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  1. Happycowdog

    One Dead Roo, One Possibly Sick with Same Illness

    Wow....yeah, when I bathed him I could feel his breast bone big time....poor guy. I had no idea. Starving and being eaten alive with mites is a horrible way to go. I feel horrible....he came to us with two other black copper Marans hens. He was supposed to be a hen. But he seemed to get...
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    Dolly the Deleware is dead and a link to post mortem pics

    Sorry about Dolly ....I just lost my King Louis last week. I though about doing a post mortem or necropsy on him. I think I lost him due to mites though.
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    One Dead Roo, One Possibly Sick with Same Illness

    Thanks for the reply...interesting. We have some hay that we spread out back to keep it dry because it's been such a wet winter and it just seemed more comfortable to the chickens. Our backyard was a mud pit. We got the hay from a friend of ours who was practicing with his bow. I wonder if...
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    One Dead Roo, One Possibly Sick with Same Illness

    I am not sure what to do at this point. This is long winded so bear with me! My Marans roo, who would have been 1-year-old the first week in March, began to get lethargic last Sunday. He wasn't mingling with the others as usual and he was just sitting, dozing under the shelter my husband...
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    Could a Screech Owl Kill a Chicken?

    Yes....it was definitely a Great Horned owl I heard, there were two calling to each other. I know what a Screech Owl sounds like too! I was just surprised and exited to see a Screech Owl on the property as it is my favorite raptor. I haven't seen one since I was a little girl when I took care...
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    Could a Screech Owl Kill a Chicken?

    Quote: I wondered that...we don't have any loose dogs running around here, but like a doomis, I did leave the gate open when I left. I sure would like to know what killed that hen.
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    Could a Screech Owl Kill a Chicken?

    Well, this screech owl was hunting at like 4:00 today....I thought that was weird. It was definitly a screech owl. Yeah, I thought they were totally nocturnal too. It sure was beautiful.
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    Could a Screech Owl Kill a Chicken?

    Friday at about 3:30 pm I went to work and my husband came home at about 4:30 pm and found our first dead hen at the back of the property. She had her neck broken and a chunk of flesh torn out of her side. It was one of my wonderful black copper Maran's and I was pretty upset... That night I...
  9. Happycowdog

    Our rescue pup checkin out the Gals...

    Quote: I second that! I am in school to be a registered vet tech. We had a little Minature Schnauzer come in with a HUGE burn on his back. Awful looking...the only reason we are now caring for him and the shelter didn't put him down is because it involves a court case and the owners a...
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    One Hit Wonders From the Coop

    Quote: So funny!! My sister told me to sell it on Ebay! I told her I had already cracked it and cooked for my cattledog!!
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    Had to cull for the first rime

    Quote: OMGoodness....your post brought tears to my eyes. You did the right thing and kids can be so comforting...
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    The DUMBEST thing I've ever heard somebody say about Chickens...READ!

    I am happy, but not so happy with the economy. I am happy because we are learning more and more about self-sustainment. I am 46 and I was raised in the city. I knew about animals, because I am interested in life. But a lot of people, with the run of daily living, just don't know. I was...
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    One Hit Wonders From the Coop

  14. Happycowdog

    Tired of pine shavings.

    I got two big bricks from outside and put them in the cage and placed the bowls on top of those. Those pine shavings get on my nerves too! My goodness I can't wait until I can put those chicks outside! We have a problem with them scratching and making the pines shavings get outside of the...
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    Neighbor Chicken Hater

    Quote: We had to clip our chickens wings. The only wings we didn't clip were the roo's because he would have to protect our girls. It is easy to do and doesn't hurt them. I will try to find the directions on here somewhere, or, you could look it up on your own. Again, it is easy and goes...
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    Neighbor Chicken Hater

    We had the same problem. We just moved in to our renovated house a few years ago and we are now building around the property. Our house was abandoned for ten years!!! Anyway, we just got chickens and I love it!! Our chickens free range and we have an elderly neighbor with acreage. Our...
  17. Happycowdog

    Rescued a Chick from Tractor Supply Today

    Very cute and what an adorable name!! I too love the pic with the bunny! So sweet.
  18. Happycowdog

    A question regarding poop, diet, and hydration

    Good question. I just got three black copper Marans. One of my hens got poop stuck there. I had to rinse her behind with warm H20 because it was stuck on the vent. They seem healthy and they drink and eat a lot! I guess we can wait to hear how someone answers this question on diet.
  19. Happycowdog

    Doing a fecal egg count at home

    Quote: I didn't think so either. Currently I am in school for veterinary technology and right now we are studying parasitology. Currently we are doing fecals. They are saying in school that centrifugal flotation requires less time to perform than standard flotation and it is more efficient...
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    Doing a fecal egg count at home

    Parasitology...it's great!
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