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    Duramycin-10- Is it supposed to turn brownish after mixing? How long after I stop using it before we

    That's exactly what that means...
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    Caponizing

    Major abdominal surgery (going through a major body cavity, like doing a capnization) is a big stress for the body. I don't know about human surgeons, but as a veterinarian, we definitely do NOT have any animal, particularly young pediatric patients, fast for that long. Remember, a chicken or...
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    Caponizing

    The reason behind doing the short fast is still the same, regardless of species (including mammals).
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    Caponizing

    I am quite new to avian surgery, but my sources suggest more than 12 hours before surgery is excessive. For example, in a baby parrot that would be of comparable age to a young chicken, 6 hours seems to be plenty.
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    Electric netting

    I am also most interested in this thread. I just have a small number of birds (2 nearly six week old salmon Favorelles pullets, 4 two week old Cornish crosses, 2 two week old production red cockerels destined for caponizing practice), but just before Easter, I had a predator that wiped out my 2...
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    meat chickens

    While there is likely differences in carcass composition between the breeds, it's also what they are eating that is important.
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    I'm a vet, but new to chickens!

    Here's my Malinois/Sibe girl at about 3 months old. She's 4 months old now and significantly darker and more sable.
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    FDA to require prescription for livestock antibiotics

    All my food animal clients (which are small or hobby farms. If you don't use medicated feed, it does not affect you at all. In fact, it would put you on a more equal playing field with those who give medicated feeds to get extra growth out of their production animals despite having them live...
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    FDA to require prescription for livestock antibiotics

    Has nothing to do with government interference and everything to do with preventing producers from unnecessarily and incorrectly using antibiotics leading to nasty antibiotic resistance. I'll give you an example...about two months ago, I had a client ask me about coughing in one of his Boer...
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    Soy-Free Organic Broiler Starter Prices

    Thanks Oregon Blues, I'll give that a try for this bag.
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    PLEASE HELP!!! Baby chick PUNCTURED crop!!! GRAPHIC PICTURE!!!

    Again, do NOT do Neosporin or other triple antibiotic ointment on any suspected puncture wound, human or animal. It says so even on the tube. The reason for this is that it prevents a wound like this from draining and you actually lock in bacteria that way. Triple antibiotic ointment is...
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    Soy-Free Organic Broiler Starter Prices

    I used non-medicated Nutrena for my first bag but then I heard the local feed mill had organic. It was $27 a bag, but about a third of it was powder that the chicks of course won't even eat! Yikes...I don't really want to buy more if it's that much plus the waste.
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    PLEASE HELP!!! Baby chick PUNCTURED crop!!! GRAPHIC PICTURE!!!

    Hard to tell from the photo, but I would bring it to a vet who can at least clip and clean the wound and see how extensive it is. Don't do triple antibiotic ointment! Well meaning people use this but it can actually trap bacteria into the wound because it is petroleum jelly based, especially...
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    Cornish chick sick?

    Hmmm...I am a vet, but not much experience with poultry yet. That being said, we can't diagnose things over the internet, but if it's purpose in life was to be a meat bird, I would likely recommend to humanely euthanize it. It looks like it is in significant distress. Sorry...
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