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    Tiny black parasites attached to my Seramas faces and ears.

    Thanks dawg53, I got lucky, they all seem to have jumped or fell off.
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    Tiny black parasites attached to my Seramas faces and ears.

    Thanks Eggsessive, I applied Adams Flea and Tick directly on top of the stick tight fleas and it killed them. They seem to be gone for now.
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    Tiny black parasites attached to my Seramas faces and ears.

    Thank you Eggcessive. Upon further research online, I discovered they are stick tight fleas. I Just ordered some Adams Flea and Tick Spray on Amazon and will have it on Monday. The article you referred me to was very helpful also.
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    Tiny black parasites attached to my Seramas faces and ears.

    My Seramas have what appears to be tiny black parasites attached to their faces and ears. There is so much of it, their faces appear black. What is it and how do I treat it? They also have leg mites, so I treated them with Ivermectin pour on this morning hoping it might help with the black...
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    Hawks?

    Thanks for you input chickbee, I've had them confined the last 3 days and they were miserable. We've had heat in the 90s the past 2 days and after watching them pant yesterday, I decided to let them free range again today so they can dust bathe, and rest under the shade of the orange trees...
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    Hawks?

    Two days ago a Hawk killed 3 of my 6 hens, a Rhode Island, a Brahma Cochin and a CA White. While I was picking up the bodies of 2 of them, it killed a third. Worst part is, it didn't eat them. Just tore some feathers and skin off the back between the wings. They all 3 had deep puncture...
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    My TJ hen is about 15 weeks also. A few days ago she was trying out nest boxes and just today she started crouching down when I reach to touch her. Eggs can't be too far off.
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    Hi Steemroo. I've been offline about 6 weeks. (high speed internet woes in V.C.) Thanks for the detailed process for improving hatch rates with TJ's fertile eggs. As soon as my Brahma cochin goes broody again, I'm going to use the in-store candleing process. (can I borrow your wife for...
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    Hey Penny, Thanks again for the CL response about the TJ's fertile eggs. Did the grey chick in the pic you posted come from a TJ egg?
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    Trader Joes & Other Grocery Store Egg Hatching Club - Are you a Member

    I guess I'm a member now. I have a Brahma Cochin hen (Hawkeye) who goes broody frequently and this last time has been at it for over 6 months. After exhausting every method of trying to break her from brooding, I finally gave in and let her incubate eggs. First I placed an ad on Craigslist...
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    What is the strangest thing your chickens ate? Mine just ate crawfish Monica and aligator tail

    I was joking around. Unfortunately I can't use insecticide on the ants because the lizards eat the ants and the chickens eat the lizards.
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    What is the strangest thing your chickens ate? Mine just ate crawfish Monica and aligator tail

    My black Australorpe is amazingly quick at catching live animals. She has caught live Deer Mice, Field mice, Lizards and a California Racer (snake). She runs like hell to keep the other hens from stealing her catch, then shakes and bangs it against the ground until dead. Finally, gulping it...
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    Permanently Broody Hen --PLEASE HELP

    Here's another similarity between Hawkeye and Bonny. You said Bonny "has seldom layed eggs". Hawkeye lays very few eggs also. After she's layed about a half dozen eggs, she goes broody. She is also very friendly also and will allow me to hold her indefinitely. She lays her head on my...
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    Permanently Broody Hen --PLEASE HELP

    Hi Bibblekit, Some of these hens must have an incredibly strong nesting instincts. Hawkeye finally snapped out of it in 2012, but did it again in 2013. Didn't last as long last year. Ironically, she is doing it again right now. Went broody about 10 weeks ago and showing no sign of...
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    HELP!!! 5 month old Serama pullet with left leg protruding forward

    Thank you Eggcessive.
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    HELP!!! 5 month old Serama pullet with left leg protruding forward

    Thanks for your input Florida but I had her euthanized yesterday. Fortunately it wasn't Marek's so the rest of my flock are safe.
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    HELP!!! 5 month old Serama pullet with left leg protruding forward

    UPDATE ON BLANCHE: She lost use of her other leg from overuse and trying to balance herself. As a result she couldn't get to her food and water. After giving her water with a dropper and hand feeding her hard boiled eggs for 2 days, she was increasingly uncomfortable and upset. Tried the...
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    9mo old pullet unable to use 1 leg below the hock.

    Mine was being occasionally chased by an aggressive Bantam Americana. Today, I moved Blanche into her own coop and run to eliminate having to hop and hobble away from the Americana. I was hoping to get more of a response from BYC members on how to splint her leg. I also have this posted...
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    HELP!!! 5 month old Serama pullet with left leg protruding forward

    Hi Eggcessive. Thank you for your response and links. I am going to pick up Vit B poultry vitamins to see if it will help. About a week ago, she was trying to get away from another hen when she lost her footing on the roost she tried to land on. She ended up upside down on the roost...
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    HELP!!! 5 month old Serama pullet with left leg protruding forward

    WHAT I REALLY NEED IS INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO CREATE SOME KIND OF SPLINT OR CRUTCH THAT WILL ALLOW HER TO AT LEAST USE HER LEFT LEG FOR BALANCE SO SHE CAN HOP AROUND EASIER. I have a 5 month old Serama pullet who's left leg protrudes forward and she hobbles along on her right foot. This...
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