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    Water source for chicks

    I just found 3 chicks w/ one of my hens. "Surprise !" The nest box is @2ft. off the ground. I leaned a wood ladder to the box for the chicks (since they were able to jump down); I figure they can run up the short wood ladder ? Do I still give them chick feed ? They can't reach the water- is...
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    Topic of the Week - When eggs go wrong

    Thank You ! Maybe part molt since the other one is molting as are my chickens. 9 hens & 3 roos.
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    Love the Tea Pot ! I collect all things chicken & rooster !
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    Topic of the Week - When eggs go wrong

    The problem that came up recently is with one of my Muscovy Ducks (2 females). She had been laying fine. Then, there had been a few rubbery but now for the last week it's been only "Shell- Less" eggs. The yolk & white is on the ground !
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    Topic of the Week - When eggs go wrong

    Yes. A customer who had bought eggs the previous week "returned to me" a container with an egg she'd cracked to use that had a small marble looking object in it. I chuckled at her & said watch as I broke open the small egg !
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    Hello and Help Please!

    For Him... What I do w/ Roo's w/an Attitude is I give them the: "Hug Em Up Treatment !" Get a hold of their feet & hold him under your arm. Walk around with him for a bit. He'll get the idea that "You're the BOSS and he'll mellow out". While, you've got him: Moisten the base of his spurs with...
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    Hen w/ a BurstProtrudedAnus & MilkyGoo Vent

    I say it will hold @ 2 gal. of H2o. How much Epsom Salts ? Warm out of the hose ? About how long ?
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    Hen w/ a BurstProtrudedAnus & MilkyGoo Vent

    Ok, how much of her ? I have a "refrigerator crisper drawer" @6-8 in deep
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    Hen w/ a BurstProtrudedAnus & MilkyGoo Vent

    Husband said she was "acting slow"? When he opened her pen this AM. I checked on her to find her w/ tail drop. Checking closer I find my Hen w/: a Burst Protruded Anus w/ maggots & has a Milky drainage from her vent. She last laid 2 days ago ! I do believe she will die ~ @ 5 years Can I do...
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    Lice and mites help!

    Quote: Isn't that the liquid wormer ? Do you dilute it to "dip" the birds in ? How much Permectrin to Water ?
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    Lice and mites help!

    nikki_r5 "I love it, but what if it rains ? where should it be put ?" you can't just "move it" . . .
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    Duck thinks it's a Chicken ~ Won't go in the water ! What do I do ?

    One day this Muscovy Duck (female, I think) had been pacing back & forth in the old orchard behind my chicken pens trying to get in. I could see that it's wings were clipped ~ honestly, they'd been cut so bad you could tell the blood feathers had been cut. Though it had been some time since, it...
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    Scaley Mites - Toe at Risk !

    ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PoultryPedia Jul 17 at 11:32 AM To Nikki Riley p.s. If you'd be willing, I'd really like to hear what treatments you may try & how your hen does so I can share the info with...
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    Scaley Mites - Toe at Risk !

    The "blob" is the hard mass covering the top & sides of her toe. I thought that it might be an accumulation of mud & fecal matter that it may soften with the soaks. What happened was the scales & feet did soften BUT it loosen the "blob" to where when it moved it bleed. I let her soak yesterday...
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    Scaley Mites - Toe at Risk !

    Thanks, but whatI did was go to here first: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures Then followed it with the following link: Helpful References & Links from BYC https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/112920/helpful-references-links Poultry Podiatry...
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