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    One of my roosters Rooster with clogged vents

    so what exactly does my rooster have?
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    One of my roosters Rooster with clogged vents

    one of my roosters has 2 clogged vents..hes happy..free range and alert but i notice a crusty waxy substance clogging both his vents on his head..and foul smelling..hes about 2 years old. can you use hydrogen peroxide on the vents to kill the infection? or antibiotics?
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    help..I have a problem

    I came home from work and 2 of my chickens are acting like I put 100 proof in their drinking water. Alert, eating ok but all wobbly when they walk. These are chickens that have been free ranged since I got them in April..healthy vigorous,well cared for chickens that roos inside every night...
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    Rotten Hawks!

    I think I lost one of the family today to a hawk (or coon)as well. Just a pile of feathers was found under a tree. The bright side it was a young rooster and not one of the prize hens.,,but whatever the predator was will it will be back I am sure. I free range so its impossible to do netting...
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    getting ready for winter

    I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on whats a good watering system for the cold winter months. I'd like something that is self contained and not a fire hazzard. Also my Moran roos have huge combs and wattles and Id hate to see them get frost bit. I read about using vaseline but here...
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    Polish hen adopts them all

    I will try to borrow a digital camera and hopefully be able to figure out the upload
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    Polish hen adopts them all

    My polish hen got moved in with the chicks a couple weeks ago because I couldn't keep her with the free range flock. She would wander off, and/or forget to come in to roost at night. She's with 25 polish chicks 1 Turkin chick(he was the free BONUS chick...) and yesterday I moved in the 30...
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    Roos vs. Neighbors-Need Advice

    I have gone through similiar encounters with the neighbors. As for crowing during the day...well sorry thats what roosters do. You are out in the country! The crowing at 530 am can be annoying but I bumped that up a couple hours by putting black plastic (trash bag) over the window that I...
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    aggressive rooster

    I have a free range flock of mixed Banty's, polish, MaraNS. Total of 57. 4 are Coo Maran roos, 1 mixed roo. banty roo. All healthy, friendly and around 8 months. I have lots of kids from different groups that come over and feed them bread. Its been very enjoyable to watch. I have noticed...
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    dAytime racoons

    Yesterday afternoon around 330 my Coo Coo Maran Roosters were making an awful fuss..I knew something was up...sure enough there was a racoon out there trying to tackle one of the roos..feathers everywhere. The 4 other roos were putting up a valiant fight, and I grabbed the closest weapon (a...
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    Need some Advice about Roosters!!

    Yup, thats what roosters do. I put a shade up in the coop window and that helps with the 'early early' crowing serenade (I have 7 roosters) As for crowing outside..thats all part of the humorous chicken package..not to mention all the other noises..and ALERT noises they make. He's just telling...
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    new Babes and bonding

    I am very surprised at how few responses I got to this posting. Again today I had someone that wanted to see the babes...a non animal person and they approached the nursery way too fast and wanted to pick up one of the babes and they scattered to the far end..SOO>> i STARTED CLUCKING with the...
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    New chicks and working full time

    hi read my recent post..try it..really will help with the bonding
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    new Babes and bonding

    My 26 babes came on Friday and they are doing well, but they are very shy and sensitive to noise and scatter when aproaching the 'nursery'. I have found that if I continuosuly make the noise a broody hen makes or that cluck noise a mother hen makes when shes with her chicks they imediately calm...
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    gurgling sneezing rooster

    where can you get this ls-50?
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