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    bad legs

    Free range on 85 acres. One of our wilder hens has been showing a severe limp lately, about 10 days. I finally was able to catch her today in a driving rain storm. One leg does not move but I cannot discern a break. Both legs show swelling and some soft lumps. According to Storey's Poultry it...
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    coccidiosis

    What is the proportion of medication to a gallon of water for a maintenance drink for Cocci? I am using a 6 gallon feeder.
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    What Are Your Top 5 Picks For Medications To Have On Hand And Why?

    I am jumping in to the flow here and have a single question. We have free range, no coop, Black Austrolops and White Rocks for about 2 years. I find that occasionally we get a very watery discharge, no blood, just feces and water. I have two watering stations that they use when not using the...
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    black astro, huge breast, head held back, lethargic

    We free range Black Astros and White Rocks along with many Guineas. One of the astros has a severely swollen chest, she keeps her head held back behind it and has a white clotted vent. She is lethargic but has been hanging in there for a number of days. She will move about but seems to be...
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    chickens in the garden

    I am about to plant our spring garden. We free range our guineas and chickens and wonder if they will damage our plants as they come up. I know we lost a number of tomatoes last year to chickens and our second planting of okra was nipped off as it appeared above ground. It will cost over $400 to...
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    Do chickens eat deer ticks?

    We free range guineas, chickens and goats and have had coyotes completely disembowel 3 deer in our front yard since last Fall. We also have a nesting pair of red tailed hawks within view about 100 yards away. In three years we have lost maybe 5 chickens, nothing but a pile of feathers. Why, a...
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    eggs with dents

    thanks to all for the suggestions, I will add more material to the laying boxes.
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    Do chickens eat deer ticks?

    I was raised within 50 yards of a railroad track and you know we almost never heard the train. Same with Guineas, they are very loud and eventually you ask your visitors, "what noise?" As for ticks, Yeh yeh, chickens and guineas will devour ticks. I have seen them peck them off of our two Great...
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    eggs with dents

    Over the past month or so all of our eggs, brown and white, have come with dents/breaks in the pointed end. This should be the strongest part of the shell, what's up?
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    beginner and new member

    We purchased a mix of breeds from Ideal Poultry last year and now have laying hens who are still living in the greenhouse. We need to build a hen house but want our chickens to free range on our farm during the day. The guineas sleep in the trees so no problem but we want the greenhouse girls to...
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