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    Mad For Trad

    Yes! I am late to the thread, but good choice!
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    Comment by 'the jolly onion' in article 'Common egg quality problems'

    Well put together article! Thanks!
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    What kind of dog do you have!?

    Ive got two-- a Zoey and a Hoot. Zoey is 12 going on 13 and thinks she is a cat (spent 10 years of her life with only them and no dogs). Zoey is some sort of terrier/cattle mutt mix while Hoot is a mutt blend of cattle dog/etc. He is going to be 3 here on Saturday. I love them.. and they make...
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    Thought chicken had water belly but….

    Hello---sorry to hear about your hen. Could be internal laying or egg bound. If it is, you can do warm water soaks to try and help her pass it, but i am attaching a link to an article that has information that could help give more information to help you determine if this is possibly the...
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    Please help my bantam

    I have a hen that was bitten in a raccoon attack two years ago, through her jaw and into an eye. We had to use a syringe to feed her sugar water and electrolytes because of the swelling. Eventually feed that was super soaked and mashy was given. She lost the eye but after a while the swelling...
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    **I had posted the rehoming bit in the appropriate rehoming thread, but it was recommended that I also try here and maybe somebody would be interested.
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    Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

    Hello all! I had a late hatch from a broodie and a handful are cockerels (5 possibly 6 if one is indeed a late bloomer). I am trying to rehome them. They are from Swedish Flower Hen roosters (from Blue House Farms) over easter egger hens. I am also looking to rehome one of my three adult pure...
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    Roosters and cockerels in North East, PA

    Thank you--here's hoping! :fl
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    Roosters and cockerels in North East, PA

    Hello! I have two Swedish Flower Hen roosters (purebred from Blue House Farm), and five SFH/easter egger cockerels. Looking to rehome. I have too many males to my hens for a happy ratio (just how the hatching played out).
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    Very Weak (Possibly Dying) Chick! Need Advice!

    How is she doing this morning?
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    Very Weak (Possibly Dying) Chick! Need Advice!

    good luck! Im glad you were able to get her out of the store and into a more peaceful place to try and help her
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    Very Weak (Possibly Dying) Chick! Need Advice!

    you could try and feed it some sugar water unless you have electrolyte powder for chickens. Ive used sugar water in emergencies like that and its a quick boost of energy and nutrients that might help revive the chick. I usually dip my finger in the water and try to get the chick to take in some...
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    14th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

    Hello!! @muddy75 --- @casportpony let me know about this hatch a long. I set 22 eggs on march 11(the seller was able to get them shipped a week sooner, they would have been slated to hatch the day before Easter but i was too excited to delay a week!). 13 made it to lockdown, 11 hatched, and 9...
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