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  1. Janis R

    Chickens dying, HELP

    rebascor- we are not culling them if they look like they have an injury, they are fine one day and dead the next, the chickens are of varied ages form 5 months to 2 years old As far as worming I a just trying to do whatever I can, the lack of meat is what I am confused about, the guts look fie...
  2. Janis R

    Chickens dying, HELP

    Our birds are in a fenced in run No new birds, all are born here except turkeys which came back in July and are in a different run The innards look good to me I just hope this stops soon I am going to start a dewormer even though I didn't see any I there a treatment for Mareks ? rebrascora-I...
  3. Janis R

    Chickens dying, HELP

    Sorry I wasn't clear, the chickens didn't have any outside damage, no feathers plucked just some had broken necks or wings. The pictures are from me cutting them open. Not positive it is predator but the coyotes are active and we have a lot of wild dogs lately, I thought it was a predator...
  4. Janis R

    Chickens dying, HELP

    We have around 100 chickens, different breeds, aged 5 months to two years, no new chickens for over 4 months They are in a 50' x100' run with 2" x 2" net overhead They are fed Cumberland Mills 16% layer pellets and wheat fodder Most of the chickens appear to have broken wings or leg so I thought...
  5. Janis R

    DeadTurkeys, Help

    Well, the last 5 are still living and don't look sick at all and are eating and drinking well. Last year when I got turkeys I raised them with the chickens and none died or got sick, they are the older heritage ones that are with the babies. I plan on putting up another turkey run away from the...
  6. Janis R

    DeadTurkeys, Help

    I am down to 5 of the 16 turkeys, two more died yesterday. I am going to treat them with the safeguard and tomorrow if any are alive I will go into town and get other meds. The older turkeys and the chickens in the other run are all fine I plan on putting up another run where the chickens have...
  7. Janis R

    DeadTurkeys, Help

    Kathy Thank you for your help I was only able to get the Safe-guard and have medicated the turkeys, no new dead ones in about 30-36 hours, so hopefully I have it under control
  8. Janis R

    DeadTurkeys, Help

    Here are some more pictures from the turkeys that died this morning
  9. Janis R

    DeadTurkeys, Help

    I have had 7 turkeys die in the last two days, they are 2 month old BB white turkeys, so far as lll the 1 1/2 year old heritage turkeys are fine and the chickens in adjoining run are fine. I thought it was coccidiosis but now I am not sure, here is picture of the 5th turkey's liver, blackhead...
  10. Janis R

    How to price chickens

    I have been able to incubate out some Cream Legbar and Rhodebar chickens. I plan on selling trios in the spring. They are from the Greenfire line but I don't have the certificates. How do you price the chickens? We also have RIR and White Leghorn. You can buy RIR day old chicks for $1-2.00 all...
  11. Janis R

    Coop Names and Signs

    No signs yet but I think maybe For the RIR- Rhode Island Roost For the Leghorns- Leghorn Lane Cream Legbars- La Cluck Coop Rhodebars- ???_ Poultry Palace Ducks- Duck Downs Turkeys- Thanks giving Mixed breeds- Heinz Heaven Some are pretty corny, will have to think on this a little bit more...
  12. Janis R

    Chick won't stand

    My day old Rhodebar chick won't stand, is there anything I can do to help her??
  13. Janis R

    Dead leg

    No problem Firekin1, sorry to hear about your Guinea My RIR hens foot was hanging by a tendon so I cut it off, no blood, area cleansed well, will keep an eye on it. She is doing well, eating, pooping, hopping around, she does have some problem getting on roost .
  14. Janis R

    Dead leg

    We do raise for both eggs and meat. I was reading on amputation and have assisted in many human amputations. Since the leg is dead there isn't any feeling. I think I will butcher her today when I butcher my rabbits. So sad though since she was raised for egg production. Thank you
  15. Janis R

    Dead leg

    Firekin1 It's not that I don't believe in vets, there isn't any around here that works on chickens. You sound kind of harsh, if I didn't care I would not be on the BYC and I wouldn't of asked for help. You know what happens when you "assume".
  16. Janis R

    How to tell chickens apart??

    glad to hear that chickens don't peck at red bands
  17. Janis R

    Dead leg

    My 4 month old RIR hens leg is dead from the notch down, it was caught under the tractor. She is doing fine, hops around without any problems, eats well. She tries to stand on the foot sometimes and falls over. Should I: 1. leave it alone 2. amputate 3. butcher her 4. amputate and carve her a...
  18. Janis R

    Can i use hardware cloth and then chicken wire higher up?

    Raccoons can get the chicken wire higher up and they can dig underneath. Get yourself some traps and capture them or put an ad on Craigslist and you can get some hunters that will come out and trap the coons and take them with them to train their dogs Good luck
  19. Janis R

    How to tell chickens apart??

    I use zip ties, much cheaper and easier to find then leg bands and you don't have to buy different sizes. The chickens, ducks and turkeys don't peck at them, but I read not to use red bands.
  20. Janis R

    Free range/pastured rabbits

    I have 2' x 8' tractors with hardware cloth on all sides and 2" x 4" wire on bottom, they are the same size as my raised garden beds. I move them every couple days. I use plastic totes as huts, easy to clean. I am thinking of making a large pen for my does to go in during the day. I raise CA ...
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