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    Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!! SNAKE!!!!!!!! IN MY COOP!

    Cloves. Soak them, make a tea, spray around the coop. Or oil of cloves. The coop smells good, too. Snakes have to be really motivated to cross a smelly line (their olfactory powers are remarkable). Tried it last year after finding, catching, taking for a long car ride and dumping, many...
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    astralorp rooster paralyzed?

    Thanks, no, I hatched him myself in an incubator, from a reputable breeder. But of all the videos I have seen of Marek's disease, and from what I understand of the symptoms, he doesn't have this. He is in seriously good health and humor, and his feet are quite normal in their aspect and...
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    astralorp rooster paralyzed?

    My big beautiful healthy rooster suddenly will not stand. He is "dragging his butt" which actually is only the impression he gives, he is quite active, eating and moving around but cannot stand. I am guessing somehow either he is suffering from a paralysis caused by a stroke, or somehow both...
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