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Interesting article and a long way from being readily available. https://news.wsu.edu/2014/12/10/scorpion-derived-tumor-paint-helps-dogs-at-wsu/#.VKxZjdDTnmw Many necropsies will say no tumors seen. If this ever gets down to a low price (doubtful) an injection of tumor paint before euthanasia...

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm428401.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Monensin Sodium Contamination Contact: Consumer: 1-800-786-2875 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 10, 2014 – Danville, KY – Burkmann Feeds is recalling its 50lb bags of Layer Ration 20%...

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141221-chickens-civilization-avian-flu-locavore-turkey-ngfood-booktalk/ Interview with "Why Did the Chicken Cross the World: The Epic Saga of the Bird That Powers Civilization" author Andrew Lawler

Interesting story on a southern California duck farmer specializing in balut or hot vit lon. Easy to make though ;) http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ff-duck-farmer-20141204-story.html He said he makes up to $3 million/year on duck eggs!!

http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/enforcement/enforce_rpt-Product-Tabs.cfm?action=Expand+Index&source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery&w=09172014#veterinary Veterinary 40 lb poly-paper bags of poultry feed labeled in part: Nutrena; Nature Wise; Meatbird; 22% Crumbles...

FDAs response to today's Executive Order http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2014/09/fdas-take-on-the-executive-order-and-national-strategy-to-combat-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria/?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery This is of interest to BYCers...

http://www.appliedanimalbehaviour.com/article/S0168-1591(13)00317-1/abstract

https://learn.extension.org/events/1484 Avian anatomy and how to perform a necropsy Thursday, August 21 at 7:00 pm EDT Link: https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/poultry If you have a chicken die, you can perform your own necropsy (animal version of an autopsy). Dr. David Frame will be...

Has anyone tried a rice or bean dispenser to store and measure food? I like that it draws from the bottom of the container, no bits left there through five bags of food ;) Visually it looks nicer than a metal garbage can sitting in the kitchen. It measures the food. At least two sizes, 25 and...

The Rose-comb Mutation in Chickens Constitutes a Structural Rearrangement Causing Both Altered Comb Morphology and Defective Sperm Motility http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1002775 I have got to stop clicking on links just because they look interesting...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140701091452.htm In the study, Wigley and his colleagues experimentally infected birds from four commercial breeds of broiler chickens. They found that while levels of the bacteria in the intestines did not differ by breed, immune response and...

FYI- FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring in the Food Supply. This does affect chickens too, many of the OTC medications used fall under the antimicrobial banner...

Interesting write up on ventilation, airflow etc. Written mainly for greenhouses but some is still applicable to coops. I find the vent openers interesting. Solar powered and you can set the temperature at which it opens...

The chicks are getting a new food a day. Some are hits, some not. Yesterday was Kefir. Peach flavored ;-) The ones that like it- LOVE it. The others think I must be trying to poison them. The group that were wild about it- they'd stand around eating it for a minute. Walk away and clean their...

And the mystery chick. Mustn't forget it. I'm raising cochin and crevecoeur in the same "brooder" (wading pool surrounded by ex-pen), the differences between the two breeds is interesting. From the beginning the two breeds walked differently. The cochins held their head lower, cc's had a more...

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I'm about to start retrofitting the garden shed to include chicken space. The shed is 12 X 12 but I'll still need tool and storage space. I'll be using dog run panels as coop walls and adding hardware cloth to the lower halves. The indoor panels are a 6 footer with a gate and another one without...