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    Coop full of problems! Disease, lice, picking, egg eating. HELP!

    Quote: That sounds like a good way to worm in general also. Exactly how much wormer did you use? A whole tube? I've got horses also, so I've always got some ivermectin laying around. Thanks in advance...Trish Oh...how long did you toss the eggs, or did you? I use about 1/2 a tube mixed...
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    Coop full of problems! Disease, lice, picking, egg eating. HELP!

    I had a TERRIBLE time with lice and mites, and for a while thought I would never get rid of them. I dusted and cleaned, to no avail. I finally at a friends suggestion, mixed ivermectin paste horse wormer in with some canned dog food and the chickens wolfed it down. It IMMEDIATELY got rid of...
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    Quote: I've never tried that, but it makes sense that it would work. The creek on the farm where I grew up rarely froze, because the water was moving. I would think though with real cold snaps it might not work. Last year we had near zero weather for quite a while. You wouldn't think that...
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    What a great idea!!!!! I will definately try that! I can afford that. Thanks for that info.
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    My two hen houses are not insulated. I live in Virginia, but it can get pretty cold here. One of the houses is a small converted run in shed. It now has been closed in with a window, a small door and a large door. I keep it bedded pretty thick with shavings and straw and it's suprisingly...
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    Coffee's ready...

    I'm new to this section of the forum - it's delightful! Every morning I grab my coffe and check BYC before going out to watch chicken tv. In so far as worming - you can always scramble up the eggs and feed them back to your chickens. They would love it! I think I've become a chicken addict...
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    Hen with severe diarrhea and possibly pneumonia

    One of my redstars (approx) 2 years old looked a little peakid this morning. I then noticed that her breathing was very labored. When I finally caught her, I could hear her chest rattling. It sounded like I sound when I've had pneumonia. When I picked her up, she pooped and it was extremely...
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    Need advice on which medicine to give

    If I get her tested by the state vet (is that costly?) and it is coryza, will they want me to put my whole flock down?
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    chicken limping and leg green? [pic attached]

    I'm not sure. I have a rooster that gets things like that. I really don't know what it is. I did find though that I treated him for leg mites - I just slithered vasoline over his legs and feet. The scales on his legs felt raised and I was told that the leg mites cause it. Since doing that...
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    Need advice on which medicine to give

    As sick as she was, I don't think she improved on her own. Puss was pouring out of her eyes and nose and she couldn't eat. She improved a lot on antibiotics, but not all the way. Tylan50 is the one thing I haven't tried. someone else on here suggested cold medicine, that it has helped her...
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    Dog attack on my chickens... how can I prevent it from happening again

    I've also been told that emu's, if raised with your flock (and your dogs and cats) will protect your flock. I've been thinking about getting one. They apparently can tell that your dogs are ok, but strange dogs are not. I don't think a dog would think about tangeling with a 5 foot tall bird...
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    Dog attack on my chickens... how can I prevent it from happening again

    In Virginia it is legal to shoot a dog that is killing your chickens or livestock. This is a tough one, because I do animal rescue and have had as many as 17 foster dogs at my house. However, I would probably shoot or trap a dog that was killing my chickens. Our local animal shelter will lend...
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    Need advice on which medicine to give

    My 2 year old redstar hen, Olivia, has been sick for over a month now (maybe 2) I believe that she has coryza. She has been isolated. At first she was VERY ill, and I had to force liquids and electrolytes down her, give her nebulizer treatments with albuterol and saline. She was on baytril...
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    Thinking of getting a few guineas and really need some info

    How do you tell the males from the females? Is it possible to tell when they are young?
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    The only time I don't let mine out of their houses is when we're having blizzard conditions. Once late last winter we had high winds and heavy heavy rains and I kept them in for that. But other than that, no matter what the temp, they get to go out, if they want to. Suprisingly, 99% of the time...
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    LOL, I know, mine love them, and the grey ones as well. Plus, they eat every table scrap I give them! I discovered that some are pickier than others. My flock that lives in the yard are more discriminating - the flock that lives in the back with the goats will eat anything I give them, from...
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    What is BOSS?
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    How to Prepare Your Flock For Winter 101 *Official Thread*

    I have 2 pretty large chicken houses. I put heat lamps in both of them, and plexiglass over the windows. It's not toasty, but it's not bad. They free range outside, except for when there is snow on the ground. When they see snow, they refuse to come out of their houses. I put extra bedding...
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    Contest: Promote BYC, Promote Your Website & Win a Free GFM!

    Is it possible to post a link to my Facebook page?
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    Thinking of getting a few guineas and really need some info

    So having them just spend the night in the same chicken house yet free ranging at day will cause problems? The fenced area they have during the day is about 1/2 acre. The chicken house where they sleep is not giant, about 10 x 12 and is about 10 feet tall. There are several roosts in there, a...
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