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    Lavender Orpingtons

    I'm sorry if this isn't the right thread, but am hoping someone can answer a question for me. I was able to buy a lavender orp. Hen pullet on two occassions but sadly lost both. The second was to replace the first girl I lost. All my other girls were and are healthy from other breeds, but I...
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    Why are my chickens running from me?

    I have a mixed flock. Some breeds come right over and dont mind being picked up, while others keep their distance. It can also just be the bird, not the breed. I had a delaware that would fly on my shoulder and sit there while I cleaned the coop or just relaxed, but my new replacement girl won't...
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    Wazine 17 - How many days should the eggs not be eaten?

    Thanks queen o scotts. I am very much like you. Better safe than sorry :)
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    Wazine 17 - How many days should the eggs not be eaten?

    I know this is a late post, but I was looking for this information and when I saw so many guesses at the right answer I decided to contact the lab that makes it. This is the information that was given to me. The regulations on the bottle was what the FDA required them to put there. The gentleman...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    Thanks. I'm sad i couldn't make her well again but relieved she isn't suffering. I guess it goes with keeping them. Thank you again
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    Hi Kathy, Lulu passed today. The vet wanted 200 dollars to euthanize her and that just wasn't reasonable. I looked up various ways to cull her that would be humane and realized she was very ill, but very comfortable. so I decided to just let her be as long as it didn't appear like she was...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    Thanks for the informative thread. Very disheartening. It appears once that there has been a bird with mareks, your coop and entire environment is contaminated and whether you take cleaning measures or not, it appears your remaining flock are contaminated so you're stuck with it. How many do...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    Hi Kathy again! I'm sorry for overthinking this so much, but I am becoming more and more of the mind that I have a poor girl with Mareks. The little one wakes and is ready to eat and chatter, but her body won't get up. now her left leg which was pretty strong before is becoming weaker. It is...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    No she was never dewormed. The stool was negative per the vet. She was healthy and looked great and one day I went out and saw her sitting in the run while the others were scratching and foraging. I thought she was just resting, but then I noticed she wouldn't try to get up when I approached...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    Kathy, I have been wracking my brain about this girl. I had only one other lavender orpington from the same breeder. I had gone away and my husbands cousin was watching her and when I got back she was doing something similar. Just sitting quietly in the run. I took her in and that night my...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    just wish I knew what started all this. She was perfectly healthy. no respiratory problems. nothing at all to indicate she was ill, just one day sitting with her tail in the air and down hill from there. feel very helpless and frustrated. You wouldn't believe the improvement she had after tube...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    poor. I woke to her clucking. gave her a tube feeding because she looked hungry picking at pad she was on. I placed the water near her in case she wanted any because she is unable to stand. I looked over and saw she was drinking the water with electrolytes in it and thought I would check later...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    I think i may just have to be kind at this point. She cant lift herself and is just soiling herself lying on her side. Unless there is change by the morning, i think it would be wrong to put her through any more. The only thing she is doing now is picking at things around her head and not moving...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    Once again you surprise me with your knowledge. I wouldn't know where to get it, how much to give or even how to give it. Poor little thing doesn't have a lot of meat on her bones right now. She isn't full grown to start with and then lost a lot of weight. When i first had her seen by the...
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    Broad Spectrum Antibiotic when you don't know what's wrong

    Great. There are vitamins in the electrolyte water, i had picked up some vit-sol multivitamin at the pet store, but then saw the same vitamins in the electrolye solution so didn't add them for fear of over giving vitamins. Have you used these bird vitamins?
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