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    Fleas infestation

    I have lost one bird every week and I believe it is due to fleas , just when I think it’s under control it takes out another bird . I have put petroleum jelly on the areas where I see them on the bird , I have sprayed the nesting box with permitherin and give DE to dust bath in . This has been...
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    Chicken behavior

    I have one chicken that is three years old and she is now beating up the other two chickens in her coop , the other two are only 2yrs old and have lived with the other since they were baby's. This is the first time I have seen this type of behavior. They were so close and always roamed around...
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    broody hen again

    I have a Plymouth rock that it's two years old and she goes broody at least once a month . I have separated her in cage and that seems to fix the problem in a couple of days . She will get broody again. Any ideas. This hen really wants to be a mother. I wonder if I sneak a chick in with her...
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    weird growth on comb

    Any ideas , never seen this before
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    Male to female quail ratio

    I have 8 males and 6 females and I wanted to remove the dividing wall between the two to give them some more room to roam and so I can start hatching but I think that many boys will be to rough on the girls ?
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    quail having trouble standing

    I have 2 of the 16 quail not standing , they just sit and look around . They both are females and all eat the same type of food and seam to have been laying eggs on a regular basis. They have not done this before. I tried picking them up and checking them for anything wrong , and all I can find...
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    sugar free Gatorade, any thoughts.

    Hello , I live in florida and it gets really hot in the city, I heard people giving there flock sugar free Gatorade to keep them hydrated.I use the added electrolytes in the little packets that mixes in there water jug.any body heard of this. I was also trying to make a solar powered fan to help...
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    how does Chikungunga Virus effect my flock

    How does the chikungunga virus affect my hens and eggs. All I here is people getting sick here in florida from that virus from mosquitos. Anybody heard anything about this. The county where I live uses chickens to test for mosquito born illnesses, I getting worried about nutty flock, I also...
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