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    I'm stumped and lost and I am seriously thinking about culling my whole flock. Please help.

    It sounds like infectious corzya a deadly highly contagious respiratory infection can be treated with doxycycline or similar from a vet. Can be brought in by new birds or wild birds. I’d say those chicks you brought in came infected. Heavy rain/flooding for extended periods cause myriad of...
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    Vet is stumped! Why are my hens having so much trouble??

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    DO NOT USE DUST ON CHOOKS

    Also makes chooks wheeze
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    help! brahma has swollen left side of face, yellow growth in mouth, can't close beak

    Canker combined with corzya (I think this is how it’s spelt). I know this was years ago but thought this diagnosis might help. Canker requires prescription medication from vet, corzya requires antibiotics also only available with script from vet. How I know is because I’m currently treating...
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    Tiny white bugs on my chicken?

    Dust causes respiratory failure. For example DE, pestene, Sevin, ag lime.Might be natural but not safe. If your chickens inhale this dust it will shorten lifespan.
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    DO NOT USE DUST ON CHOOKS

    Firstly I took peoples advice and used PESTENE dust on chooks. Problem is chooks have weak respiratory systems and will eventually die from respiratory failure. Spoke to vet who iagrees. So do not use DE, PESTENE, lime, fly sprays or any very fine dust. I use ivermectin now and very effective...
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    Leghorns are noisy

    Leghorns- Leghorn hens can be extremely loud when they’ve laid. Sometimes you’ll get a hen that whinges all day loudly year round. I have 1 that is doing my head in. Ive tried separating, Ive tried in a cage inside, Ive tried covering cage, feeding seperate. Nothing keeps her quiet. My others...
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    Janoel 24 vent

    I got rid of the Janoel auto 24. The chicks that did get out had crooked toes. Hatched same eggs under hen no crooked toes. So definitely the incubator.
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    Rescued Rooster with severe Bumblefoot (Both feet) advice/help needed.

    Leg mites easy to treat. Smother legs in petroleum jellyevery day for a week. This smothers mites and a dose of ivermectin for all in flock. Bumblefoot a lot more work. A vet can surgically remove or alternatively soak feet in warm salty water about 5 mins. Then see if you can get any of core...
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    Janoel 24 vent

    Thanks I’ll give it one more go.
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    Janoel 24 vent

    No I haven’t calibrated recently. What do you consider ideal humidity and when to increase.
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    Janoel 24 vent

    Between 40-65 and the incubator turns eggs. They’re dying in shell around day 20-22
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    Janoel 24 vent

    What humidity has worked for you? I set another 16 eggs and 0 hatched this time I could hear pipping in shell at lockdown. The humidity was lower this time until lockdown when I increased it to 75-82% had vent half open to full depending on humidity. What have I done wrong.
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    4.5 Week Old White Leghorn - Pullet or Rooster?

    What was it a ckl or plt?
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    White Leghorn 2 weeks - gender please?

    Purebred leghorn cockerel at 2 weeks will have a thicker pinkish/red comb, visibly larger and different to barely visible combs on pullets. I only know about purebred leghorns not commercial varieties. Vent sexing after 2 weeks on leghorns should not be necessary as visually different.
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