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    thank everyone on this forum- i thought my guineas had all gone mad!

    So happy that we have this forum. we have 11 guineas that were day olds in june 2010 that had lost what little minds they had. around 4 weeks ago, i could hear them cackling and screaming and making guinea mayhem all night long long after being tucked into bed. we have them trained to come in...
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    Hello!

    You should do it! Its a great job with lots of types of things you can get into- from a local drugstore to politics! plus it helps when someone you care about is sick... I get calls from my family and friends all the time!
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    How to measure medication?

    I was so excited that I actually knew an answer to a question on here!
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    Hello!

    Hi, i just found this "room" today, so even though I have posted some before, I figured I should go back and introduce myself:)! I just started with 6 chicks back in april, and then obtained 7 more in may(of which 2 died not long after arrival from the hatchery) and the remaining 5 are healthy...
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    How to measure medication?

    1 gram = 1000 mg 200 to 400 mg is not a hugely exact dose- I would divide the powder into 10 equal groups using the old eyeball method, that would give you about a gram or 1000 mg... dissolve this into 2 & 1/2 gallons to 5 gallons and that will give you a 200mg to 400mg per gallon solution...
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    First they were austrolorps, then JG's, now what are they?

    I did buy them from TSC on South Boston, VA, not locally or at a swap. So you think TSC may have bought locally? I just assumed they would buy from a hatchery. Nathalie is in Northern Halifax Co, lots of chickens out here! Thank you for welcoming me! I love this forum and can spend hours on...
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    First they were austrolorps, then JG's, now what are they?

    Pic of one of them as a chick...
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    First they were austrolorps, then JG's, now what are they?

    The pics I have seen of black sex-link roos, there is barring- these guys dont have barring on the black feathers. I was weird because one of them started with 1 gold feather, and I thought it was just a rogue feather! Maybe some weird nutritional thing. This has progressed... I have been on...
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    First they were austrolorps, then JG's, now what are they?

    I bought some little black and yellow chicks from TSC at the beginning of April... I was told then they were black Austrolorps. As they got a little older, after reading the forum here, they have yellow on the bottom of their feet, so I realized they were JG's.... About a month ago, they...
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    New member... Help with new chicks!

    The other chick has been hanging on all day... I have been feeding it sugar water out of the spoon, and it will perk up for a little while but then will sleep a lot... Interesting, chickpip, that one of yours has been lethargic as well. One thing I noticed was that its crop (?) is swollen (the...
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    puking chick!!

    I just got new chicks today from MM, 2 hamburgs and one just died and the other is doing the same thing. The one that died was sluggish to begin with, so I immediately brought her in and started giving her sugar water. She would drink the sugar water, and kind of revived, but then it would just...
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    New member... Help with new chicks!

    Poor little thing just died, now the other one is doing the same thing, she will drink then after a few minutes she will dribble all the water out of her beak again, looks syrupy.... Has anyone ever seen this? Its just the two spangled hamburgs- all the others are just running around like...
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    New member... Help with new chicks!

    I think the hamburgs are just a beautiful breed! I bought 2 of those, 2 columbian wyandottes, and 2 partridge rocks this time. I have just successfully raised some assorted reds (still trying to figure what assortment i bought at TSC) and what I thought were australorps, (but now know are black...
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    New member... Help with new chicks!

    I Just received my new chicks from MM hatchery and all seem well except for one, and not sure if i should worry! I put some sugar water in the cage and used an old spoon with spots on it to get them to drink (they peck at the spots and it tricks them into drinking, ha ha!) One of my little...
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