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    Broad Winged Hawk Attacked Buff Brahma

    I'm sorry for awakening an old, painful thread. I was thinking about getting a few Brahma to see if they would help against Hawks. Guess not. I'm a physician, so this may or may not apply to chickens, but for humans, one day is to quick to get septic or even a recognizable infection. For...
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    Can I use grower grit in layers?

    Ok. Thank you very much for your reply! That makes me feel better.
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    Can I use grower grit in layers?

    Hello, I am a relative newbie. I've had bought 3 pullets and a surprise roo at around 2 to 3 months of age. They are around 36 wks now. All is well, and they seem healthy and happy. I went to get some more feed and scratch today and had them throw in a bag of "adult" grit. However, they...
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    Vets says Newcastle disease, but could it be?

    We decided not too cull as our neighbor's chickens are likely infected, too, and are only 20 feet away (and escape sometimes). Plus, all chickens around here are from Ideal as they are just 30 mins down the road. The rest are healthy right now and we have some Denagard on order for if there is...
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    Young chicken not thriving

    Just to follow up on this. My wife is the OP, posting while I was away. She took the pulley to the vet who diagnosed her with Newcastle. He then took her and euthanized her followed by cremation. He then told us to destroy our other birds. I started another thread on this disbelieving the...
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    Vets says Newcastle disease, but could it be?

    I just got home from a business trip. My poor DW was dealing with this by herself. I've read the above and the cull thread and other things on MG. I have neighbor chickens, too. One is an escape artist. It probably started with ours as theirs are healthy but they may be infected now. Culling...
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    Vets says Newcastle disease, but could it be?

    Thank you very much for the response. We live in central Texas. The town is Temple Texas. The veterinarian took her to put down and then cremated her. All other birds at this time are completely asymptomatic. I will alert the state authorities of the diagnosis of New Castle and see if they want...
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    Vets says Newcastle disease, but could it be?

    Hello, We have an approximately 3 mo chicks we bought from a grower. The grower bought from Ideal Poultry as hatchlings. A chick had thick clear drainage from the eyes. Slept all the time. Ate very well though. Took water from dropper sometimes. My wife took her to the vet today who diagnosed...
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    Way to fill sealed 5 gallon bucket with potable water hose intermittently

    Hello, Ty. I was looking on Amazon for double female connectors like you showed before I posted, but can't find them with low lead certification (<= 0.25%). This was the reason for my post. If plastic, I want it BPA-free. I don't want lead or BPA in the chickens for their health, plus the...
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    Pullet intermittently stumbles like she is drunk

    Thank you
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    Way to fill sealed 5 gallon bucket with potable water hose intermittently

    Thank you for the reply. Here is what I made: http://homesteadrules.com/homemade-chicken-waterer/ You are right about the economics. I'll sacrifice that for convenience, though :) Yes, I have considered PVC but wanted better UV endurance (knowing the bucket can break down but I have many...
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    Pullet intermittently stumbles like she is drunk

    She passed overnight. She was warm and dry and hopefully felt our love. We are very sad, but turn our thoughts to our 5 other chickens, and the joy they bring.
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    Way to fill sealed 5 gallon bucket with potable water hose intermittently

    Hello, I have one of the typical inverted lid-sealed and drilled 5 gallon buckets resting in a flower pot base type waterer. It is a pain to take off the lid to fill it. I can't have a full-time hose set up, so I would like to use a way to fill it up with a hose connection only when needed...
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    Pullet intermittently stumbles like she is drunk

    Thank you for the response. I mentioned above (but i said so much it was easy to miss)that because of the location and flock size, the breeder recommended to the grower/seller to NOT vaccinate. Evidently there isn't Marek's here even in the wild bird population. That said, I read about it today...
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    Pullet intermittently stumbles like she is drunk

    Hello, I have an approximately 10 wk old pullet inconsistently walking strangely. My wife noted yesterday she didn't come out of the coop. She got her out, and she just laid there. Then she got up and walked around. When I got home, I picked her up, and she showed no great fear (she's...
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