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    Marek's in my flock.

    Recently we found out that our birds are infected with Marek's. I had 15 Jersey Giant cockerels to be raised for meat, and 6 various layer breeds of the same age. (18 weeks now I believe) Probably 2 months ago is when we had our first loss. We thought it was an isolated incident until about half...
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    Marans with a leg issue

    I have 3 10 week old Black Copper Marans. 1 is a cockerel. Tonight I noticed it looked like the cockerel broke his leg. But upon further inspection, I don't think that's the case. He has 1 leg where his foot is pointed out to the side instead of infront of him. And this leg now directly sits...
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    Possible Spraddle Leg...

    I received 16 Jersey Giant chicks from Cackle Hatchery yesterday, and 2 of them seem to be slightly spraddle legged. They each have 1 leg that doesn't want to stay under their bodies. They kind of look like they are trying to trip the other chicks. I found a thread on HOW to treat them, but how...
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    JG Delaware Cross?

    Hey all. We are raising meat birds for the first time this year and decided to go with Jersey Giants. My chicks should be here Friday. I already have a couple JG hens, and I recently came into ownership of a very handsome Delaware roo. His favorite hens happen to be my JGs. I'm just wondering...
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    How to set a broken toe?

    I have a 5+year old RIR hen, and I noticed today she has a broken toe. I'm pretty sure it happened yesterday when my goat tripped over her, but I didn't realize she was injured until a little while ago. She's seperated from the other chickens, but I need to set the bone before I can wrap it, and...
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    Roos...

    I have 2 roos and 15 hens. The roos get along well and are really great roos. BUT I have found 3 eggs with baby chicks about the size of a grain of rice in them. And we are VERY dillagent about collecting their eggs. I'm already a vegetarian and this really grosses me out. We also sale/trade...
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    Hello everyone!!

    Hey! My name is Sam and I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with my fiance and daughter. We call our propety the Flying Monkey Butt Hippie Compound (long story) and currenty we have 2 dogs, 6 cats (2 indoor, 4 outdoor) 2 free range goats, and 20 free range chickens! We started out buying 3...
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