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    Comment by 'puravidatricia' in article 'Raising Cornish X for Meat – The TRUTH'

    Wonderful article, I had been contemplating raising some CX and your article was encouraging. Had a serious laugh watching them run.
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    Comment by 'puravidatricia' in article 'Broody Hens Vs. Incubators The Pros And Cons'

    I agree, I enjoy listening to the hens "encouraging?" the chicks out out their shells.
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    Comment by 'puravidatricia' in article 'Rocky Living Up To His Name'

    Beautiful rooster. I read an article on the Scots Dumpy and was wondering what it looked like.
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    Ear infection in rooster

    I was wondering if you diluted the peroxide.
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    Ear infection in rooster

    I just recently had another rooster with an ear infection and tried a simpler treatment. I gave him a clove of garlic coated in oil so it would be easier to swallow along with an echinachea pill (you can get this at a natural health store), Whole Foods or some drugstore chains carry natural...
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    Comment by 'puravidatricia' in article 'Axl the EE'

    All the pictures are beautiful, the one with the snow as a background is my favorite.
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    Hola! from Costa Rica.

    Thank you all. Sorry for taking a while I've been busy raising chicks.
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    Ended Official BYC Article Writing Contest #2

    Here's my entry, hopefully it will contribute to BYC's reader's knowledge. Good luck to all! https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/coccidiosis-prevention-cure-and-natural-healing
  9. COCCIDIOSIS; PREVENTION, CURE AND NATURAL HEALING

    COCCIDIOSIS; PREVENTION, CURE AND NATURAL HEALING

    As I happily embarked upon my first rearing of chicks, I was horrified to see that one of them pooping reddish poop. The woman I had bought the chicks from said this was normal. WRONG. It is normal for a chicken to occasionally shed its ceca (a part of its intestinal tract) which is a brick red...
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    Hola! from Costa Rica.

    I live in Escazu. What kind of chickens do you have?
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    Hola! from Costa Rica.

    I'm a former Chicagoan now living in Costa Rica. Because of my lifestyle change I've been able to fulfill my dream of owning chickens and love it .I'm a big believer of natural medicine I'm also a mother to 3 boys and 1 girl, a golden retriever, sheltie and cocker spaniel, 2 green parrots (who...
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    Ear infection in rooster

    I had a rooster with an ear infection also. I decided to treat him through natural medicine as I did my son when he had 3 ear infrections and 3 rounds of antibiotics in a row . Every morning I made a mash with corn flour and probiotic yogurt,(you can use probiotic capsules also) which my...
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