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    Are flax flower petals good for chickens?

    I like drying many plants for the chickens to eat during the winter months. I started growing flax seed a few years ago and was curious if anyone knows if the flowers are safe and/or has good nutritional value for the chickens? I can't seam to find anything about the flax plant itself. I like...
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    June Bug Trap *EASY*

    I know this post is really old but I'm just reading this now. As far as freezing bugs we started doing that a few years ago and the chickens get nice treats during the winter. We always get bombarded with stink bugs and started freezing them by the gallon bag full! I don't know how much it...
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    "Gapeworm" solved...I think

    Thank you! It was such an awful thing to go through not knowing what was wrong with them. He's definitely a special little rooster thank you!
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    "Gapeworm" solved...I think

    A few months ago I made a post on here because I was pulling my hair out trying to treat what I thought to be gapeworm. I have seen many posts online with people having the same issue and I hope this might be able to help someone of they're dealing with the same thing. I was dealing with...
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    Poisonous plants and Vermiculite/Perlite

    It just blew my mind how ravenous they were over it. I didn't realize this was a "thing" with chickens. At first I thought they were curious because they seen white beads floating around and thought it was a bug but soon seen they were actually eating it.
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    Poisonous plants and Vermiculite/Perlite

    I would usually completely agree until I seen my chickens going crazy eating styrofoam in my driveway after having a refrigerator delivered lol. Oh that wasn't an easy cleanup with them trying to eat it before I got to it and the wind was blowing so it was going everywhere. Thankfully they...
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    Black stool from antibiotics?

    Hello, I know this post is old but I'm seeing absolutely nothing online about this. Just yesterday I started mine on antibiotics for respiratory infection and I'm seeing them all with jet black poop that I've never never seen before. Were your chickens ok after this?
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    Gapeworm

    Omg this is terrifying thank you for your insight! I guess the next step would be to bring one in for an exam so I can get the float test and insight for a respiratory disease. It's heartbreaking that if it is what you mentioned they would carry this for life.
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    Gapeworm

    Sorry i can see how that could have been confusing wording. It started with my observations with him because he grew up inside because the splayed legs so i was able to see many if the syptoms arrise before anyone else. I definitely never had a chicken sleeping inside with us before to hear...
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    Gapeworm

    That was actually my next step to take one of them to the vet. I had just replied to another with a lengthy post of everything that's happened and why i thought gapeworm. Sadly I won't have my vehicle back for a few days to bring one of them in for the vet visit. I even considered Ubering...
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    Gapeworm

    No I actually just called the vet a few days ago for this and they need me to bring one of the flock members in for an exam and then they would do the fecal sample. We're in the process of moving and I don't have my vehicle with me and hoped I would be able to just send the sample in. I...
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    My Introduction

    Hopefully I'm in the right spot this... My husband and I started a homestead about 4 years ago and have been learning as we go provided some wonderful tips and advise from YouTube and websites like this! We started with chickens and sadly they only had straight run available at the time. We...
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    Gapeworm

    I just joined and this is my first post so I apologize for any ignorance in advance! Im wondering if anyone has any experience with gapeworm and also treating soil with agricultural lime? I have been going absolutely crazy trying to treat my flocks of gapeworm. Every single time I seam to have...
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