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  1. packmomma

    dog attack

    I'm so ticked right now but I need help for my hen. My stupid dog went after one of my oldest hens. He was on a chain but she couldnt get away before injury. She has basically her entire thigh skin hanging off. should I cut the skin off and will it heal over the muscle? How should I clean it...
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    Jumbo, Large, Medium, small?? what size?

    Ok getting into selling eggs now and the USDA only has a weight per dozen of eggs. Does anyone know of individual weights for eggs? I look at an egg and its large or small to me.. young chicken small or OMG that hurt large. I want to know what sizes they are for each egg. I havent bought store...
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    Re- home needed for Pionus parrot and green cheek conure

    A friend of mine had me take her birds because she couldn't care for them any longer due to physical limitations. They have been together for 8 years. I need to re-home them. One is a pionus parrot named Harley and the other is a green cheek conure named Ranger. Our house is small and I feel...
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    2 hens eggbound same time

    They were all fine this morning but now I have two chickens walking upright like ducks. I have read and think they are eggbound, but really? Two in one after noon? At first I thought maybe they had eaten something bad but then of course all you smart people on here have already posted when...
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    penicillin question

    Does anyone know how much penicillin you can give a lamb that weighs about 50 lbs. The penicillin I have is the injectible. It doesnt give amounts on it and I've tried to look it up on the internet. Something I read said to give 1 cc per 100 pounds of body weight but I dont know if it is...
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    australian chickens

    There is an ad in the paper for someone selling australian chickens..what are they?
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    Anyone? LG bator top with built bottom?

    I was wondering if anyone had taken the LG bator top and created a new bottom for it? If you have something that used the parts or even the styrofoam top can you let me know?
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    Hatch is done!

    Well my hatch is done. I think it went really well. I started by setting 20 eggs. On day 5 I candled and all seemed ok. Day 10 I candled but 3 were questionable. Day 15 I candled and 6 were no good. So the remaining 14 went into lockdown. Day 21 I got 1 chick.. Day 22 I got 7...Day 23 I...
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    Help Quick!

    This are guts right?? I need to cull? Poor thing!
  10. packmomma

    pipping and zipping!

    We got some serious pipping and zipping here of my 14 eggs. Two have hatched already and it looks like 4 more will come today too. So far I have a Golden Comet x Golden laced Wyandotte mix..very cute..looks golden, and a silkie x Golden Laced Wyandotte mix...looks like a silkie. I'm so glad...
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    AWW man now what!?

    Ok so I had tried earlier to hatch 13 eggs..only one hatched..I have this one chick in the house..so I"m on day 15 of another batch in the bator to give this little one come company. Then today I find a clutch of eggs Two chickens are going broody on me and there are 11 eggs. I count my hens...
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    Hatch Date of Oct 28 anyone else?

    It looks like my new batch of eggs is due to hatch the 28th. After the one lonely chick I got I decided to pop in 20 eggs and by day 5 at least 15 were good! Anyone else due to hatch this day or close feel free to post!
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    Getting a chick to drink

    Ok I've been there..done that..but this little chick doesn't have any other chicks to "get it" so it will copy them and I don't have to keep showing him over and over and over. Anyone ever only have one chick that didn't understand that water can be drank on your own you don't have to keep...
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    My new baby named Solo

    Just wanted to let everyone know that I held my patience and watched my one lonely egg all night. Finally at like 5:30 the little baby started breaking into the world and by 6:45 ish it was born! The chicks name is Solo and seems to be doing well. Its zonked out in the brooder on a fluffy...
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    My new baby, hatched this morning!

    Just wanted to let everyone know that I held my patience and watched my one lonely egg all night. Finally at like 5:30 the little baby started breaking into the world and by 6:45 ish it was born! The chicks name is Solo and seems to be doing well. Its zonked out in the brooder on a fluffy...
  16. packmomma

    My one lonely chick is hatching!!

    Well its official. Out of 13 I only had 1 fertile one..wasnt sure because the air sac was kinda small but today it pipped!! I opened up the hole a little and upped the humidity so poor thing can breathe and not shrink wrap. I got him on ustream if you wanna see. Might take it a while. It JUST...
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    Setting a hatch...wanna join??

    Well I am doing things a tad different this time. I have mostly fertile eggs for one Second I noticed my air cell on the one surviving egg is not big enough so I have now weighed all these eggs. Going for the 15% loss thing. I also don't have another incubator and don't want to open mine...
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    EE and a white egg??

    Ok so I bought these 3 EE's this spring from a farm store. They all looked EE ish when I bought them..they all grew up to be odd looking lol. All have green legs...so why did I see her lay a white egg?? What happened to my green? I know one of the others lays green, this one I watched plop...
  19. packmomma

    Lockdown candle question

    So these eggs I have I am unsure of. They are all brown except 2 which are green. Those of you that candle the brown eggs. So far I"ve only gotten a redish glow through the whole egg maybe a dark little shadow its hard to tell. Am I correct to assume that by day 18 I should not be seeing...
  20. packmomma

    heating ring on incubators

    Has anyone had a chick burn themselves on the heating element ring at the top of these LG bators? It just seems awful low and I've burned myself already(totaly accident from my stupidity). I must say I'd hate for a chick to stand up and burn themselves. I dont remember how tall they are but...
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