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    Not new, but back after a hiatis I guess.

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    just got 4 new turkeys. lavender and blue splash.

    Morning everyone. Been a while since i posted and firgured it was time for an update. After losing 3 of my chicken hens and my turkey hen this past spring i was down to 5 birds total. I lost the bronze female to a coon, a hen to a prolapse (my favorite),one to a bad mouth infection that rotted...
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    yet another injury. where can i learn to doctor my own chickens?

    This time, it was a nail in the coop door that tore out a bunch of neck feathers and made what appears to be a 2"-3" vertical skin tear on the right side of her neck. She also has what appears to be a pocket infection at the top of the tear. Altho it looks like it is a week old, i am really...
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    hi. does this look like canker?

    Hi, just an update. This is day 4 on the metronadiazole and day 3 of the cipro. I think the junk in her mouth is starting to break up and the infection outside seems less red and is possibly starting to shrink. Certainly not the overnight miricle i was hoping for, but i will take any progress...
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    hi. does this look like canker?

    Hi Kathy and thanks. it's got to be canker as it matches up with the dozen or so pics i have seen thus far. i am just wondering about the external face and jaw redness and swelling. i found some mupirocin 2% ointment that works great on skin infections and abcesses, so i thought i'd try that...
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    hi. does this look like canker?

    Hi and thanks for the reply. Well, i've watched her struggle to swallow long enough. I know at this pace she will get dehydrated, lose too much weight and lose her spunk, which she still has in good amount for now. I got a towell, burrito'd her and decided to get forceful enough to take a really...
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    hi. does this look like canker?

    last sunday after loosing my fav hen to a uterus collapse, i smelled something awful and traced it to this hen, named sally. looking like a bacterial infection, i immediately started her on 1cc injection of tylan 50 and have for a week now. by last tuesday, the smell had diminished quite a bit...
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    Help. i think my babies have turkey pox?

    Hi all. i was up north for the last 2 months having a dear friend care for my flock. problem being he wasn't very attentive to them but at least they got food and water. Anyhow, my 2 8 month old hens hatched and raised by my dear departed turkey have developed what looks like turkey pox. one...
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    hen pooped an egg. any idea's?

    Hi. i have a 2 year old black hen that has seemed lethargic for the last few weeks. she seems "puffy" and a bit droopy but still runs like the dickens when i try to catch her. Anyways, after holding her for a while today, i let her down and about 5 minutes later, i saw egg white dripping from...
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    Making progress with one of my 2, 3 month olds.

    Hi. just sort of an update on my little farm. about 4 1/2 months ago, my lone turkey hen kept setting on her unfertile eggs. After about 3 weeks i knew the eggs were ready to pop under her. i got 3 decent looking eggs (2 blue, 1 brown) from my hens and snuk them under her at night, removing the...
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    old birds an new chicks

    Hi. the old hens will pretty quickly learn to come in. as for adding chicks, it's not a good idea. i have found the only way to add chicks to an existing flock is with their MAMA, which will keep me from ever getting an incubator or buying chicks. Mom can integrate the chicks as well as defend...
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    Need help, nothing seems to be working to help a hen integrate with flock

    Hi there. chicken social behavior is sometimes tuff to figure out. I think a seperate run is a great idea myself. last year, i got 2 americanas to add to my flock as i wanted multi colored eggs. At the farm after about 5 minutes of looking at a HUGE amount of birds, this one golden one...
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    What gets best hatch rates, letting hens set or putting eggs in an incubator

    Hi. Altho i've never bated turkey eggs myself i know that turkeys make great moms with a 100% hatch rate so far. I also think the turkey chicks aren't quite as "bright" as chicken chicks and need that extra care from mom. If you do have predators and can confine her to a safe place for a few...
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    Tom not interested in breeding?

    Hey there, I have twice now had a turkey successfully hatch and raise chicks from chicken eggs. The first time I slipped a chicken egg in about a week after she had set on her own clutch and the timing was perfect. In that case, the chick never really bonded with either the other turkey peeps or...
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    What do you wish you had known before you got your chickens

    Hmmmm, About the only thing i wish i had known about chickens before i got them was about tylan 50, dosing and how to give shots. Everything else i learned on the fly and went pretty well. However, nursing sick chickens without knowlege of the above was a heartbreaking experience. Watching a hen...
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