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    Took in some 2-4 week old chicks and need help!

    Could be. Or Australorps I suppose...
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    Took in some 2-4 week old chicks and need help!

    Haha yes I think so. I too assumed roo, maybe lavender Orpington? And I'm thinking the other two may be marans...
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    Took in some 2-4 week old chicks and need help!

    Just went to check on them since they have been out there for an hour, they weren't huddled or anything so seem ok at least with the daytime temperature...
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    Took in some 2-4 week old chicks and need help!

    We were suckered into taking the chicks my daughters school hatched. They are 2-3 weeks old. I was hoping to put them straight into our brooder coop outside but looks like we have a colder snap coming. Daytime temps in the mid to high 60's and nights 40's. Are they ok to be in the coop during...
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    eye trauma vs. mycoplasma?

    just to give an update. it's the third day after her oxytetracycline dose, and i have continued to treat the eye with antibiotic solution three times daily. her eye looks much better but there is some residual swelling around it. i'm going to give her another dose of the liquamycin tonight. she...
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    eye trauma vs. mycoplasma?

    Great info thanks so much!
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    eye trauma vs. mycoplasma?

    Thanks for your input. I too am hopeful, and hope I don't have to make that tough decision. I thought I could use Denagard in conduction with the Liquamycin…the source I was given actually recommended it for a synergizing effect. I guess my question is, if she improves and no-one else shows...
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    Flock dynamics, bullying and introductions

    Just to give an update for those interested. After three weeks, the deep wound on her head has healed. I treated it with Vetricyn three times daily and kept her in the house with us. She has a little scar and a weird bump where the tissue healed but is otherwise good as new. I purchased a...
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    eye trauma vs. mycoplasma?

    We have a small backyard flock to which we recently (3 weeks ago) added two more hens from another local. She acquired them from a hatchery last spring. After a couple weeks of separation and sharing outside space separated by chicken wire we integrated everybody last weekend. Yesterday I...
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    Flock dynamics, bullying and introductions

    Makes sense. Poor thing. Yes it happened some time between when I locked them up at dusk and 8am the next morning. Though that day day she was gone (at the time we were free ranging) all day and didn't return to the coop until very late. Usually she would be in the front of our house in the...
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    Flock dynamics, bullying and introductions

    this is her before. the would was just behind her comb, and very deep
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    Flock dynamics, bullying and introductions

    as in her injuries? if so i don't have one...
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    Flock dynamics, bullying and introductions

    Need a little advice about flock dynamics, bullying and introductions. We have a white leghorn that was the sole survivor of a fox attack a few months ago that got badly beaten up 2 weeks ago by our new flock overnight in the coop. They had been together for a couple months and are all sweet...
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    Just rescued my chicken from the fox! Puncture wounds, please help!

    yes I'm proud of my dogs. I have two pit bulls, so for all of those that doubt their ability to be safe around chickens, take note, mine are wonderful with the girls and saved the day today!
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    Just rescued my chicken from the fox! Puncture wounds, please help!

    Thanks guys. I am lucky enough to have a vet friend. The wounds look fairly superficial, though it's hard to say. I cleaned them thoroughly with a chlorohexadine solution and filled them with neosporin. I have her in the house with us on some nice clean straw, with some warm water and warmed...
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    Just rescued my chicken from the fox! Puncture wounds, please help!

    We just had a visit from a fox and my dogs saved the flock! He had one in his mouth but they scared him and he dropped her. She's very shaken up but is alert and standing on her own. She has a few puncture wounds on her back, nothing is bleeding much so I am not sure how deep they are. I am...
  17. hannahshatchery

    Is free-ranging totally hopeless?

    We started a flock of 6 this summer. We live in a fairly rural area on about 7 acres, and placed the coop (which is predator proof) near an area with lots of tree coverage. We want to free range, and knew the risks. We have had the odd loss here and there, always just one hen missing when we...
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    Free range question

    we have a small flock that free range and they all lay in the nesting boxes in the coop, even my afternoon layer! she takes a break from the yard and lays back at the coop. i was very worried they would lay all over the farm, but that has not been my experience. if yours are used to the nesting...
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    6 month old brown leghorn roo (Northern VA)

    We hatched chicks this summer and lo and behold we ended up with two roos! This is the quintessential rooster, everything you would expect him to be. He's loud, he's proud and handsome! Keeps the girls in order and protects the flock. However, he and our toddler are not a good mix, so we are...
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    naughty cockerel - can I put him in his place?

    he's a dark brown leghorn...
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