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    Barfing Chicken!

    Thanks so much.........where do I get copper sulphite.......healthfood store, nursery or hardware? Do you know if it will be ok for goats, they all live together. I do have Pearl seperated with bunnies, but the rest of the flock can wait if it is harmful to other animals I can keep the bunnies...
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    Barfing Chicken!

    It seems from the thread I followed it is more likely sour crop, because she is jiggly not compacted. I isolated her and have apple cider vinegar in the water, tomorrow comes the yogurt, then olive oil and bread...........we shall see..........thanks for the suggestions!
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    Barfing Chicken!

    Thank you, I will, she is definatly wanting to drink and she is jiggly in the breast area, every time she puts her beak down about a tablespoon of liquid comes out, she is up and walking around with the rest, looks like she wants to eat, but cant because of whats comming up...........?
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    Barfing Chicken!

    My two year old white leg horn Pearl has been droopy for the last few days. Her back side is a bit bare and her breast looks really extended. Her huge red comb is hanging and when I picked her up liquid came out of her beak. She is a mess. I have checked for lice or any indication of...
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    Naughty Cayuga duck!!

    Well, I adopted a pair of Cayuga ducks about a month ago. They were found under a bus in the city as tiny peeps. A year later the good samaritan had to move and I stepped in. I have a dozen hens and two baby female goats in the same spacey inclosure. The ducks fit right in and loved their...
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    white belly wood rats!!

    Cuda. Well, I figure they were here first, they are the natural fauna of the area and the reserve is full of Cayote's and owls that are more than happy to help. This is a huge area that a few native rats will not effect and quite frankly I would rather relocate than kill. I clearly did opt to...
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    white belly wood rats!!

    On a side note, they are white bellied rats. Very common is San Diego, lots of canyons in the city and out here they are the rat du jour. The plan after trapping them is releasing them in the wildlife reserve about 5 miles from here.
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    white belly wood rats!!

    Well, the good news is we have lessened the population. 12 rats so far and the last time we put four traps out, only got one small one, it was inside the rabbit hutch. I have the feeling that like knowing there is a cat, they are getting the idea that they will be killed if they enter. I am...
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    white belly wood rats!!

    jjthink.......we actually built the coop and outer sealed yard with hardware cloth above and below. I am digging out the composting floor today (great compost with rabbits burrowing in the poop everynight.) I suspect I am going to find holes where the rats are getting in. They have chewed the...
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    white belly wood rats!!

    Wow! thank you everyone for your great advice. I squished 4 big ones last night. I am getting the live trap today and will pick up some peppermint oil as well. Where the heck does a person get Lynx pee? I do have a cat who brings one occationally, but she is in most nights, so not too...
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    white belly wood rats!!

    That is a great idea!!! Thank you.....I do understand they aren't pets, that is why I have been smashing they're little brains in the rat traps......I just hate it! I does have to be done.
  12. wildflower

    white belly wood rats!!

    They are like giant mice, and have invaded in force! We have a coop that is wired above and below. The whole set up is one year old as well as the 12 hens. One evening I went out after dark to shut the girls in and I saw at least eight huge rats running up the wire outer yard up into a tree...
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    introducing ducks to a flock of chickens

    Thank you everyone!! I feel much better. The good part is all my hens get along great, almost no pecking order at all. We do have one bossy Cochin who will push around anyone who gets in her way, but pretty much a peaceful bunch of silly girls!
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    introducing ducks to a flock of chickens

    Baron, I don't quite understand.......divide the space? The large space has the ducks and three hens? Then add one more each day........am I keeping the same three in with the ducks, and am I housing them seperatly at night, I guess I would have to. I will have food and water on each side...
  15. wildflower

    hard boiled eggs impossible to peel

    Thank you!!!!! I just knew there was wisdom in this crowd!!
  16. wildflower

    hard boiled eggs impossible to peel

    O.K. I am a chef and know how to boil an egg. Why then do my beautiful fresh eggs not cooperate in the peeling arena? I have plunged them in ice water, I have put them in the refer in the water overnight......whats the trick? I just know someone has the answer. Easter is comming and I can't...
  17. wildflower

    SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!

    I had the same issue yesturday, it sounded like someone had a foot caught in a door or something terrible had happened. I ran out in my pj's to find our little RIR Ruby talking to herself. She kept it up all day and got the other girls going as well. I think it is a girl thing, emotions were...
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    introducing ducks to a flock of chickens

    We are thinking of adopting a pair of Cayuga ducks who are stranded in the city. They are one year old and were found as tiny ducklings under a bus in San Diego. The fellow who rescued them has hand raised them and they are happy healthy and friendly. The female lays every day and the male is...
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    Lathargic Hen- UPDATE, I think she's having seizures

    I had similar symptoms with a couple of mine a few months ago. I fed them a soultion of mashed cooked egg yolks, thinned with an electrolite solution I made with water, a bit of Celtic sea salt (minerals) and a bit of organic sugar. I dripped into beaks and they slowly got better. I decided...
  20. wildflower

    molt?

    The first bird we saw loosing feathers, I picked up and looked at her neck and my 10 year old Daughter said, "oooh, sick, that looks like a chewed on corn cob........I'm never eating chicken or corn again!" Not that we eat our chickens, mind you, but it really isn't pretty and I swear they seem...
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