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    Swollen eye

    Bump. Anyone else offer advice?
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    Winter Treats and Boredom Busters! (*Pictures*)

    I’ve given my flock whole cabbages hanging up outside or inside their coop. They love it. It’s gone within day and half. I use a kabob skewer to pierce the cabbage through the middle then use the loop at the end of the skewer to hang it up.
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    Swollen eye

    There isn’t that type of puss. It’s a white thin discharge, which seems to have lessened since starting treatment. I’ll poke around the area to see anything can be removed. I’ve been flushing it with saline solution before putting in ointment.
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    Swollen eye

    I’ve had a sick EE. I noticed her swollen eye on 9/7 (pic attached is on 9/7). She had white cloudy discharge from it. No other symptoms other than eye. I’ve separated her from the flock. She’s almost 6 months but not laying yet. I started her terramycin eye ointment twice a day since...
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    Percentage of incorrectly sexed chicks

    We’ve decided on culling the extra roosters after another month for the freezer. We have a friend that’ll walk us through the process. I’m so not looking forward to it. We want to wait to decide which ones to cull until after they develop a little more. We plan on picking up a few new chicks...
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    Percentage of incorrectly sexed chicks

    Good to know. We won’t be going that route next year. Are the chicks at Tractor Supply, Rural King, or other supply stores sex linked? Do you prefer mail order chicks vs feed store chicks health wise?
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    Percentage of incorrectly sexed chicks

    They were a day old and sexed via feathers. But the farm did not guaranteed the sexing. I was thinking an extra rooster or two would be acceptable but our number seems high. Is 25% good for wing sexing?
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    Pale comb and lethargic

    Thank you. I will give that a shot. They are in a chicken tractor so they are moved around. Maybe exposed in the new area.
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    Percentage of incorrectly sexed chicks

    We purchased 26 chicken from a local farm. The farm is known and does a good bit of business. We walked out knowing at least 2 were roosters. We’re now at the 5 1/2 month mark it looks like we have over 25% of our chickens are roosters. What’s an acceptable percentage of wrongly sexed chicks?
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    Pale comb and lethargic

    Hi there! I have some 5 1/2 month old chickens.We live on 15 arces. We have 22 other chickens. Coop is a good size. We use poultry netting to give them a nice size run. Last night when checking in on them I notice a girl that had a really pale comb and was a little slow moving. She didn’t...
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