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  1. sarahandbray

    Treating a sick hen & Roo w/Tylan. What for the flock?

    Ugh. And I was SO CAREFUL! I've only introduced chicks that I've hatched myself or bought from reputable hatcheries. Twice I've gotten adult birds, but have quarantined in my garage for over a month. I have the two birds separated (separately!) and if one dies, I will send it for necropsy, but...
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    Treating a sick hen & Roo w/Tylan. What for the flock?

    I have a relatively large flock--about 65 birds in three coops in a large pasture. One of my prize SLW roosters showed signs of a respiratory infection 3 weeks ago, so he's been in quarantine in my basement. I've been giving him Oxytetracycline, but it hasn't helped. He's about the same--wheezy...
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    One eye closed, one open?

    Any updates to this thread? I have a healthy flock but just noticed today that one Black Copper Maran hen's eye is closed. Not swollen or gross. Just closed. I have 65 chickens pastured together. No way I'd be able to give injections for days to all 65. Other than isolation, what can I do?
  4. sarahandbray

    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

    I actually got several EE's from McMurray last year and they all have dark greenish/gray legs and puffy cheeks...different color feathers.
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    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

    #3 is starting to get fluffy cheeks, so I'm thinking Easter Egger/Ameracuana on that one. #4 has smooth cheeks #2 people seem to think is a Black Star/Black Sex Link #1 might be Black Australorp? But I got some of them from McMurray last year and they weren't so gray.
  6. sarahandbray

    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

    Thanks!!
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    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

    Got some votes for Black Star or Black Australorp for the dark ones.
  8. sarahandbray

    Props to the HovaBator Genesis 1588 w/automatic turner!

    This incubator reminds me of that old infomercial..."Set it...and forget it!" Just add water every second or third day, lockdown at day 18 (filling tray 2 with water as well as 1) and by day 20 or 21, you get a box of chicks! Yippee :)
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    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

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    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

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    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

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    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

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    Mystery Box of Female Layers from McMurray--guesses?

    I've had chickens for two years now and I have quite a large flock (for a backyard girl) but I don't know what these are! Gray with dark gray/white face Solid black with black beak, legs, feathers--only white is on her belly back by her vent Two striped ones--one that's super fuzzy and reddish...
  14. sarahandbray

    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Just wormed my chickens on Saturday since our egg counts were the lowest ever! 12/55 Sat 19/56 Sun 26/today!!! YAY! Think I found the problem! (Don't worry--I'm throwing out the eggs for 2 weeks after deworming)
  15. sarahandbray

    Baby Chicks getting eyes pecked by bully

    I put the offending chick in "jail"--an over-turned plastic mesh basket--any time the chick was acting aggressive. After a few days of separation, the aggression was over and we couldn't tell which chick was the bully.
  16. sarahandbray

    The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

    (I wish people would spell things right in their specialty! Just checked the Fayetteville site for a quick look see, and they spelled "cockerel" wrong and "Wheaten." This doesn't mean they're not good--I just have such a pet peeve about that kind of stuff! Kind of like the people that own...
  17. sarahandbray

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    My rooster is a purebred French Black Copper Maran. Most of my blue egg layers are Easter Eggers (listed as Ameracuanas through McMurray, I think), but I have three Cream Legbar hens as well. Not sure who lays what, to be honest!!
  18. sarahandbray

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    You can always order from a hatchery and split an order with a friend. I doubt that the Clifton Springs birds are really superior to a good quality hatchery, IMHO. There is also a guy in Saugerties (Randy Wilbur) who is always advertising neat breed chicks on Craigslist and FB Swap sites. I...
  19. sarahandbray

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Here's some of my flock! 5 roosters (Lav Orp, SLW, BCM, Pioneer, and Barred Rock) and 56 hens (plus 27 chicks I just hatched Friday! Super cute!)
  20. sarahandbray

    NY chicken lover!!!!

    I'm about 8 miles south of Albany if anyone needs cool eggs to incubate. Not necessarily purebred but cheap and very fertile! $8/dozen. We've gotten a ton of Olive Eggers out of these (Black Copper Maran X Cream Legbar & Easter Egger). I do have my Silver Laced Wyandottes separated (1 Roo, 6...
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