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  1. DelBlueHen

    Fecal and cecal for float test?

    Hi all. My title is pretty much my question. When taking a sample to the vet, do I collect fecal, cecal or both? I took a fecal sample for a float test and I'm wondering whether a cecal sample would show the same results, or whether the cecal together with the fecal would give the vet more...
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    Big Ole Bird dosage for one?

    Hello! Does anyone know the dosage for BOB for a single hen? Currently she's drinking out of a small chick waterer. Thanks in advance!
  3. DelBlueHen

    One "molting" hen with clear diarrhea

    One of my four second year hens has been looking like she's molting for about 2 weeks. I thought/think it's odd that only one of them looked that way; I would expect all four of them to be molting. I've been discovering dampness in the same spot under the roost for about 4-5 days. Tonight I...
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    My chicken may have gotten water in her face and ears! What do I do?!

    It's hot here, and I needed to bathe a poopy-butt girl. I have bathed chickens 3 times before, but this time I had too much water in the tubs. I thought it would be ok, but she carried on so in the water that her face, eyes, and ears may have gotten wet! I checked her, and she didn't seem to...
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    Unpeeled garlic?

    Hey, all. I know it's probably a dumb question, but can you leave the peel (last layer) on the garlic when crushing or cutting it up to feed to chickens? That last layer is a pain in the butt to get off. TIA
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    How do I tell the "mother" from mold in ACV?

    I started a number of bottles of ACV to get the mother, but some of the bottles have this thick, whitish stuff in them, about an inch thick. I've been looking up photos and researching on other websites, but can't find a definitive answer. Most of the articles say "get rid of the mold," but I...
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    Feeding aquarium culls to chickens?

    Sorry if this has already been answered somewhere, but I searched and didn't find anything. Anyway, the title pretty much says it all. I would like to start breeding tropical fish and wonder whether I could feed the fresh culls to my girls.
  8. DelBlueHen

    Is it ok to feed mealies unripe fruit?

    The title says it all... :) Thanks, Del
  9. DelBlueHen

    Are calcium citrate plus magnesium tablets ok for chickens?

    Have searched this site and the 'net for answers but can't find anything. I'd like to crush a tablet and add it to water for my chicken with prolapsed vent. Thanks!
  10. DelBlueHen

    Help! My 1.5 year old hens aren't laying!

    My six girls were averaging 2-3 eggs a day over the winter. We had a rough winter and I used a heat lamp in the coop on really cold nights. Spring has now sprung here in Delaware, and they stepped up production to 3-4 eggs for a week or so (about 2 weeks ago). For the past week, I've only had...
  11. DelBlueHen

    Chicken Haiku

    Feathers glistening. A tao of six, black and white. One bare red rump: Turkey Butt.
  12. DelBlueHen

    Thinking of raising quail for meat, but...

    ...for those of you who eat them, did you have the "creeps" or qualms about actually harvesting and dressing them out? I'm such a critter lover and am wondering how anyone in my shoes handled it.
  13. DelBlueHen

    Chicken psychology?

    I have a hen who got sick a little while ago, and I took some advice given to me by our wonderful chickeners here. The hen was at the bottom of the pecking order. After I took her and gave her a warm bath, some calcium, and had her spend the night in a cage in the basement, she was fine...
  14. DelBlueHen

    If an earthworm doesn't move when it's touched is it dead?

    I feel like an idiot for asking, but I just got some European earthworms to raise for my chickens and after I put them in their habitat, many of them are just laying there. When I picked them up, they don't move. Are they dead already? Thanks.
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    Chicken-to-cat transfer of disease?

    I have had to bring my hen into the house after I bathed her. Do I have to be concerned about any possible disease/illness being transferred to my cat?
  16. DelBlueHen

    Possible egg bound hen question

    She went back into the run and HAS NOT laid an egg. Picked her up again and felt her belly: feels like she might have 2 eggs in there. So I stuck my finger into her vent as far as I could and couldn't feel any eggs or anything else. Should I be able to feel the eggs from the inside?
  17. DelBlueHen

    New chickener needs HELP!

    My @ 1 and a half year old Ameraucana is unable to walk normally today. She was fine yesterday evening. This morning she is waddling/limping slowly as if something was wrong with her legs. I picked her up and gently stretched out her legs. She did waddle to the feed and eat; she was...
  18. DelBlueHen

    Hi from Delaware!

    No, I don't have any Delaware Blue Hens, but that's where I live, and it's the name of our college football team. The Fighting Blue Hens! I'm a new Chickener and have been lurking and learning for several months. I have 3 Black Sex-link and 3 Ameraucanas. Thanks for all the great info...
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