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    Treating poultry lice naturally

    I thought clipping feathers makes the chicken bleed from that spot. No? I had a cockatoo a while back and was told that a broken feather still has blood flow because it is a live part of the bird and that she may bleed through that spot because that blood would still be flowing through that...
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    PLEASE HELP CHICKEN IS DIEING

    Oops I thought you all were talking about pyrithrum. Is permethrin the same as pyrithrum?
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    PLEASE HELP CHICKEN IS DIEING

    Can you use diatomaceous earth instead of pyrithrum to kill lice? I don't like to use chemicals at all unless completely necessary...
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    Introducing pullets into an existing flock

    My existing flock were raised in an incubator so none of them have gone broody. So when my neighbor asked if I wanted her hen to raise chicks for me I jumped at the idea. I want imprinted chicks who will go broody themselves. So today I picked up my 6 week old chicks and put them in a...
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    Having to cull hens - how to tell which ones are not laying

    I have 14 barred rock hens and one rooster. They are 2 1/2 years old but are still laying sort of well. I have a friend whose hen went broody so I gave her fertilized eggs and her hen is raising 3 chicks for me. My coop is not big enough for 17 hens so I have to cull a few. The problem is...
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    Mixing Breeds in the Flock

    Thank you so much for the reply, dekel18042.
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    Mixing Breeds in the Flock

    I have barred rock chickens and a BR rooster. None of them are broody at all (now 2 years old and not laying very well anymore). I have heard that bantams are good at sitting on eggs but I know they are smaller than my girls. So I would like to get a couple of bantams but I am concerned about...
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    PLANTS POISONOUS TO CHICKENS

    What does spp mean? I have a bracted honeysuckle (lonicera involucrata) in my new chicken run and I am wondering if it is the same thing as lonicera spp.
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