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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
Knock on wood but so far nothing. We are in the 'burbs, the neighbours have huge noisy dogs which I think helps to discourage foxes, and I have two HUGE brawler type cats which keep other cats out of the yard and deal with any rodents, but who are terrified of the chickens (especially the bantam...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
My little Light Sussex bantam has completely recovered from her head wound and to celebrate has gone broody again - she'll probably run the full course this time as I am not home during daylight hours to foist her out of the coop. She is hysterically funny when broody, goes very Mrs. Rochester...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
Oh no Satay, that really sucks. What terrible timing and atrocious bad luck.- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
My sussex was captured and cleaned up last night, the whole process made less traumatic by generous access to a bowl of hommus throughout treatment. Soaked off the big clots of blood and no further bleeding occurred, then washed with iodine and applied a mild tea tree based ointment. She was...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
In keeping with the chickens-cause-drama themes of late: I got home today and my bantam sussex has had her head pecked bloody, most likely the culprit is the (decidedly non bantam) barred rock, who does peck at her on a regular basis, though never very seriously before. Normally the sussex will...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
I gave my poor Barred Rock a bath today to unmucky her bum. It actually went rather well, once plunked into warm water she seemed totally out of ideas on what to do and so stood there meekly while being washed, rinsed and blow dried. She has either forgiven or forgotten now and is happy to...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
I have been meaning to try FF for a while but keep putting it off and I had the feeling it would be a bit late in the year to start now temperature wise. Did you use the apple cider vinegar method or a different one?- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
oooh thanks for the tip! I have actually recently emailed the bird vet in Burwood to see if I can buy some anitbiotics from them without having to bring the birds in (I don't drive and it is a bit of a hike), but it is good to know what to ask for... meanwhile I do have OxymavB on hand - same...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
Well, I still have one chook with a really messy bum (the other one has settled down and is back to normal) and I am now suspecting vent gleet could be a contributing factor as her stools look reasonably normal, only slightly loose - not enough i think to account for the mess down her bum. Her...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
Two of my girls have come down with runny bums leaving a nasty mess on their fluffy bloomers. So far I am adding in live yoghurt and garlic to a warm mash each morning, and ACV to their water. Apart form having dirty butts they are bright eyed, active, hearty eaters and happy, a tiny bit ratty...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
What beautiful photo's of gorgeous birds!- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
It is SO tempting to get another Wyandotte, because she was such a darling - depending on what is available next time I am in purchasing mode it is a possibility, though I may go for a pencilled instead. However, I am pretty limited in how many I can have before my husband mutinees and I also...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
Quote: I have a light sussex, barred rock and blue laced wyandotte, all bantams. I had 4 to start but I lost my own gold laced wyandotte a couple of weeks ago. I don't blame you for travelling far and wide to collect such lovely girls. I don't drive so I am severely limited in my options...- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
I'm one of the other Melbournites, Welcome! Your girls are so pretty, that gold laced is gorgeous! Are they bantams or full size? Where did you get them?- mogvgb
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Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.
Oh no Satay! I am so sorry to hear about Pearly. Darn we have had some losses in the Aussie thread of late.- mogvgb
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