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    Miss Nettie made shoes for chickens!! UPDATE !! BUMBLE HEALED!!

    I just saw this post for chicken shoes........it popped up when I googled "shoes for chickens"! We have a hen here who is SO prone to bumblefoot and I have been wrapping her up with gauze and Vet wrap, which gets so tiresome for her and us each day. Where can I get these shoes? Are they for sale...
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    Do "lap chickens" really exist?

    Our Emma will.....she will jump right up into our laps, and even borrow underneath a blanket with me and I have the pictures to prove it, though not sure how to post them here???? Lots of pictures of her on her very own Facebook page though...
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    " All" Flock feed?

    Turns out one of our pullets is a roo.......so assuming we can get away with keeping this very handsome fellow, we were just informed we need to switch to an "All Flock" feed because layer is too high in calcium for roosters, and just make sure we provide oyster grit and crushed egg shells for...
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    Mycoplasma gallisepticum; PLEASE help

    So, we have 2 hens that we bought a year ago from a local gal. Both have been healthy birds with no problems. Then this past April, we got 2 chicks from Wilco and one 3 week old chick from the same gal we bought our original 2 hens from a year ago. When I picked up the 3 week old, it was in a...
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    Desperate for help....

    We picked up an older 5 week old buff orpington chick appx 3 weeks ago from a trusted source. When we got her home she was open-mouthed breathing, wheezing and sneezing. (We had picked her up at a busy meeting place so I never really opened the box much to check her out before bringing her...
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    If they have worms, what is the treatment?

    e a 1 month old chick that a end brought to me today who is doing a lot of open-mouthed breathing, some sneezing and is lethargic. I assumed URI so I stated her on amoxi and Vet Rx....now I am reading about this gapeworm thing. She is so small, I would be afraid to put a q-tip down her...
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    Male or female?

    Hi everyone, There has been some discussion on whether or not our chicks are both females. I know they are still young, but could you all just take a peek at the pictures and give me your best guess? Appreciate it, Laura Mowrey
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    Comment by 'sshalimar16' in article 'The Key to Happy Hens and Healthy Eggs'

    Great article.....thank you for all this wonderful information! There is a rather funny typo on the first line of the paragraph that has to do with Vitamin D/D3 :)
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    Buff Orpington Egg Color

    We've been trying to figure out what our Maddie is to.....we ordered a Buff Orp and got her instead. The gal I bought her from got the batch she was in from a hatchery. not sure which one,and all the other Buff Orp's she ordered turned out true to form except our Maddie. She is a slender hen...
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    Maddie :)

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