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    What's wrong with this guineas foot?

    Interesting! Original Poster (OP), did you ever figure this out? My guinea's feet look just like this. Our family describes the guinea's toes as carrot-like. It looks like she has lost nails, and the tip of the toe looks like the top part of the carrot where it emerges from the soil. I'm not...
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    Deworming with safeguard pellets

    I was looking for this. Thank you!
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    Wildfire evacuation

    YES!!!!! We're a learning community! Let us learn from and with you!
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    Wildfire evacuation

    In my prayers right now. For the sake of all the rest of us, what would you do differently? You had enough of a warning to start a conversation, but for some reason when the time came, you weren't quite prepared. I'm thinking that if I'm ever in enough trouble to post on BYC or FB or...
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    Two seemingly healthy roosters dead within two days of eachother

    How HORRIBLE!! Like @EggSighted4Life I'm going to ask for more info. Where are you, what sort of run security (if any) do you have in place, does your flock free range, how close are you to neighbors and do they like you, and can you post any photos? (With photos, give readers AMPLE heads-up...
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    My Silkie - Crop impaction, sour crop, diarrhea

    A few other things: 1--Do they feel pain in the crop? It's a muscle, but I don't know about nerve endings in there. Hmmmm. Anyone out there know? 2--What came up, and did it come out in parts or in a whole ball when you dislodged the matter that was impacting her crop? 3--Do you feel like a...
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    My Silkie - Crop impaction, sour crop, diarrhea

    I don't know if this is any comfort to you, but I NEVER thought I'd stick a tube down anything or anyone's throat. But when it came to saving a life, I womaned up and did it. Two things about that: First, I got set up by a vet who gave me the equipment and ensured me that the tube I would use...
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    How much should I be trying to get this crossbeak to eat daily? And can I train her to eat sideways?

    Oh, and yes, she's getting picked on a little bit out in the chicken run. Not massively, but out of precaution, we keep her inside in a cage between her noon and dinner feedings. My little dog Pablo (a Havanese, a breed that has performed for circuses and herded poultry) keeps a close eye on her...
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    How much should I be trying to get this crossbeak to eat daily? And can I train her to eat sideways?

    Daddy was a one-of-a-kind, amazing, beautiful, sweet, faithful tailless Ameraucana (probably Easter Egger is a better label) from Townline Hatcheries. Truly priceless...to us! They've never had another tailless come from them, so he was already a genetic anomaly. He died in the line of duty...
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    My Silkie - Crop impaction, sour crop, diarrhea

    I'm curious about how you cleared the impacted crop. I had to do surgery--I don't recommend that route, but after a week, we couldn't make any progress on a fist-sized ball of straw, so...! But @Wyorp Rock is right--that's a GREAT article. And this is a reminder that I need to stock up on...
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    Chickens all dead?!

    Any news or more clues?
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    LOVE that crossbeak!!

    LOVE that crossbeak!!
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    Review by 'vivaciouswoman' in article 'Diagnosing causes of malpositions and deformities in chick embryos'

    I keep coming back to this because of incubation problems and then developmental problems. Thanks for putting this out here and making it so accessible for the community!
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    How much should I be trying to get this crossbeak to eat daily? And can I train her to eat sideways?

    :love
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    Pinkish membrane in my eggs?

    I stick the detritus from cracked eggs directly into the microwave for about 10-20 seconds each, depending on the power of that microwave. If I have a stack of 5 egg shells from breakfast, they go onto a napkin and get zapped for 1-1.5 minutes. It cooks everything up, kills bacteria, and I can...
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