marans (supposedly). Both of them are completely black, except for some white on their wing tips. I don’t have pictures at the moment because they range during the day and are hard to get close to. I thought cuckoo Marans were supposed to have barring? Now I’m...
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    Large amount of fat in cavity of butchered bird

    I feed my flock an organic, soy free pellet feed from Modesto milling. They also get fresh grass/weeds, and vegetable scraps from my kitchen. My other birds seem healthy and are laying, so I don’t know why she would have adverse effects with her diet 🤷‍♀️
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    Large amount of fat in cavity of butchered bird

    I processed a RIR hen today that had a TON of yellow fat in her body cavity. She was three years old and had stopped laying, and I butcher my laying hens that quit. It seemed strange to me that she had quit already, and she seemed slightly lethargic at times over the past 6 months, but no other...
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    Adoptive broody pecking at chicks

    Broody hen has accepted her chickies! Unfortunately, she accidentally crushed one during the night, but that’s just the risk we take sometimes. I went outside this morning at dawn to make sure she didn’t peck them again, and she was acting very gentle and sweet when they popped their little...
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    Adoptive broody pecking at chicks

    I have a Wyandotte hen that hatched a brood of chicks last year successfully, and she went broody again. So, I put some day old hatchery chicks under her tonight. She seemed to accept them, but she did try to peck at a couple of them, and even pulled one around by it’s leg. They are all cozy now...
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    Best way to water trees growing in chicken run?

    I have a mini fruit orchard in the area where my chickens free range. Up until now, I’ve been hand watering my trees, but would like to put in some soaker hoses to save my time. Or, some kind of drip system so that I don’t have to spend 2 hrs every weekend watering. But I’m worried that my...
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    My pullet laid two different colors of eggs

    Well, the mystery is solved! My OE laid the egg on the right, while my BCM/EE cross laid the egg on the left. They were both laid today. They have slightly different shades of green, the OE being slightly more on the blue spectrum. So, apparently it is possible for a pullet egg to be a different...
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    My pullet laid two different colors of eggs

    Hmmmm interesting. Now I wonder if the green egg came from my olive egger. She normally lays eggs that are light green, like in the attached photo. She hasn’t laid anything since last fall. Maybe she laid an egg with extra pigment because she just started back up again? I dunno, but I’m sure the...
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    My pullet laid two different colors of eggs

    I don’t have any other breeds that lay eggs this color. Mostly light brown egg layers.
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    My pullet laid two different colors of eggs

    I have a pullet who just started laying. She is a BCM and EE cross. Her first egg was a teeny tiny “fairy” egg that was dark brown, like a BCM egg. Today, about 6 weeks later, she laid her first full size egg and it was dark green. Is it possible that she will lay different colors of eggs like...
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    Chicken won't bleed out during processing

    Interesting... I did notice what looked like a couple of small blood clots after the head was cut off. How closely do you cut the head off to the body? And how much blood should I expect to see? Maybe if I had an idea of what to expect, I can be more confident next time :)
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