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    SWOLLEN EYE? my hen needs some help (PICS)

    sunny_side_up, the "bumps" have turned a "whitish" color but are still the same size. the third eyelid isnt swollen and it is translucent. there is some clear thin liquid coming out of one eye. she still dosent act sick and is still laying. i can lift up the bumps to almost 1/4th inch, i wonder...
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    SWOLLEN EYE? my hen needs some help (PICS)

    Quote: I got some today at a local pet & vet supply -- a 1/8 oz tube of Terramycin ointment for $13 !!! I went ahead and got it because until now I haven't found it anywhere else locally & didn't want to wait for it to be shipped. But I'm certainly going to be on the lookout for a much more...
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    SWOLLEN EYE? my hen needs some help (PICS)

    i finally found a tube of it here locally...a farm store 20 miles from here had it and since it was connected with another store here i told them to order it. and they did. i didnt get specfic directions on how to apply it but i apply it 2 times a day on the "bumps" of the eye. there is some...
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    SWOLLEN EYE? my hen needs some help (PICS)

    yes i am still reading, i was trying to post more pics. she is the same. still eating and drinking well. i couldnt find that eye ointment but i wonder if its the same thing as the Terramycin that you put in the drinking water? could i make a paste out of that and put on her eye? i wonder if that...
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    SWOLLEN EYE? my hen needs some help (PICS)

    My 8 month old BO pullet has swollen eyes, could it be eye worm? She is laying eggs. there is no discharge from eyes, no runny nose, and the hen looks healthy except for the eyes. there is some blood coming from the infected area. and there is also puss coming out of it. also looks "bumpy"...
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    Are Brown Leghorns as efficient as White Leghorns?

    Brown leghorns are more of a heretige breed then hybrid, the white LH are usually hybrid and are not as good at foraging as browns. also the browns lay SLIGHTLY fewer eggs then their hybrid white cousins. brown leghorns come from lakenvelders and hamburgs strains, where they pick up their...
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    Layinnggg eggs and flairing tempers

    if they are mad they will either attack you if u come in the coop or if u come in the coop they will raise their neck feathers up high and lower their wings and "growl" what you hear isnt a "mad" sound; they have a deep sound they make when there either bored or happy. if they do get mad at u...
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    Chicken love- "The grossest thing I've ever seen"

    Quote: Shaver reds are cuddly, but the MOST cuddly are production reds...i have one i got as a replacement for a BR i lost to a hawk, i got her as a tiny chick and put her under a broody hen. she didnt like it very well under her and preferd to stay with me, also the broody hen didnt like her...
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    HELPPPPPPPPP!!!! my hen might have a blocked wind pipe?

    i took her to the vet a day ago and he did an exam of her windpipe...it was full of gapeworm and it was just too late for the wormer to be effective. he told me to put her out of her misery and i did and buried her.
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    Sex link Pros & Cons

    i have quite a few red sex links (shaver reds) Pros: x-tra large and sometimes SUPER JUMBO eggs, very friendly, very gentle, quiet, afraid of the things there supposed to be afraid of, immune to most health problems. cons: terrible foragers...constantly wanting feed, egg binding prone (i had...
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    CACKLE HATCHERY A BIG NO-NO!!!!!

    dont get PETA involved, the Humane Society could prolly help more, without runing everything.
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    HELPPPPPPPPP!!!! my hen might have a blocked wind pipe?

    no, but i do check on her every 15 mins
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    HELPPPPPPPPP!!!! my hen might have a blocked wind pipe?

    yes i do have a place where she is isolated...but i havent heard of gapeworm. she is dehydrated. she ate a few pieces of food and quit eating yesterday.
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    HELPPPPPPPPP!!!! my hen might have a blocked wind pipe?

    theres no discharge or "gurgling" sounds. also shes not coughing or tossing her head around. but i think putting mineral oil or veggie oil down her trachea will drown her, i know chickens dont have an epiglottis like mammals do but they do have a type of "valve" that goes over their...
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    Homeschool moms - I need help w/ math curriculum

    I was homeschooled with abecka (DVD course and books) when i was wee and i loved it, i am 21 now and i am taking calclus and physics to help me with the coming (dreaded) SAT test. abecka is the best but its better for ppl who are auditory learners like me (i also have mild dislexica) i like the...
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