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So, I made the call. Been finding excuses to put it off, but Ky dept of AG has my number now, just waiting for the call back. My question is..... If I test positive and depopulate. How do I start over??? I can buy from NPIP people, but that only tests for p/t & AI. How do I find MG/MS free...

I went out this morning and found 1 of my Gold Laced Polish pullets, about 5 months old, just sitting in the run with her face on the ground. She cannot hold her head up at all. I tried to check her crop and can't even find it because its apparently empty, her breath does not smell sour, her...

I have a Silkie pullet, unsure of age, but close to probably 11 months. She has been here since the first of February, and has not been around any new or outside birds. No other chicken in her coop is showing any symptoms of being ill. She has never laid an egg, but I just noticed the rooster...

I have a new hen & her mate in quarantine still. A few days after arrival she began having a runny nose. Now she is coughing and raspy. I went to my local farm supply and the only antibiotic they had for poultry is Oxytetracycline powder. I am fixing to treat her & the roo with that. Should I...

I woke up this morning to a dead Silkie in my bantam coop. Day b4 yesterday she was doing the standing around with her head tucked under her wing, but it was cool and rainy and she seemed fine yesterday, so I let it go. Well, apparently it was too late anyway. Now idk what to do. Can I worm...

I had a chick hatch right b4 bed last night. This morning its not well. Where its, I guess it'd be like an umbilical cord, was attached, has this big red sac hanging out. It looks like its guts. I'm sure there probably isn't anything I can do for him, but I don't want it to suffer and I do not...

I have a hen who has made a nest. Last I looked she had about 4 eggs in it. Its still below freezing at night though, so I figure they won't even be viable. I've thought about ordering some hatching eggs locally. My question is, if I put a bunch of eggs in her nest for her to find next time she...

My rooster had gotten frost bitten, and that area of his comb and wattles had started turning black. With all the snow and ice my chickens will not leave their coop today. I went to check on them and they had pecked all the black off of the roosters wattles, & he was bleeding everywhere! I got...

QUESTION~~ Fixing to do a round of Wazine. Know I can't eat or feed the eggs to the chickens. But, can u hatch them?

So, one if my red sex links was in the nest box today when I went out. I filled food and water and when I turned to look at her, she was hiding the egg she'd just laid under the straw!! It was so funny to watch her. I'm thinking maybe she is fixing to go broody on me. I still took her egg, and...

My boyfriend bought me an incubator, so I jumped in and put 8 of my eggs in it. Wound up with 6 chicks from Red sex link hens, and a Speckled Sussex rooster. Needless to say these 4 week old babies are very colorful, but still beautiful. I've noticed recently several of them seem to have 1...

I have a 7 1/2 week old chick who is all swelled (puffed) up and their droppings look strange. I have decided by talking to others that I need to treat him for coccidiosis. I purchased Corid 9.6% oral solution. Idk how to dose with it though. This chick has a bunk mate, so I will just be...

I just wormed my laying chickens yesterday for the first time. I used Wazine. Should I throw out the eggs? And for how many days?

This Spring I purchased 4 red sex links, & 2 Speckled Sussex chicks. Rehomed 1 SS because they were both cockerels. Now I'm hooked!!! I have hatched 5 baby "mutts" from them, just to see if I liked it. And I now have a pair of Buff Orphs (5weeks) and added a SS pullet to make a pair of them. I...

This is Athena. She will be 5 weeks old on Monday the 16th. I'm concerned because she looks NOTHING like my SS roo did at her age. Do pullet SS look that much different than cockerels? Sorry the pics are so bad. She isn't the most social bird. Its hard to get near her without her running.

So I have a hen turkey, and a Tom. Idk how old either is, but the Tom is about 2 months older. He keeps strutting his stuff and trying to put his wing around her, but she just walks away. I got to thinking, idk their mating process, my 1st turkeys. What will she do when she is ready?

So, I have 1 that is ready, hatched 18 hrs ago. But I can't take it out cause others keep pipping, but it is running through the bator like a psycho knocking the eggs that haven't hatched yet all over the place, and pecking the new chicks that haven't fluffed yet. Idk what to do. If I open it...

So I have 4 red sex link pullets that all lay 1 nice brown egg a day. I have been down for a week with my back, so just noticed that suddenly 1 a day has turned almost pink for like 4 days??

My 1st ever chick just hatched about 2 1/2 hours ago. I know I'm supposed to leave it til its dry, but was wondering about how long that usually takes? Its almost bedtime, & I definitely don't want to leave it TOO long, but don't want to take it out too soon either. Trying to decide a good time...

I ordered some supposed female day old chicks from Meyer, 2 of which are my first Buff Orphingtons. Supposed same day hatch, but one has very quickly outgrown the other. Aphrodite is almost twice the size of Artemus, and has almost completely feathered out, as where Artemus is still in that...