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    Anyone familiar with Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus (ILTV)?

    Looking to chat with someone who has knowledge and experience with this particular poultry virus.
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    Still no idea what’s going on with my hens comb and growing black spots

    Respiratory illness can sometimes cause darkening/deadening of combs and wattles due to poor oxygen. Just a thought since you mentioned a cough. I have a bird with permanent respiratory distress (old girl) and her comb and wattles go blue and will get scabby when she gets sick or has a bad...
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    2 year old hen, pupils not the same, strange drifting neck movement

    Sorry to hear it for your girl. So... sometimes respiratory illness affects the eyes, but if you aren't seeing any bubbling/foam around her eyes/nares nor hearing any respiratory symptoms, may be mareks. We have had mareks on our property since we moved in, so nothing we can do about it and...
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    5 Degrees Out and Geese Laying Eggs, need advise

    Ditto, inland NW, below freezing for weeks, 6+ inches snow/ice high today is 2, my 1 year old Pilgrim has just bonded/mated with 8 month old gander ... and now she just started laying. My 3 year olds usually start laying by early Feb (when it's still below feezing here). I would probably not...
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    Old Bird Honor Thread

    We've been fortunate to have a number of hens live to be 7+. This week, however, we lost our oldest girl ever, Suki, a speckled sussex hatched Spring 2014. Let's hear about your old birds!
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    Ended Official 2022 BYC Other Fowl Molt Contest

    She's already feathered out and bossing the chickens around :-)
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    Ended Official 2022 BYC Other Fowl Molt Contest

    A weirdly long fall meant late molt for one girl... 2 year old Holland Whites
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    Official BYC Poll: What Do You Do With Your Old/Retired Hens?

    More than five of our first flock of chickens lived to be 7+ years old. Our last girl from that batch is 8 years old and has cankles, a Speckled Sussex named Suki. We don't think she has ever layed an egg. She is first to the food dish and last to leave. She now puts herself away in a next box...
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    Turkey deformities

    July 2022 and I have two poults with almost exact same situation -the parents are COMPLETELY UNRELATED but cross beak can be congenital. I'd love to hear what happened with your poults. Ours are now four months old and are my daughter's pets (I gave the caveat that if they could eat on their...
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    IVERMECTIN-pour on dosage

    Weekly is too often. I believe label says every 3 weeks. But you could supplement with other prevention, like regular bathing, observing if preening is going as it should, herbal sprays that are safe for pigeons but help kill/ prevent lice and mites, etc. Just fyi, there is a ton on...
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    Angel Wing Treatment

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    Angel Wing Treatment

    Excellent video, thank you! We cover the birds heads when working with them (light colored pillow case works great they can still see light and shapes but calms them quickly). We put arm in pillow case, grab head (gently if course) with the pillow cased hand and use other hand to fold pillow...
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    Inbreeding problems in geese

    This thread is very old, but still relevant to those trying to help establish populations of rare types, such as Pilgrim Geese. I just read a fascinating article on inbreeding in geese with a program to help save a variety of Hawaiian goose in the 60s. I accidentally closed the research (doh!)...
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    Biosecurity: Avian Influenza

    It's just a reality, we can't solve every problem! best of luck to your birds!
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    Biosecurity: Avian Influenza

    https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2022-04-20/have-backyard-chickens-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-bird-flu
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    Avian flu

    ...any potential health symptom you might be missing. If you think you hear a sneeze, you probably do. When a chicken is sick enough to be lethargic *and* has respiratory symptoms, they are sick enough to be treated like a severe illness or emergency. Personal opinion....don't hesitate to use...
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    9-month Rooster Lethargic & Darkened Comb

    ...drink for you, syringe drop room temp water in beak until you know he's had a specific amount of water (so you aren't guessing). A sick chicken is *always* considered dehydrated. For a reference, a 4lb bird might need as much as 250ml of water in a day. Thoroughly check for mites and...
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    Bent toe on 3-week-old chick

    Oh, and brilliant on using bandaides! You're a true chicken vet when you improvise! I just used a canning lid as my splint, needed bendable metal but small ... scissors cut right through it no problem! Your chicks toe looks great compared to previous. Just add the sandal next time, don't fret...
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    Bent toe on 3-week-old chick

    Good job! Sorry, I should have clarified that you want the foot on the splint too, not just the toe ... it helps prevent the toe from rolling left/ right inside the tape and keeps the splint straight/firm. You can do that next time unless you dont like the angle the toe is sitting. I recall...
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    Bent toe on 3-week-old chick

    Sorry just looked at picture. That looks broken and is exactly what i'm doing today. I would splint it! You'll have to replace the splint every couple days, it'll get filthy. Btw, it's definitely a two person job and you'll want to be careful with the toe when you remove tape, so you don't...
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