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    Adding cracked corn to chick feed for broilers

    If I did that what would be the protein %?
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    Adding cracked corn to chick feed for broilers

    We are doing a 100% organic FFA project with broilers. The only organic feeds I can find at 30% protein is game bird feed which is very expensive. Our FFA uses turkey starter 30% protein for first few weeks. Is there a way to add cracked corn to a 20% chick starter to get it up in protien? My...
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    Chick having hard time walking

    We got this little buff orpington from the local feed store a few days ago. They have been having issues with him not feeling too good and had him separated. They put them back in with the other chicks but they were picking on him cuz he was smaller. They offered to give him to me to see if I...
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    Colloidal silver for quail

    Exactly how I feel. Fingers crossed🤞
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    Colloidal silver for quail

    But if we give her time she might be ok is what I'm trying to find out. Nothing looks crooked or misplaced. Not sure what a vet would do if it were broken. Might just give it time and keep using the poultice for now. I'll leave update photos after another week
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    Colloidal silver for quail

    We called our vet. They said they would take a look but said most likely recommend putting down if it's broken. And we could do that ourselves so if rather save the $300 emergency appointment fee since they are booked up for a week for normal appointments. Our quail aren't really pets but I...
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    Colloidal silver for quail

    She doesn't act like it's painful when I'm putting the poultice on. As soon as I put it on her foot she actually closes her eyes and looks like it feels great. She stumbles around to get to food and water. Flapping her wings a bit. It's been close to two weeks now. She is still eating and...
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    Colloidal silver for quail

    Here are some photos. The leg on the right is the one that is the issue. It was 2x bigger than it is now. The poultice really helped but hasn't brought it down anymore after a weeks. There is a bit of purple on the side of leg in second photo. Kinda hard to see. She hasn't layed any eggs since...
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    Colloidal silver for quail

    Hello everyone, I have an injured quail with a swollen leg. It was so swollen her leg and foot were over twice the size. I'm still not sure what type if injury it is. I don't see signs of bumble foot. She was kinda flopping around to get to food and water that I thought it was her wing. But when...
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    Nutritional value large egg vs bantam

    Hello all, we are trying to find if there is a different in nutritional value for bantam eggs vs our orpington eggs. Wasn't sure if they had a difference?
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    Pink breath of heaven shrubs

    Hello all, I can't seem to find much about the shrub "pink breath of heaven". Lowe's has them right now and look like nice size bushes. They don't have much else right now. I need some plants for the run that aren't poisonous and will survive my chickens. Has anyone had any experience with...
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    Can chicken have fire tonic?

    Thank you, I was thinking they may benefit from some of it too. Just wondering if anyone had more knowledge on it. I plan to onky five them a little bit not a lot. I'm gonna cook with the strained veggies too, still get the same benefits as drinking the fire tonic for humans. Just wanted to...
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    Can chicken have fire tonic?

    Just not sure I would use up all the veggies after straining. Thinking it could have deworming properties maybe,
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    Can chicken have fire tonic?

    Hi all, I'm making fire tonic for my family and was curious if it would be good for my hens. Ingredients are onions, garlic, ginger root, horseradish root, Turmeric root. Hot peppers (habenero, Serrano, & fresno) and Apple cider vinegar. After it sits in a half gallon mason jar for 2 weeks you...
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    Quail Ground pen housing

    Hello all, i have had quail for about 6mon now and they are all kept in a ground pen with welders mesh walls. Now that we are finally getting rain here in california im worried about them. They have multiple different types of huts to access but they never seem to use them. They are always out...
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