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    Thank you SO MUCH for the information and the hope. I will order it today!!!!!!
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    I would really hope that this is obvious to EVERYONE. Unfortunately, a lot of times profit is more important than ethical behavior for some. I seriously doubt that I tracked "possible" AVL in from a feed store and I don't have any friends that I visit that have chickens. I actually don't really...
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    This is true. I only have 3 living chickens left from over 60 that I got from them
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    That's such a bummer because that means that Greenfire Farms is selling birds with AVL.
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    I haven't been able to since my first one died in May. The issue is that out of 4 necropsied only one showed possible AVL. I am absolutely being cautious, don't get me wrong, but I really hate to cull the flock on a POSSIBLE diagnosis. If he has said it is AVL, yes. I spoke to him over the...
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    The vet said to worm them, feed them a high quality feed without calcium (he suspected the rooster had too much calcium) and keep an eye on them. I would be culling around $1500 worth of show birds 😭 I have already had to restart my flock once. I cannot afford to do it again. I will have to...
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    A few weeks ago I posted about the MANY issues that I have had with my chickens and that I had taken 3 to Texas A&M to be necropsied. I'm still at a loss. I have wormed them (the Safe-guard AuquaSol is $300 at my vet 🙄 and I now have enough to last about 10 years). I have had to put 9 down in...
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    Dying left and right

    Those are good points and good questions. I actually don't usually check the dates but our local store goes through feed pretty quickly and gets a new delivery every week to two weeks. I buy 2 weeks worth of food at a time. I store in what looks like white trash cans with a latching mechanism...
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    I just dewormed yesterday with Safeguard. I believe the dose is .25/lb according to my vet. The scratch is a treat that they get. It's about 4 cups, total, between all of my birds and has black soldier fly larvae mixed in with it. It probably amounts to around a tablespoon per bird when all is...
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    Dying left and right

    They free-range. I have ~20 chickens living between 3 coops. They eat Big V layer crumbles (no reports of others having any issues with this feed). They do get treats (hen scratch) in the afternoon. I give 4 scoops for them to share (~ 4 cups). I clean the coops, at bare minimum, every 3 days...
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    Dying left and right

    @2ndTink Okay, starting in May/June I started having chickens dying almost every day or other day. Some started out struggling to walk and then unable to walk at all. I initially suspected Mereks. I took one chicken to my local vet and had them send her off for a necropsy at Texas A&M. The only...
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    Chickens keep getting sick and dying

    I have had one done previously but I went through my vet. I initially suspected Mereks... Long story. I will tag you in my thread.
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    Chickens keep getting sick and dying

    I will try that. I just had 3 more necropsied today.
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    Chickens keep getting sick and dying

    I have had the same issue! Sent one off for necropsy and no answers. I have lost about 60% of my flock to an illness that I have no idea what it is or how to treat it. I have two more sick, in isolation, right now that have very watery, white, diarrhea. The problem is not everyone has had this...
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