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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    It’s been very busy here. Last spring we added 4 more chicks, 1 Easter egger (she’s crazy lol), 1 Buff Orpington & 2 lavender Orpingtons. Hubby built a shed (air conditioned) with a nursery/infirmary. They integrated well with our older chickens, with no major problems. They are a year old now &...
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    How Are You Covering Your Chicken Run for Avian Influenza?

    We had a scare in February. One of our chickens, "Chickadee" was making raspy, hoarse sounds. We too her immediately to the vets. He said she had a virus. She was separated from the flock and they were all treated for 10 days with Tylan soluble powder. Within 3 days she was better and none of...
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    Impacted Crop Round #2

    I ordered a catheter & syringe that will be here tomorrow. She has a very large solid mass. It’s getting smaller with water & massages twice a day (and a bit of olive oil once a day.) when the mass gets smaller I will give her some food crumbles with water & oil.
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    Impacted Crop Round #2

    We are on round two of an impacted crop. She was doing well for about 7 weeks. I saw in another post “tube watering”. what is it?? I used a syringe and gave her water and (a tiny bit of olive oil 1x day) throughout the day, removed her pellets and massaged her rock hard crop. In three days it...
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    Safe Alternative to Dangerous Surgical Neutering of Roosters

    Beautiful birds!! I love his colors!! I wish we could do that but we are limited as to how many chickens we are allowed to have. We are already over the limit by 3. As long as nobody complains, and they won’t we have awesome neighbors, there is no problem.
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    Safe Alternative to Dangerous Surgical Neutering of Roosters

    Thanks Heather! I only know what my hubby told me. I’m going to call tomorrow to get more details. I’ll update if I get new info on this...
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    Safe Alternative to Dangerous Surgical Neutering of Roosters

    I have only had my chickens since December. I don’t know all the correct terms. I had no idea first that I had male & that he could be neutered. He’s 5 1/2 months old.
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    Sunflower Cottage is almost complete!!

    He painted what I couldn’t reach. I’ll get the link from him and post it asap
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    Sunflower Cottage is almost complete!!

    Yes, I just ordered a sand flea rake cuz’ the run is so big!
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    Safe Alternative to Dangerous Surgical Neutering of Roosters

    Yes
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    Safe Alternative to Dangerous Surgical Neutering of Roosters

    “Caponizing” is not an option for us. I will not risk his life to do this. My chickens & rooster are our pets, with a side benefit of providing us eggs. I love my flock! ❤️🐓🐓 I cannot have a rooster where I live. I am trying to be responsible, so I can keep him and give him the best life...
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    Safe Alternative to Dangerous Surgical Neutering of Roosters

    No he hasn’t developed any rooster behaviors yet we are hoping to stop it before it starts. According to the vet, it will stop the behaviors.
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    Safe Alternative to Dangerous Surgical Neutering of Roosters

    We got 4 “female” chicks from TC, one turned out to be rooster. He is 5 1/2 mos old now and we cannot have a rooster where we live. We have forever homes for all our pets, so we looked into getting “Roo” neutered. We talked to an avian Vet. She told us they no longer recommend or perform this...
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    Looking for a vet to neuter a rooster

    I’ll that have an answer next week & post it.
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    Looking for a vet to neuter a rooster

    I got 4 chicks and one turned out to be a male. We did not want to give him away because we were afraid of what might happen to him. So we looked into having him neutered. We talked to a avian Vet who is an expert. She told us that it’s a very dangerous procedure and veterinarians dont do it...
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