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    chicken health and diatomaceous earth

    From Berkshire County, MA We use the "over wintering" method of adding fresh wood chips and hay in layers with a generous powdering of DE, clean out next boxes, and tidy around the edges. Question: Why would the rooster, a big Buff Brahma, have a bare neck? Over the last few weeks, more hens...
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    Losing tail feathers

    See my "reply" down the page....... and please keep us posted
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    Losing tail feathers

    Re. "losing tail feathers" querry My hens and RIR rooster look just like this... many bare bottoms and some (from rooster) bare backs From reading on-line and print info, and from questioning everyone I know w/ chickens: A multi-task approach to the problem includes *daily vigilance...
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    Remedy for Picking and Bare Butt Injuries

    Bare Bottoms on My Beauties and Big Red Roo In a flock of 25, late November I noticed Big Red butt pecked by hens as they casually passed him in the enclosed yard. Subsequent weeks, 8 hens are bare bottomed; some w/ small "wound" areas. After some observation, it seems that there is no one...
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    When butt feathers disappear...

    Bare Bottoms on My Beauties and Big Red Roo In a flock of 25, late November I noticed Big Red butt pecked by hens as they casually passed him in the enclosed yard. Subsequent weeks, 8 hens are bare bottomed; some w/ small "wound" areas. After some observation, it seems that there is no one...
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    Medications over the counter for injuries

    Please clarify meds available via drug store for surface injuries Also would appreciate homemade "electrolyte" recipe for chickens
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    Unexpected

    Thank you, Penn
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    Unexpected

    Question Re. unexplained loss of Buff Orpington My mixed chicken flock, hereto previously healthy, two weeks ago started "picking." Four out of 24 birds show signs of bare bottom spots. I have treated w/ a mixture of Desitin and GoldBond Med. powder, sometimes mixed w/ olive oil. One of the...
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    Egg size?

    Question Re. unexplained loss of Buff Orpington My mixed chicken flock, hereto previously healthy, two weeks ago started "picking." Four out of 24 birds show signs of bare bottom spots. I have treated w/ a mixture of Desitin and GoldBond Med. powder, sometimes mixed w/ olive oil. One of the...
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    Smith Hill Cottage

    12/19/12 Smith Hill Cottage 1,700' above sea level Western Massachusetts, The Berkshires My First Flock: 5/10/12 from McMurtry, innoculated mixed breeds, Americauna, Buff Orpington, Black Star, Red Star, Silver Spangled Hamburg, Minorca, Rhode Island Red, Blue Lace Wyandotte; two roosters New...
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