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    A boy for my girls

    I have an Indian Runner drake, 3 Pekin girls and a Campbell (I think). I now have several babies from him, looks like Pekin X's and they are really pretty. Beware that drakes want to breed the girls constantly and I did have problems with my drake when he drowned one of the smaller X's in the...
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    Drake killed duck ! ...*@#

    Okay.... I've calmed down a little now and thought about it. The Pekin girls really love him but I'm thinking he is just too large for the Indian Runners so when he mounts them in the water, he must hold them down and drowns them accidently. (Gross's me out to think about it). My choices are...
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    Drake killed duck ! ...*@#

    I am SO upset with my Indian Runner cross drake. I hand raised two I.R. ducks and they were a yr old and my pets. I have a drake I.R. cross a friend gave me as a 4 mos. old and he has gotten very aggressive with his breeding lately. It doesn't seem to bother the large Pekin ducks but it was...
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    7 wk chick can't walk - Update: botulism? - 6th day - new pic

    So sorry for your loss. Its hard to lose a chicken as we always wonder what we could have done. It sounds like yours was really suffering and I think you made a good decision for her. I asked myself that same question many times with mine but I had the time and wanted to see what I could do...
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    7 wk chick can't walk - Update: botulism? - 6th day - new pic

    One of the reason I went ahead and treated with Hypericum was because every where it stated that Mareks was highly contagious to the flock and others would also show signs. It has been 2 mos. now and no other chicken, young or old, has shown any signs of Mareks or illness for that fact. My...
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    URGENT - Broken leg 4 day chick

    Thanks for the replies. So far things are going okay. I moved he/she chick into the den with heat lamp. She can stand on the one leg and hops around in her little box. That web site was very helpful chickerdoddle, thanks. It looks like the injured leg is now able to move some so it might be...
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    7 wk chick can't walk - Update: botulism? - 6th day - new pic

    ...more, do a search on "hypericum" and this thread will appear. Good luck with your chicken and I hope it all works as well as it did for mine. **** This isn't an emergency, just a helpful tidbit of information to help. Despite what you may have heard, there IS a cure for Marek's Disease...
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    7 wk chick can't walk - Update: botulism? - 6th day - new pic

    I went thru exactly the same thing 2 mos. ago with a young pullet about 7 wks old. I still don't know if it was Mareks disease or botulism or what but what I used fixed her up and she is now walking around. I read lots of threads and found one on a natural herb called Hypericum (Perforatum...
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    URGENT - Broken leg 4 day chick

    Last night I found one of my 4 day old chicks with a broken leg, appears to be just above the elbow area. Is there any way to splint a tiny babies leg?
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    Eggs abandoned by broody

    We had to leave on a small vac. we had scheduled. During that time one of the broody hens moved over to that nest and she has been sitting on it ever since. She gets real nasty if I try to reach under her but I'd like to see what's up with the eggs. They were cold for 3 days (temp. in the 50's...
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    First Broody day 18 questions - DAY 31! UPDATE

    I had a hatch like that this summer. Other hens were sneaking in and laying when mama when to eat so the hatchings were dragged out for a few days. What I did was after day 3, when she had 5 chicks, I removed the rest of the eggs so she would leave and raise them for me. It was really weird...
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    Broody Hen In Winter? Help

    One of my Cochin hens went broody in Feb. and did okay. I know I worried as the incubator people keep their babies SO warm. I noticed my mama hen even took them out on day 2 (into the pen not free range) and would sit down for them whenever they were cold and they would run under her even...
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    Eggs abandoned by broody

    Hi - Does anyone know how long an egg can last if the broody no longer will sit on them? My Pekin duck has been sitting for over 2 wks on her nest. I candled all 12 and all 12 were forming. We had a storm come in a couple of days ago, and even though she is in the nest box inside the chicken...
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    Mite/Lice Infestation, cant seem to get rid of it

    You guys are lucky you can buy Sevin. They took it off the shelves here in CA and I can't get it anymore. Calif. says it has "cancerous causing chemicals" in it so it was banned. I used to use it all the time for dusting dog beds for fleas, etc. I noticed a little pullet today was acting...
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    please help: chicken won't walk or stand

    Hi Bantam 0907 - So glad your roo is getting better. I was going to recommend Hypericum Perforatum which is one of the 12 different types of St. Johns herbs which is specifically for nerve damage. I found a thread on it by searching "Hypericum" on this forum. I googled Hypericum and it gave me...
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    Hen sneezing, wheezing, and having some difficuilty breathing, rattlin

    Hi Buff - So sorry for your loss. I'm am also dealing with a pullet who has been sneezing and occasionally gasps for air. I used this forum and heard about Tylan 50 so I went all over the area feed stores until I finally found one who had it. You might check with the feed stores that deal with...
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    Holiday Horror with maggots

    I am SO sorry for your loss. I am dealing with maggots in a wounded hen's wound right now and have to watch it constantly and flush it out, etc. When I was young we lost our beloved husky dog while we were on vacation from fly strike and they did the same thing, killing him bef. we ever got...
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    Hypericum For Pain? Help

    Can anyone tell me if its safe to use Hypericum Perforatum for pain control in a chicken? I see an old thread re using it for Mareks disease and it works for nerve pain but I'm wondering if it is safe to give my hen who got attacked by a racoon to help her with the pain of her wounds and poss...
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    My Hen Izzie Floppy Pale Comb Too Weak to Walk PLEASE HELP!!! 5th day!

    Hi - Hope your hen is still hanging in there. I'm working with my favorite hen who got chewed up by a racoon and doing basically the same thing, tetracycline in water, Poly Vi baby vitamines ea. AM, egg yolks mashed with yogart but also treating wounds. What I'm wondering about your hen routine...
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    Flock is sick again - advice needed

    Quick question... what is "tractor supply" and you said it was Rx only. Do you need an Rx at tractor supply? Is that an on-line business or something? Thanks... I've got a sneezing pullet also and put her on powdered Tetracyclin 800mg. in water. I had her on Sulmet about 2 wks ago and she got...
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