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    Genetic experts - any info on B21 gene?

    Wow Tim that was an awesome explanation. Even I could totally understand it.
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    can you give acv to chickens on Antibiotics ( duargard)

    I did not. Waited till they were off.
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    can you give acv to chickens on Antibiotics ( duargard)

    I just put my flock on Duagard for MG and MS and was curious as to weather or not the acv would have an adverse effect?
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    Unusually high mortality rates in chicks for 2013

    When chicks are raised in the house free of coccidious it is a shock to there systems when they are taken out to the run and exposed to the coccidious all at once for the first time. This is when I have found the biggest loss to occur. Most hatcheries will vaccinate for this it is a spray either...
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    Unusually high mortality rates in chicks for 2013

    MS a and MG are the two most common forms of CRD Chronic Respiratory Disease. Having just gone through this and deciding to treat and vaccinate my flock as I have 250 birds some of which are loved pets. I emailed a few hatcheries and asked them, just to gather info about how they handled it and...
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    Unusually high mortality rates in chicks for 2013

    Q/"Hatchery chicks are hatched at the hatchery's, sorted and shipped leaving no contact with older hens that have been exposed. NPIP certification covers most diseases that can be carried thru an egg." Not all hatcheries test for MG and MS these can be passed through the egg. Our regulations in...
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    possible bird flu??? Help

    After hours of research and countless calls to chicken friend's and the chicken Dr. I think we are going to treat the birds, cull and vaccinate what i keep. While the birds will never be free of what they have it can be well controlled. Since most of the chickens showed no signs at all some very...
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    possible bird flu??? Help

    Well i am so sad to report my birds have MG. I have over 250 birds so this is a very sad day for me. I have about 25 young birds that were never exposed i am hopeful to have them tested and save them anyway. Backhoe operator on stand by:'( :'(
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    possible bird flu??? Help

    Thanks you two, they said 2 days to two weeks before we know what they have. Oh, i dont think i will ever bring home another bird. Will most or any of these diseases pass through the eggs? I have some very nice and rare breed chickens. If they need to be destroyed or heavily culled out, as a...
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    possible bird flu??? Help

    I am worried and wondering:'( :'( I had 4 juvenile birds shipped in from a friend in TX almost a month ago. They looked ok when they came but to be safe i isolated them for a week them moved them in with some like aged birds. Obviously a week was not enough. Within 3-5 days i had birds coming...
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    Help with incubator choices

    I have a Brinsea 20 and a 40 with the humidity pump. I also have a Hovabator Genius with a turner. I had all of them full with my own eggs, all the same eggs. When it came time to hatch the Brinsea was 1 1/2 days late. When i noticed none were hatching i put a glass thermometer in to find that...
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    Tractor good for 3-4 chickens.
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    post your chicken coop pictures here!

    It is a breeding pen set up but could be used as one pen.
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    incubators thoughts and experiences

    Hello i am new here:-) :-) We have aprox 250 chickens, most are laying hens but we breed BC Marans, BLR Wyandottes and Cream Legbars. We are also working on Chocolate Orpingtons, Chocolate WBs, PWBs and Silver Penciled Wayndotte Bantams for this fall. The BLRW are my passion, they are not only...
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