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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    I agree. I know all my birds, but I still keep records because after a couple years you begin to forget who came who. The leg bands are OK, but I've had them come off when out free ranging. I like the different colored tie wraps when I'm trying to decide which rooster to keep. You can...
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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    I have this on one of my "better" Lavenders... I thought he just got his feet pinched in a barn door or something! I never saw it until recently. Crap. That means I have NO good Lav cockerels.
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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    Little Wing, He'd be pen 4. I don't see leakage.
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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    Here is a quote from Paul on his toe punch. It's very clever. He's uses base 2 numbering. It's like the digital code used by computers with 0s and 1s only it's punched or not punched. The code is 1, 2, 4 and 8 starting with the chicks outside left web being 1, moving right, and ending with...
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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    I finally got a chance to look at the toe punch and they are from pen 11.
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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    Yes I did, along with some blacks. I have one small rooster that doesn't seem to be showing the gold, but he also doesn't have that "smooth" coloring of a lavender either...kind of uneven grayish... I don't know what to call that. He's the only one that I can see keeping, but his comb is not...
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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    Yes, I did get them directly from him. I got blacks also. I haven't talked to him about it yet. They are from different pens with different toe punches. I was wondering if anyone else had this issue and how hard it would be to correct.. or should I start over.
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    Lavender Ameraucana Breeders .... UNITE

    I ordered Paul Smith Lavs this spring. I only have 2 pullets, which look fine, but the cockerels are kind of weird... Take a look. I think they are leaking gold. I don't know what to do with them. These are the 3 rejects. I have one without the gold leak, but he's not great either. Kind of...
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    Wormy chicken-

    I don't think two droppers of treated water are enough if you're actually seeing the worms in her poop. If she's that heavily infested I would treat her with a direct dose of Safeguard drench (it labeled for goats). Give her 1/2 cc in a small syringe right down her throat. Give her a second...
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    help need info

    I think something got in and got him. Maybe something small, but the hens didn't do it.
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    First egg in the flock vs switching food.

    I'd use up what I have left and then buy layer feed the next time I had to buy feed, but yes, you can start now. I'm assuming the rest are expected to starting soon also.
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    Electricity Needed for Out-Building - Need Suggestions!

    I am still using the 100' extension cord to power the lights and water heater after 2 years. (I'm not breaking up ice all winter!) I had good intentions of replacing it with romex but haven't gotten around to it. Over time, the extension cord has just about buried itself in the ground from...
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    rooster is sleeping a lot.

    Safeguard (goat drench) dosage is 1cc/10 lbs bird, so it would be 1/4 cc for him. You need a small syringe and squirt it down his throat. Redose again in 7-10 days. That will kill most types of worms in chickens, except tapeworm. There is a 24 day withdrawl time from the date of first dose...
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    rooster is sleeping a lot.

    He probably needs wormed. Worms make chickens lethargic. If you haven't done it, worm the entire flock.
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    routine worming

    Safeguard (goat drench) is given once, then again after 10 days to kill any hatching larva that escaped the first treatment. This is done to break the life cycle of the parasites. Otherwise, the hatching larva in the gut can just reinfect the bird and your first treatment was useless. I like...
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