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    Question about roosts

    I need to do some modifying! I keep getting bumblefoot. I live in the desert, there are always stickers, ants, slivers etc but I am thinking that I need to do something with my roosts. I have boards turned sideways, so that they are flat. I have always had them like this since I started having...
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    Blind hen not eating

    Hi all. I have a blind hen that has actually been doing very well until a few weeks ago. She is a cochin cross of some kind, maybe six? We got some chicks for her, which she raised. We gave them the choice of staying with her or going in with the other chickens and all the chicks moved out...
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    Chick Start smells rancid

    Answered my own question. It's not supposed to smell that bad. It's worse than I thought. Blech.
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    Chick Start smells rancid

    I have never used Manna Pro Organic Chick Start before. I bought a bag to try and when I got home and opened it, it smells like it is rancid. Is that even possible? Is it just something in the mix? The other bag of regular Manna Pro chick start smelled nice, sweet and malty like grains should...
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    Seabright chicks sickly/crop bloats

    By the evening of my last post, chick was almost dead. In case someone else comes along and reads this I ended up getting a 1% myconozole from the vet, diluted it in water and gave a few drops every couple hours for about six hours. Chick was still alive the next morning. We medicated again in...
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    Seabright chicks sickly/crop bloats

    Its some kind of infection in the crop. What dilution of vinegar water would I give this bird, or would molasses be better?
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    Seabright chicks sickly/crop bloats

    These chicks were so small that they were being trampled and were not eating or drinking at the store. They had them in with Polish chicks who had already trampled one to death. SOMEONE had to save them right? I have done all the things I normally do with chicks. Sav a Chick, alternated with...
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    Got a new rooster

    Thanks for the ideas! The girls were extremely interested in him while we had him in the kennel. They talked to him. He talked to them but didn't act too crazy. He is a young rooster, barely managing his crow, so we felt good with introducing him. We let him out next day when they were free...
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    Got a new rooster

    Thanks for your replies. He came from a local flock that is in an area that does not allow roos. The people that had him got him with their hens from a local feed store so he was vaccinated before they got him (I believe their chicks come from Murray McMurray). He has been isolated for about two...
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    Got a new rooster

    Probably not the smartest thing I have ever done, but the animal shelter has had this poor roo for a while now. He is a beautiful leghorn cross and I have free ranging girls with no rooster. What do you think is the best way to introduce him? He had been in prison for a while now and I am...
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    hen suddenly blind?

    My hen is still blind :( Her age is unknown, we took her from a lady that had her living in the house eating dog food, about two years ago, so she is maybe five? She is a bantam cochin. I don't know what to do. I feel so bad for her. She has absolutely no iris showing, but her pupils are clear...
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    hen suddenly blind?

    We feed a complete feed so she should not have any deficiencies unless there was a malfunction in the manufacture somewhere. None of our other hens show any signs.
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    hen suddenly blind?

    Eggcessive...Her eyes look completely normal other than the pupils seem a little larger than normal. No sign of any illness!! VEERRRY STRANGE!!!
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    hen suddenly blind?

    I have a little cochin hen that is fairly young. Maybe three-five years. She has not exhibited any signs of illness and doesn't have any signs of trauma. She was laying up til a few days ago. She is very obviously blind today. We are heartbroken as she is our "pet" hen. Could have happened to...
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    KEFIR - who makes it, drinks it, and/or feeds it to their chickens?

    nab58-My kefir grains were VERY yeasty at first. If you have had the grains for four weeks and have changed out the milk type and location several times you may not have given your grains time to readjust to each change. I have found that the grains take at least a week to readjust to a change...
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