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    Biosecurity before, during and after shows

    I was contacted by a national organization to be a livestock exhibitor and bring a trio each of my Red Dorkings, Catalanas and Partridge Chanteclers to their national conference. I breed, I do not exhibit. What should I do to/for my birds before, during and after the exhibition for biosecurity...
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    Diagnose this poop- w/ pics

    This hen was on 14 days of oxytet for an infection. A week later (last Friday) the vet said to worm her with 0.10cc ivomec. Four days later (this past Tuesday), she developed green watery stools, crouching behavior and lethargy. On top of all of this, she is molting. She is getting subQ fluids...
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    Administering Subcutaneous Fluids

    Thank you! This was great information and exactly what I was looking for! I just her first dose and she is doing well. Interestingly, the same chicken was just wormed with ivomec on Friday of last week and is also in the midst of a super-late molt. Could just be coincidence that the other bird...
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    Providing Weather Protection for Late Molters

    I have a Red Dorking hen who is in molt now, just as the temps in western NC drop below freezing at night. All of our flocks are on pasture, and her particular flock prefers to roost in a tree instead of their coop. Is there anything I can do for her (chicken sweater etc) so that I don't have to...
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    Administering Subcutaneous Fluids

    Does anyone know where on a chicken you would administer subcutaneous fluids and what volume to give? I've done it for cats before, and you inject the fluid like saddlebags over their shoulders. I have a recent parasite issue that claimed one of my Catalana roosters. On day one, he was out in...
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    Shank Color Pattern of Inheritance- Catalanas

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is exactly the info I was looking for! The flock I salvaged is composed of 4 blue leg pullets, 2 blue leg hens, 2 blue leg cockerels, and the 1 white leg roo (I will never submit!). So, based on what you are saying, the id gene should be stable in the...
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    Shank Color Pattern of Inheritance- Catalanas

    I recently acquired a Standard Bred flock of Buff Catalanas. The issue I'm having is that the "best" rooster in all respects has white shanks, they should be blue/green. I have two cockerels coming up with the correct shank color, but their trueness to type remains to be seen. Does anyone know...
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    Rescue Chickens w/ Respiratory Crud- To Treat or Not To Treat?

    I was recently contacted by an old timer getting out of running poultry strings at the state fairs. He had 20+ breeds of chickens, and I got a trio of Blue Orpingtons. When I went to pick them up, the conditions were deplorable. All of the birds were kept in 4x4 stacked cages 4 courses high...
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    Torpedo Eggs Followed by Cystic Right Ovary- Infectious Bronchitis?

    About two weeks ago, I noticed that one of my Red Dorking girls (2 YO) had a really dirty butt, almost like the abdomen was sticking out under her vent and catching the poop. I shampooed her and her abdomen felt full and tight, but her little pelvic bones were separated so I thought her tummy...
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