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    Still losing chicks - breastbone exposed? What disease is this?

    No blood, no open wounds, it doesnt look like they have any skin on their breastbone, so it must be stretched very thin
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    Still losing chicks - breastbone exposed? What disease is this?

    I am still losing chicks. At least two a day. I have added TF-15 to their feed, added corid to their water, added albon to their water They become lethargic, fluff their feathers, and when they die their breast bone is no longer covered with any skin...SOme of them have closed eyes and labored...
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    Eyes sealing shut !!!

    It is very hot here, over 100 degrees every day. The birds are free range and in either a coop or a stall in the barn at night and some of the affected chicks are coming out of a stock tank where I grow out the chicks that I hatch in the incubator. There is no gunk or anything in the eye when...
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    Eyes sealing shut !!!

    I am having a problem with eyes closing shut on chicks up to about three months old...they are fine one day, the next day one or both eyes are shut. I am treating with Vetricyn spray and if I catch them early enough, it seems to help...but I would like to find out what is causing this? The...
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    Comment by 'southdakota' in article 'Tylermckees Homemade Chicken Feeder and Water Fountain'

    Perhaps a rubber sink stopper? Drill a hole in the lid and put the sink stopper in the hole, pull it out when you need to fill?
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    snakes

    What is "rat wire".? My cage had hardware cloth which I thought was small enough gauge, I obviously was mistaken. I will redo the quail cages in 1/2 x 1/2 hardware cloth. I am very sorry to hear of your loss...at least it was two males...Mr. Snake ate my ONLY male in the pen of bob white...
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    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    Thank you so much...the hen is not getting any better and it has been two weeks, should I dispatch her? I did not have blu kote, so I used Koppertox and Vetricyn wound spray...they both seem to be doing better, but the one that was scalped yesterday wound is still oozing... I split the hens...
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    Coturnix Quail Basics- Information and Pictures Galore

    I purchased 25 Japanese quail as chicks, two died and one hen appears to be unable to walk for the past several weeks...she eats and drinks and I separated her out, but no idea what is wrong with her....If anyone has any ideas? I ended up with 11 hens and 11 roosters I had five a&m in with them...
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    snakes

    Yes, I had just moved the quail to this wire cage because it was going to be 103 today and I was afraid they would be too warm in their regular cage. My mistake. I moved them at 5:30 a.m.and when I came back at 7 a.m. I found Mr. Snake in the cage with his belly full of quail and another quail...
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    snakes

    Found this snake in my quail cage this morning, the large bulge on the left side of the picture is one quail that it had already eaten, there is another quail in it's mouth...these were adult quail in a secure rabbit cage, in a barn with hens and guineas free roaming all over the place...Mr...
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    Tripod Waterer's

    I now have four now...I have noticed one thing...the ones in the full sun do get algae inside if you don't add oxine or a little chlorox. I have a well that pumps into a cistern, so I started adding oxine and no more algae...Also, for some reason the younger birds prefer to drink from the mason...
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