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    Oxine users - what's an alternative?

    Same problem here. I found it for about $25.00/gallon on the Great Companions website. When you make a $49 purchase you get free ground delivery. But . . .. backordered, and they don't know when they'll be getting it in. Amazon seems to have it for $50.00. I may cave.
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    Hatch spread over 5 days so far... why?

    I'm going through the same thing as well and haven't been sure why, although this has been my first 'successful' hatch (used a bator that was probably broken before; made our own for this). Our first to hatch was a leghorn, followed by shipped Ameraucanas, and the other leghorn. Our Barnevelders...
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    Are the hybrid production laying chicks only available from large layer companies?

    I'm a little confused about this. I read that the hybrid production layers (Brown eggs --- like Red Stars, Production Reds, ISA Browns, etc.) are bred by large companies, and I see them on the market as adults when they have left the layer farms. I have also read that you can't breed these 'at...
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    Breeding Exchequer colored birds for type with a limited gene pool.

    I like the EL's also. Haven't seen a black leghorn. A few white leghorn roosters have been winning at the APA poultry shows around here. I wonder how a nice white one crossed with an EL would do? My current EL rooster is a jerk, and one of the things I want to improve is termperment.
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    Tylan 50 dose?

    Yes! This is great info. I think they weight about 82 pounds collectively, but your formula is what I needed. Thanks so much!
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    Seeking Thread - Brooder with clear side - raising chickens more at eye level so they aren't afraid

    Hi, I believe the above is self-explanatory. I seem to remember a thread on this site discussing why chicks usually grow up afraid of people (unless they're handled a lot!). Theory was that usually we are above their brooders, and they become afraid of us because of instincts to fear predators...
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    Tylan 50 dose?

    Between 1 1/2 - 2 gallons. Probably closer to the later.
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    Tylan 50 dose?

    I have 20 chickens that I need to medicate for an upper respiratory infection they have had for a while. My health isn't the best, and I have been unsuccessful in treating the flock with oral Tylan 50 for the full 5 days because I am unable to stay up after dark. I do not have help. Was...
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    Chicken flock has respiratory illenss --- unable to give Tylan injections

    My flock of 18 adult laying hens (& 1 rooster) has a respiratory illness. I had given them Tylan 50 orally (via syringes) for 3 nights straight ---- a few times. Last time was at least three weeks ago. They improve even with the three days' worth. They have had this problem for a few months...
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    Comment by 'MsRiderUp' in article 'Mites - Chicken Pests - How To Protect Your Chickens From Mites'

    Hi, Am in the middle of treating coop and chickens for mites and lice. I had read that mites can live without a blood meal, in the coop, for 5 months! I had started letting the chickens free-range in the woods, and they really liked to hang-out by the compost bins (where of course their old...
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    Sneezing & Coughing and now a buggery nose on my Roo

    So this is a really old post, but how did they turn out? Did everyone get well?
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    Single Rooster Pen

    Ridgerunner, This makes sense to me. I remember visiting a breeder a few years ago who must have had at least 10 large pens, each with one rooster and a couple of hens. Everyone seemed pretty calm --- in contrast to the young roosters I acquired a few months ago who were trying to jump...
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    How to use Oxine Ah in a Humidifier?

    I have a small flock of 18 in a coop and have been unable to get rid of sneezing and occasional chest rattling. Used Tylan 50. How could I use the Oxine mist on the whole flock???
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    Feeding Bantams Layer Pellets?

    I know this is an old thread, but still have a question about this. Have a couple of 10-week-old bantams. They are wasting a lot of feed, despite having made a tray insert to go under the feed container (all the crumbles pretty much disintegrate into powder . . .). Am switching all the large...
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    Comment by 'MsRiderUp' in article 'Reasons for Tossing Out Your Indoor Brooder and Start Raising Your Chicks Outdoors'

    I am doing this and it's working out great. We made ours 4x4 square with plexiglass sides so the chicks can see out everywhere. It's outside with a covered hip roof. The triangular gap between the top of the brooder and the two roof sides has hardware cloth over it for circulation, and so...
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