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    any archery lovers here? (hunting, target and crossbow welcome)

    I'm brand new to compound target archery and hunting. Just got a Genesis Pro for my 18th birthday, not very heavy on the draw so I'm hoping to get in some more target practice before going for squirrels and rabbits!
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    Common types of bacteria in coops?

    That's awesome, I can't wait to do labs in college! Yeah, research is my favorite. True, I'll make sure to ask for help on here if things get confusing.
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    Common types of bacteria in coops?

    We're actually still in the middle of that lab, and I haven't been at school the last few weeks because of a surgery so I'm behind, but we did start looking at them under the microscope. So, I will ID all 14 of my bacteria eventually! Part of the lab is learning to identify them based on their...
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    Common types of bacteria in coops?

    That's awesome. Yeah, there's a lot of crazy bacteria out there, for our first lab we swabbed any environmental sample we wanted and I did the bottom of my shoe.....I had to stain more bacteria than anyone in class lol. Thanks, I will! :D
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    Common types of bacteria in coops?

    Thank you @aart for your reply and interest! Yes, I am doing an experiment. For my Microbiology class, I was assigned to come up with an experiment that tests some kind of antibiotic that isn't a medicine. I decided to test the antibiotic properties of different citrus fruit using their...
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    Common types of bacteria in coops?

    Hi, I'm a high schooler with three rhode island reds and was doing an antibacterial project in school. I am wondering what kinds of bacteria are found in coops besides the typical salmonella and E. Coli. Thank you in advance!
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    Please Help: Day-old chick With Leg Issue

    ok thank you so much
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    Please Help: Day-old chick With Leg Issue

    Okay, should I stent it's leg with tape at all? I was thinking it might be a slipped tendon or something of the sort.
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    Please Help: Day-old chick With Leg Issue

    And should we splint it right away? It's not even 24 hours old yet.
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    Please Help: Day-old chick With Leg Issue

    It's not eating and drinking yet, but only because we haven't offered it food or water as it cannot even stand up. For the splint, should the leg be completely straight or should it be bent naturally? Also, when should we offer it food and water?
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    Please Help: Day-old chick With Leg Issue

    I have already but this in the emergencies forum but I'm desperate as this is the only chick that made it from the 6 eggs I was incubating This chick was born yesterday and has been in the incubator all night. It was malpositioned and had a saddled air cell (shipped egg). Yesterday it was...
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    Please Help: Day-old chick With Leg Issue

    This chick was born yesterday and has been in the incubator all night. It was malpositioned and had a saddled air cell (shipped egg). Yesterday it was flailing both legs but now it won't move its right leg. The right leg 'hip' is protruding and is a red-ish color. I pulled it back a little to...
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    HELP! Saddled Air Cell and Pip On Wrong End!

    Here is a better pic. It has not zipped just a pip for now.
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    HELP! Saddled Air Cell and Pip On Wrong End!

    It has made good progress in the last hour (picture below). I heard we shouldn't intervene until 12 hours later and/or no progress? How does it look (sorry for bad pic)?
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    HELP! Saddled Air Cell and Pip On Wrong End!

    Currently have a pipped shipped egg, pipped very recently (today is day 20). It has a saddled air cell and the chick pipped on the wrong end. Will I eventually need to intervene?? If so, when???
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