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    What do you do to maintain your chickens.

    Yes! First snow of the year (every year), they run to jump out the coop door only to stop on the threshold in terror.:eek: I would shovel or rake (depending on depth) the snow away from the door and a few paths out into the run, then sprinkle a bit of scratch to coax them out. The bravest or...
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    What do you do to maintain your chickens.

    :goodpost: "Above all, be flexible as you can. Many things do not work out as you expect. That's just the way life is. If something is not working, change it." Absolutely agree! :thumbsup Every day is a new adventure.
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    What do you do to maintain your chickens.

    The things below were learned via a lot of heartbreak. It's long, but I found these to be very important for their long-term health and well-being: #1. Do a daily check for "fluffy bums". If their hindquarters are soiled, they're likely sick. Prompt treatment saves lives. I did this each...
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    4 AM: A problem or totally normal?

    The answer is to determine what changed on Saturday, and if it is still happening every morning, or did they just discover the bonanza that occurs when they make a racket at 4 am? Chickens are smart, but I don't think they learn that fast, and I doubt it would be that punctual. The fact that...
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    Where's the oviduct?

    Yes, she is hunched up. At first I thought it was the cold. Others do that and they're fine. I've dealt with the salpingitis before, but not a tumor. That could explain why I'm having so much trouble finding the egg this time. I think I've found the oviduct, but it's so tight, I can't get in...
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    Where's the oviduct?

    Thanks for your suggestions. It helps to have others "around" who understand. My husband isn't helpful. He'd just kill it at the first sign of trouble, so he just listens and watches with amusement as I doctor them. I've been "in" a chicken before. I've helped straighten a sideways egg, I've...
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    Where's the oviduct?

    I know this info is on here somewhere, but I just can't find it. I've been searching for almost an hour. Just don't know the magic search term. I've done this in the past, so not entirely new, but I've also ended up in the rectum sometimes. I think left side down low, but other times I've read...
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    Any luck with double yolkers/twins?

    At the very end of the video, you can see that the one on the left is breathing. The one on the right.... I can't tell... doesn't look good, the way it's curled up. But I agree, I wouldn't even try to hatch it. I wouldn't want to put them through what could be a painful death near the end or...
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    Metronidazole doseage..

    It worked! Taste was a little bit better. It was sweet before the bitterness hit. Stuff still settled (must be very heavy), but slowly enough to measure and get a dose.
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    Metronidazole doseage..

    !!!! THANKS !!!! Very expensive, though. Do you think corn syrup or honey would work? Actually, I'll try that now. I hope the sweetener will make the bitterness at least a little tolerable.
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    chicken attacked by dogs

    I'm so sorry. I just read your post about her death. :( :( :( The hardest part of keeping chickens. This may be helpful for someone in the future, though: I found Chlorhexadine at a CVS. It's used to clean injection or surgical sites. There are huge bottles of it at the farm store. Brand is...
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    Metronidazole doseage..

    Nope. Not quite. I originally found this method in an Avian Vet book for aspirin. It also works for meds in capsule or pill form that dissolve thoroughly. I have since found that pills work best if I can cut them properly. I toss them down their throat. It doesn't taste bad, so they're more...
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    chicken attacked by dogs

    How's she doing? Is that brown area on her back skin? Poor girl. I've had a couple of these. Had an "Americauna" with a tear like that at the base of the tail. That was the most difficult to heal. We were given silver sulfadiazine to put on it. I had to have all of them stitched up by a vet...
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    found answer to bird not walking

    I didn't think to take pictures. They were an opaque grayish yellow (she's a Rhode Island Red) and very thick. The best way I could describe the thickness and toughness of the scales would be a plastic milk jug or even a bleach bottle for the thickest scales. Scaly leg mites was my first...
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    found answer to bird not walking

    I thought I'd put this out there for someone to find in the future if they encounter the same problem. It seemed dreadful, but had a simple solution that took me weeks to figure out. One of our older girls gradually stopped walking. When she was sitting and standing, she would seem to start to...
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