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    Hormonal caponizing?

    Estrogen progestin 2-3x week ,small amounts,work well.Start 3 months.Been done in some countries.Much safer,
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    Can I feed my chickens kale?

    Kale safe,spinich no. Spinich very High in oxalates,stops hens from absorbing calcium.Kale low in oxalate.Its safe. Kale has calcium they can absorb,and very high in carotene, yolks are deep yellow with kale. Mix with lettuce greens so they eat it. Kale a little strong tasting. I put gold...
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    Hormonal caponizing?

    It works.Not surgery,too dangerous.other choices. No crowing,no chasing,no male behavior. Just a happy bachelor and his one friend he’s in love with,but never bothers.Except put his beak under her feathers to sleep at night. Can stay in a happy home . You have to be proactive by yourself...
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    The Feed and Yolk Experiment: Chicken feed and dark orange yolk color

    Marigold petals contain carotins..There are several kinds. They all can make deeper colored yolks. The best is fresh yellow corn,deep green lettuce,chopped up. Mine get watermelon as well. Everyday,all year. All have lots of carotins. I do use Purina layena crumbles. I feel it’s the fruit and...
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    The Feed and Yolk Experiment: Chicken feed and dark orange yolk color

    Daily fresh corn. And I use Purina,and dark green lettuce.all everyday all year. It works,they love it. They love pumpkin pie now and again,as well.
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    6 week old chick can’t walk—wobbles and sits on hocks

    I give Bactrim,tylosin Mobic. It needs antibiotics will die. Need on hand always.
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    Wobbly 5 Week Old Chick

    I’ve seen many times,sometimes comes back.it could be cocci oasis or anything. I dip beak,and use q tip push side of beak, Bactrim and tylosin together. ,and electrolytes ,and put some Mobic as well,a seperate cup.Make anything strong so they get enough from qtip ,roll it against corner...
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    PLEASE HELP!! Silver laced wyandotte chick question!

    For silver laced Wyandotte ,Are white shoulder patches,black back neck,no lace pattern on back only the front,12 week,small pink wattles ,comb pink med.size. Don’t females ever get the white shoulder black neck? ) her wattles are similar other breeds at 3 month old. No rooster behavior. Scared...
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    More trouble. - noisy breathing, lethargic not really eating

    Get her some antibiotics,she won’t live.they get sick quickly. Need it with mobic to heal That’s always what my vet gives mine.
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    Can I give my chicken liquid tylenol to help with broke wing pain?

    Tylenol is nothing like aspirin.tylenol just hides pain.aspirin is an anti inflammatory,may or may not help pain.Many time person,or animal may need both. Chicken 2mg.acetminophen 2x day.,Mobic 1 mg.2x day. Will not hurt any poultry.acetaminophen only low dose few days
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    Cyst between toes - what is this??

    Same thing,used wood chopstick,soft small tip..under running water ,peroxide.neosporin.all done.she was happy! And I clean her feet,but hard to see in Maybe this is so common Shoukd be more details given to everyone ,I don’t think anyone know. My chicken,liitle tail,is 7 years.Only just saw...
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    Sudden Balance Issues/Cannot Stand in Hen

    I have properly vaccinated hens from large hatchery ,never any sign Mareks. Improperly vaccinated from small farm,Illinois,Chicken scratch ,all her chickens have Mareks,I bought 8.4 had heart died 12 months.Other 4 alive,almost 4 years old. Vaccination of chicks can’t have germs in air,or...
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    Elector PSP Question

    I couldn’t edit my last bit,so I’ll add,maintence suggestions,after mites cleared,I like sulfer,and then captain jacks bug b gone,SPINOSAD dust.Apply only a little sprinkle,NOT ON SKIN,JUST FEATHERS,outside is best for ventilation..One week 1 one week ,then another next week.If they itch from...
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    Elector PSP Question

    Neogen insectrin x permethrin in oil,a concentrate you mix water, put spray bottle.works much better then any other formula.Smells like gasoline,but,has residual,and keeps norther fowl mites very low,not gone.Every nook,cranmy.Lots ventilation,until dry.I NEVERlet permethrin liquid get on...
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    Commander Toggles

    coccidiosis cured 1 hour sulfa( bactrim) crush 1 pill in small amount water small tiny dish.dip chicks beak gently ,not too deeply,4-5 times,Then dip few time plain water. once again next day.won’t return better in an hour.used many time.
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    Chicken scratch poultry

    Chicken scratch farm will always have Marek laced pullets .No quarentines on Mareks vaccinesl The disease must be in every corner of that farm.Hundreds of animals ruined by Mareks.They know,don’t care.Only a business to them. remember,Mareks is a forever contagion,on a farm. see other posts.
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    Chicken Scratch Poultry for pullets? Expanding our flock...

    update, My beautiful lavender orphington,Flyer,from chicken scratch,has had Mareks since I got her,dies last week,almost 3 years old.Flyer loved to eat,only layer eggs now then,2 a year. Mareks I’m sure.She did jump,fly,loved raspberries,corn,was happy most of her life,luckily. she coun not walk...
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    Chicken scratch poultry

    Nothing,not eggs,incubation for devlopement of resistance from the vaccine.the quarentines time.one in same. not eggs.
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    Chicken scratch poultry

    To sharkboy, 10-14 days with no contamination after vaccine. isolated,not fed or visited by people with other chickens. If I get 1 days old vaccinated,!,they spend 3 weeks ,apart from main area of adult chickens,I do extra week.but,even 10 days is pretty good. I must wash change clothes before...
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    Chicken scratch poultry

    All 8 of mine had Mareks.All pullets. 4 then 1 year later ,4 more .She said it was a fluke of bad luck. first 4 all heart Mareks .all lived 1 year.one had no eggs,3 had eggs,then stopped. Second four are alive,at 21/2.one is mostly blind,came that way,and got paralyzed ( later 2 weeks)was...
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