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    Blood spots on egg shells? *with pics*

    i also have a hen (a buff brahma) that lays the occassional spotted/freckled egg. it almost seems like it is every other egg, one is day the egg is normal but lighter in color and the next day the shell is slightly darker with the larger end having small brown speckles on it. sometimes theres...
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    Worm Composting With Chicken Manure And Pine Shavings?

    All of my birds go crazy for worms out of my bins, they have a easier time eating the redworms compared to the earthworms. I will say that depending on the size of your bin, you may occassionally be able to vermicompost citrus waste (pineapple rind, orange peel, and the like) it is not agood...
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    nightshade berries

    all parts of the american pokeweed plant contain toxic alkaloids, however the tender young shoots of the plant in its early stages is traditionally eaten as a cooked green in the south. special preperation is needed to remove the toxins before consumption because the sap may cause a skin rash in...
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    Baytril and Egg Consumption

    I will take a look at the FARAD refrence you provided. i feel very conflicted about it having been perscribed. it was an emergency vet surgeon that only treated pet birds (not chickens) who persribed it at like 12a.m. sunday night/monday morning. she said she didnt have anything else...
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    Baytril and Egg Consumption

    Sorry for dredging up such an old thread, but the title seemed the most appropriate to post the question in when i searched the topic. i took an eggbound and also prolapsed (with her first egg) marans hen to an emergecy vet (late sunday night a few weeks ago) and the vet perscribed baytril 2xday...
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    please help asap! eggbound hen with egg/intestine outside of her

    sorry about the horrible spelling errors on some of the previous posts, i was typing rather franticly on my cellphone while attempting to tend to my distraught hen. we made it to an emergency vet around detroit (Novi) around 11pm (would have been sooner but ive got more than a few other pets i...
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    please help asap! eggbound hen with egg/intestine outside of her

    i dont think i can, these are my first chickens, almost 5 months old, her firs egg, the first problem ive had... i just saw some blood on her towel though so im packing her up in the ca after i g put the others up. i do appreciate your concern but i dont think im capable of helping this along...
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    please help asap! eggbound hen with egg/intestine outside of her

    ive got her soaking in warm water in the tub in a steamy bathroom and gently massaging the exposed area with sterile lube. the egg is completely outsie her body, unbroken, but bound in her intestine. im unable to determine is the spot i feel is in fact the opening or if it is an interstinal...
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    please help asap! eggbound hen with egg/intestine outside of her

    definately a porlapsed vent. i sent the pictures finally, though i couldnt get good ones with heer struggling and all the poopy feathers. ive been calling every emergency vet around, the closest cant se her until almost 3 pm tomorrow, and im unawae how long this takes to become life threatening...
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    please help asap! eggbound hen with egg/intestine outside of her

    sorry if theres other posts about this but i just discvered my marans hen who seemed bloated the last day or two squating down in the corner of the pen not eating or being her bossy self. when i picked hr up i saw droppings covering her back side and looked closer to find what at the time i...
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    Worm Composting With Chicken Manure And Pine Shavings?

    I've been doing vermicomposting long before i got chickens (i'm impatient and regular compost takes too long for me). i personally use earthworms for my chicken poo, and i usually only feed those particular worms chicken poo and carbon (lots of carbon since manure is hot) as i've found that if...
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    Speckled Sussex Cockerel in Mid-Michigan - Free to good home

    I do appreciate you taking the time to reply. Its not so much that I personally have been misinformed by anyone (I do totally understand your logic and am aware that fertalized eggs are perfectly fine to eat if gathered in a timely fashion), its more my own way of thinking that I am taking a...
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    Anyone know how to subvert a rooster ban/ordinance for a single bird?

    thats more of the type of response i was hoping for. i'm really not trying to do anything thats ethically questionable, imho. i'm just throwing out all the possible ideas we've had for the sake of our pets life, already figuring most would not work, but if one would/does i'd feel horrible if i...
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    Anyone know how to subvert a rooster ban/ordinance for a single bird?

    i have been looking for somewhere that sells the collars with at least a week+ return policy so that i can evaluate its effectiveness and how humane it is (also if theres a danger of choking after becoming hung up on something as i've read could happen). hes a speckled sussex, currently living...
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    Anyone know how to subvert a rooster ban/ordinance for a single bird?

    i NEVER said "service animal" (i have no intent to do anything involving a 'service animal', never have, probably never will, i completely agree that they are only for those truly in need of help), in reference to my dog, i Said "therapy animal" and she was used as such for benefit to myself and...
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