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  1. leedyfeathers

    my own hatch ed chicks!

    So I got some chicks in a homemade incubator and I have three.. one looks like a bjg the other a barred rock and a EE with feathered legs. Heres my problem this is a mix the roo is a GCM and has feathered legs. I have speckled sussex, slw, barred, australorp, BJG, RIR,EE. the two brown eggs that...
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    ostersized hen

    the hen is rough looking! broke feathers missing ones but otherwise seems healthy enough the hens are not the problem its the rooster. he will chase her peck her and at times I could swear he attacks her like flogging. I have seen her submit and he mount do his thing then jump off and peck her...
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    the REPORT is in ... not good

    yeah that's how it feels! anyway now I get to decide what im going to do... now I have to figure out what to do.
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    NOW WHAT!!???

    Ive had a hen that got "cozy" with me she hung close to house eating and seemed waiting on hand outs .. and I did give some healthy treats. She is very comfortable being close to me when ever im out and about. i can pet her with not much dispute and she has no problem taking off if feels she...
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    hatching experiment home made

    Im trying out the experiment of hatching eggs. The subjects are eggs from my own flock. The lack of funds is the reason for home made bater. I had all the parts I need except a fan, 30wt bulb and a humidity thermometer. Problem: I can keep temp at 100-108 fairly steady with a 60wt bulb...
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    yellow poop dead hen...LABORATORY RESULTS TESTS

    OKAY great my tests are back yet part is still pending and looks like they are guessing.. not discounting the finds the hen was the biggest BLK Jersey Giant in my flock how ever my barred rock who wasn't so big also died of same green poop. only two have lived on. it doesn't narrow the cause...
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    CHICK FEVER!!

    im adding to my flock 39 chicks.. well little less when I get some family to take some bantams after they arrive. I have plans to clean out my coop and sanitize it again the month before they arrive. I want to house them in one side of my coop and allow them access to a sectioned off area of the...
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    mold or mites?

    I was cleaning sanitizing and repairs coop the other day and found two things.. one I believe they are darkling beetle eggs.. fresh and the only ones found were under a part of the roost that fits and nailed to the floor of coop Then I found dark spots on the wall of coop mostly above nest boxes...
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    wandering roo

    This guy shows up in my yard and leaves at dusk... walking down our long drive. What breed is he and should I be watching to be sure he doesn't try and take some of my girls. I have a roo that ignores him unless he tries to breed then he takes off after him with gesto my roo makes three of this...
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    yellow poop dead hen symptoms hanging around

    Ok first good news its NOT Worms.. however I cant discount flukes because those nasty things are tricky! I have to wait on other tests hope its not too much longer.
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    Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery: A Guide for Veterinary Practitioners

    http://www.bookdepository.com/Backyard-Poultry-Medicine-and-Surgery-Cheryl-B.-Greenacre/9781118335437?redirected=true&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_campaign=ShoppingUs&utm_source=US&utm_content=Backyard-Poultry-Medicine-and-Surgery found this online thought that some may be interested or may even...
  12. leedyfeathers

    brown poop.. smelly

    This stuff stinks it has no cap. Its a more chocolate brown than it shows.. plus a hen with florescent green poop and runny.
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    sick barrd

    Im back update.. she is not as puffed up unless she lays thats more lately, very pail look to her face head shake is only when she is more attentive to something usually me trying to her to eat. She had a golf ball size crop yesterday though she had not eaten for two days. this morning she was...
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    back again

    The barred that is sick seems to have picked up some more symptoms. She drinks excessively eats less seems more unstable and has stopped eating as much lifting her she has lost weight she puffs up again with tail pointing down and poops are sinking BAD! They have been better formed when poops...
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    sick bard

    I had a good run of luck after winter set in. I had 30 chickens down to 19.. unless this goes bad then 18! My bard rock had emerged one day with a poop sickle looked creamy colored.. to me thats strange and she seemed to have pasty butt. I went back out to grab her up after fixing breakfast but...
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    yay I see blue

    My EE finally laid an egg, two more to go. love that blue color! Wish my cell Gave the true color it washes out the colors.
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    found a leather egg

    Second time finding a leather egg. Could it be something besides lack in calcium. They have layer pellets though they have not been eating them very well. I leave out grit and Clam shell for calcium and once I have a bunch of crushed egg shells I feed them those. I see it eat up all the time...
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    egg producing drastic drop

    I had been getting up to nine eggs from my 25 hens, some just starting to lay. The lowest 5 eggs in a day. Now in three days just a few. It started about the time we had the first freeze. Or possibly the day I found two shelless eggs under the roost they were not busted however later I found...
  19. leedyfeathers

    egg producing drastic drop

    I had been getting up to nine eggs from my 25 hens, some just starting to lay. The lowest 5 eggs in a day. Now in three days just a few. It started about the time we had the first freeze. Or possibly the day I found two shelless eggs under the roost they were not busted however later I found...
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    whats up with her?

    Plz look at my SLW and tell me wat ya think Hope I got it linked correctly.
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