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    Duck eggs hatching early...need input please

    Hi everyone… So the short version is we have some mallard duck eggs that are hatching as we speak...four days early… I had not put them on lockdown yet, humidity was low around 35%, and egg turner is still in the Styrofoam incubator. One just completely hatched, three more are pipped, and one I...
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    How to vaccinate chicks?

    Ok, I'm now starting to vaccinate for Marek's...but I have a question. Right now, I have chicks that I incubated that I will give the vaccination to this evening...I also have some eggs under a broody hen that will be awhile before they hatch. I was wondering if I could remove some of the eggs...
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    Anyone due today for chicks?

    Yay! Patience paid off...four new chicks out of four eggs! Even the one that was set a day later hatched only about 12 hours later Hope everyone's babies hatched!!! Kristen
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    Anyone due today for chicks?

    Have four bantam cochin eggs due tomorrow...pipped today! Nothing since this afternoon when I noticed them pipped, though...getting worried since I see no progress or pecking at pip hole. Ugh...the waiting!!! Kristen
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    Brinsea 20 Eco problems... Help!

    I've had this incubator and had some great hatches in it...for awhile I used a different incubator as a hatcher...which, I guess I might need to do again since I am worried about humidity being high enough at lockdown. This time, I filled both troughs and added a soaked sock under the tray...as...
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    Older birds and Marek's? Limping roo

    Do birds that are almost two years old get Marek's??? I need to find out if he was vaccinated...but one of my nicest show roos is limping and I'm freaking out. When I picked him up to examine him, he went crazy and got himself all worked up...then started gasping like I was suffocating him...
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    Showing...cage set ups and conditioning

    I have several bantam Cochin that my kids are showing in 4H this year. I know many people that show keep them in smaller cages to avoid pecking, to keep foot feathering from getting all messy, etc. So, I'm curious to see what kind of set ups you guys have? Also, I have a gorgeous new bantam...
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    Bad feed???

    Thanks all of you! I will be taking it back tomorrow! Now, what to feed on a very cold night with no feed??? Ugh...ticks me off when bad feed leaves me in a pickle! Kristen
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    Bad feed???

    Hi all...I'm not sure if I am being a worry wart or not, but I opened up a new bag of Purina flock raiser, and I noticed there were alot of clumps. It didn't smell bad, but it didn't smell good...it's always a little dusty. Then I reach in and found a maggot or larvae of some sort. Now, I...
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    Roo covered in lice or mites

    Mrs. Turbo : we use adams flea and tick spray Do you spray over and under the feathers to get it all down deep in there? Thanks, Kristen
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    Roo covered in lice or mites

    Thanks guys! I will pass this information along! Oh, what would be a different topical if the bugs are still alive after two days? Take care, Kristen
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    Roo covered in lice or mites

    A friend of mine has a new roo that is covered in lice or mites...they are brown? Thick feathers are caked with stuff...I guess eggs or whatever? I told her to use Ivomec on back of neck (.5cc for bantam). Can she dust him also? Bathe him? How do you get the junk out of the feathers...
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    4 Show Quality Blue or Splash Cochin Bantams( pictures inside )

    PM sent Kristen
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    What breeds do you have, that you want to get rid of?

    I have only had bantams, so I can't speak for the standard breeds. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all my banty Cochins...it is so hard for me to even sell youngsters. They are so sweet, roos are not normally mean to chicks and aren't mean to their girls. I have had d'uccle, which for some reason mine...
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    Tell me about *YOUR* experience with a bird that survived Mareks

    Did you end up culling? So sorry you are/were going through this. Where did you find hypericum? All I can find is St. Johns Wort. Did anything you did seem to help?? Take care, Kristen
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