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    How to treat dog bites?

    my friend and i both had dog attacks within a month of eachother. all three hens are healed totally. we gave them all poultry emergency electrolytes & flushed wounds with grapefruit seed extract/water solution for several days...the wounds stayed clean & scabbed over nicely. we also gave them...
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    Silkie unable to stand for a week.. PLS HELP!

    have you checked for lice/mites? chickens can get very lethargic if infested. we lost a cochin earlier this year (she looked/acted fine, other than being lethargic, since she was so fluffy it was hard to tell that she had lost weight & had mites). we suspected that is what ultimately killed her...
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    Black Australorp attacked by our dog....would love input

    We reintroduced Big to her flock FULL TIME yesterday. She's doing really well, she started putting weight on her foot & then walking....we're on week 2.5 of that...she still limps, but gets around very well. At first, we let the other girls into the yard & then let Big out of "sickbay" into the...
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    Black Australorp attacked by our dog....would love input

    still hanging in there. her wound & bruising are healing well, but she still is not walking. she started scooting around a little, but that's all for now. i'm watching her weight right now, she seems to be dropping a lot. i know she's eating & drinking (still spiked with electrolytes & asprin)...
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    Black Australorp attacked by our dog....would love input

    JJthink- thank you for checking my post & offering your suggestion I did give her asprin the day she was looking so bad, but once i started the electrolytes, i wasn't sure about mixing the two...i'll start adding asprin mix again today fyi....make sure you are aware of asprin dosage...
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    Black Australorp attacked by our dog....would love input

    thanks tamelroy! i try, but this has been a tough couple years. i feel like, you name it, we've dealt with it....fowl pox, heat stroke, unknown cause of death, splay leg (twice), tumor, dog attacks, one close call with a hawk.... she really is a good chicken & i'm trying to do everything i can...
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    Black Australorp attacked by our dog....would love input

    The wound healing after Flush-water/grapefruit seed extract This is how her leg lies unless I pull it under her...we got a little movement on day 2, nothing really since. She can curl her toes around my arm as I hold her LOTS of bruising!?!
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    Black Australorp attacked by our dog....would love input

    DAY 5 Big wasn't doing so hot yest, I really wouldn't have been suprised to have woken up to her having passed. She was lathargic, napping most of the day and her comb & waddle had started to pale. She's been drinking, but I don't think eating. She won't put ANY weight on the leg now & will let...
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    who's my baby mamma?

    that's what i'm hoping!!!!! we have several magpie,muscovy,mallard & more at the pond....i would love a magpie
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    who's my baby mamma?

    ok here are some pics: sleepy 3day old bath time 13days old and video: http://s290.photobucket.com/albums/ll250/tree13ag/chickens/?action=view&current=duckbrooderday205172010.flv barely dry...
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    Is there any bug chickens WON'T eat?

    set silkie & her nine chicks loose in garden this am....TONS of squash bugs....they are enjoying the nimphs & eggs, but won't touch the adults the duckling likes the nimphs, not the adults, will eat the whole squash leaf encrusted in eggs all my chickens love cockroaches, worms, snakes (the...
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    who's my baby mamma?

    so.......it all started with a broodie silkie and almost ended with a trash can! chicken had been broody for several weeks, so we decided to let her sit on her first clutch...problem, no rooster called a few friends & got an egg delivery lined up for following mon (set up incubator,in case she...
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    To wash or not to wash...eggs

    i don not wash...if i'm hard boiling & they have poo of them, i will rinse before cooking washing will effect shelf life & if you don't refrigerate, i sometimes do & sometimes don't, it's not a good idea to wash & until ready to use
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    Black Copper Marans

    yeah, i emailed Bev & gave her the info & pics this guy we got them from is a TOTAL SCAMMER, Bev said these girls are NO WAY from her line. oh well, i got them for pets anyway...i just hope they lay good colored eggs
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    Black Copper Marans

    the bumps don't look like avain pox, do they? i started searching about illness (i have a sneezing/hiccuping cockerel) & i got freaked. the marans seem healthy, but these bumps still concern me one of the bumps bled last week....i assumed on of the cockerels had pecked it & caused it to bleed...
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