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  1. Mallory8502

    Rooster suddenly aggressive!

    Thanks I am going to try this. The rooster is not a threat to anyone except me and my husband so we are willing to give it a chance.
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    Rooster suddenly aggressive!

    My rooster is 1 year old and has always been tame. Virtually overnight he has started attacking me and my husband. I am wondering if it might be because my husband and I did not spend any time around the chickens all winter. It was so cold we would only go out to quickly change food/water or...
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    How do you keep Water from freezing

    This works, but has limits. Mine froze solid at 19 degrees recently. Luckily its easy to remove ice from the rubber tubs. The chickens also may steal the ping pong balls :P My husband just bought a shallow metal tub and a bird bath de-icer from tractor supply this week so maybe that will work...
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    Can I make a flock block with lard?

    Thanks! I was hoping this was the case. The recipes I saw used coconut oil and I wasn't prepared to spend that much money. My birds have been looking a little underweight. I am worming them this week but I suspect they may be underweight because I switched to Purina Layena feed a couple months...
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    Do hens eat and drink at night?

    Yea this is a good point. I'm up at 6am every day but if I wasn't.. well I am pretty sure they would start eating each other by 9am
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    Do hens eat and drink at night?

    I have a small coop as well. Chickens don't eat or drink after dark once they have gone to roost so there is really no reason to keep food or water in there.
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    Can I make a flock block with lard?

    I want to make a flock block with lard, but I don't see any recipes that use lard. Not sure why. It seems to me that some animal fat would be good for the chickens in the winter, am I wrong?
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    Worming chickens - do I really need to throw out eggs?

    Thanks! I will use Safeguard since I already bought it. Definitely buying Valbazen next time! When I bought the Safeguard I thought it was ok to mix with water which obviously it is not - I also thought it was a one-day treatment. Now that I know what a hassle it is going to be to do it...
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    Dog Eating Chicken Poop

    The worms that infect chickens are mostly specific to birds. Your dog probably will not catch worms from bird poop. If your dog ate another mammal's poop then it would be more likely to transmit worms. However your dog can catch giardia and other protozoans from chickens, which could explain the...
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    What's your ratio??

    1 rooster to 14 ladies, but I still have problems with over mating and missing feathers on the backs of a few hens. I think if they were free range all the time then this would not be an issue.
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    Moulting + wheezing + bubbly eye, help!

    Any store that serves farmers should have what you are looking for. This is what I bought - http://www.jefferspet.com/products/oxytetracycline-hci-soluble-powder-6-4-oz?sku=7VAA&gclid=CIuL9cDGwcICFaNj7AodcSAAEQ It dissolves in the drinking water. I believe it was one or two tablespoons per...
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    Moulting + wheezing + bubbly eye, help!

    I definitely would not put her back with the other hens if she is still wheezing. I also wouldn't put her back until she has enough feathers to keep herself warm. Canada winters are too hard for a chicken that is molting and still sick. She may or may not get better without medication. It...
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    Worming chickens - do I really need to throw out eggs?

    Yes in the future I will do that. I've never seen Valbazen before, where would I find this? The only reason I am doing the 2 step process with Wazine first is because I heard it is safer if the birds have a heavy infestation. I have not seen any worms but the chickens are 9 months old and have...
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    Worming chickens - do I really need to throw out eggs?

    Gross! Well if I do decide to use them I am definitely going to need to check them closely.
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    Sick Parakeet

    I believe I paid between $5-8 for the antibiotics at TS. I hear you about vet bills! You should know in about 24 hours after giving the antibiotics if they are working or not, good luck!
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    Sick Parakeet

    It sounds like a respiratory illness. Go to some place like tractor supply and buy oxytetracycline (in the cow section) or another broad spectrum antibiotic that can be dissolved in the birds drinking water. For dosage, you will probably have to search this forum for how much to dissolve in...
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    Worming chickens - do I really need to throw out eggs?

    I was planning on using Wazine first followed up by Safeguard 10 days later. Between giving the 2 meds and the waiting period I would be throwing out 150 eggs which I don't want to do. I can somewhat understand throwing out eggs after antibiotic treatment, because of antibiotic resistance, but...
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    First Eggs

    If you are only getting one egg in the nesting box per day, same color and size, then yes its probably from the one hen you know is laying, unless you catch the others messing around in the nesting box. Some of my EEs laid big eggs from day 1 and the size did not increase much over time. I had...
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    Nuisance vs predator

    Do you live near any water sources? The size of the hole, plus the fact that this thing hasn't killed chickens makes me think muskrat. If there is no water around, maybe a packrat. I would try putting grocery store eggs into the nests and see if they disappear - but if the chickens are allowed...
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    Still getting small eggs

    My guess is bad genetics. I'm having the same issue with 2 of my EEs. The rest of my EE flock is laying large eggs, my RIR are laying LG-XL, and these 2 EEs keep laying small eggs, despite being the same age as the others. Since these 2 EEs look identical my only conclusion has been that...
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