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    Healthy Muscovy drake paralyzed? Stroke?

    I have a great big Muscovy drake approx 2yrs old. I saw him lying in the run and thought it was dead, but he twitched a bit. Got the ants off him and helped him drink. He can’t sit or stand, and one leg is sort of curled under. If he lifts his head it sways around. I carried him a bit and he...
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    TSC time of year.

    I’ve never bought chicks from TSC, but I happened to spot a frizzle in the “assorted bantam” bin, and they were on clearance, so I ended up with 7. The silkies and cochins were easy to identify, but two of them have me stumped. First is this little cream/buff baby that’s half the size of the...
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    Svart hona help; disgruntled customer

    Two weeks ago I sold the last of my breeding honas to a lady, a quad of three hens and one cock. She claims this cockerel came from my quad: The breeding birds were in my pen for months and were well over a year old. She has posted pics in her hona groups asking people to sex the quad, so I...
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    Ambitious certified black thumb- I’m in over my head SOS pls send help

    Well, just in case you didn’t get the gist of this thread from the title: I’m in over my head. Backstory: I’m not that great at gardening. This is my fourth year to try and I’ll keep trying for the rest of my life. Gardening is part of our programming for summer camp, where I try really hard to...
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    Is this canker?

    Not an emergency, but not something I have encountered before. I had a mild case of pox in the spring pullets, but this doesn’t look like pox. Only chick 1 has a cheesey plaque in its mouth. Chick 1: Chick 2: Chick 3: They are separated with their broody, who does not seem...
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    Do broody muscovies crush eggs on purpose?

    Hi all! :frow I tried searching but couldn't really find the info I was looking for. Last fall I was offered muscovy lings from a neighbor, and in the process rescued eggs from the abandoned muscovy nest. I managed to hatch four of them, two of which were badly crushed though the babies were...
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    Cannibalistic feather picking? GRAPHIC PICS

    I picked up 6 bantam cochins from a friend. They were crowded and had picked the tails bald on a few. I put them in a bigger cage for quarantine and it was all going well. Yesterday I needed the bigger cage so I put them back in a small one. It was 24 hours. This is the first casualty: I'm...
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    Dog attack. When to cull? (Graphic pics)

    Sorry in advance that I can't to a spoilers tag on my phone. This is not really an emergency because I've treated injuries like this before. Just wondering if this poor baby has any chance of recovery. My dog who I thought was done killing chickens went on a murder spree. He killed three and...
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    Nasty eye infection (pics)

    A few months ago my flock went through fowl pox. Only one bird had wet pox, and the EEs/orp mixes hardly developed spots on their combs at all. Soot the EE got bubbles in her eye and nasal discharge. By the time I decided to treat it, she'd be better. Then a few days later sick again. My...
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    3 month old cochin PAIR?

    I know I've got one roo for sure. The lighter one has kept me guessing. They're around three months old.
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    Polish roolet?

    Gold laced polish, 4.5-5 weeks old. Is this a comb? It's the only one of six with any type of something growing there. I've never had them before.
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    Mystery insect?

    Before Thanksgiving my whole flock (14) had pretty bad fowl pox. They got over it, then these appeared on the roo. They've spread more, and I've caught the hens picking them off (he seems to enjoy it?) but they've also taken off a layer if skin in places. They're due for a dusting for lice, but...
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    Too late for day lilies?

    Sorry if this is the wrong place. I'm mobile and it's hard to see stickies and suggested posts on the mobile site. I'm in southwest Louisiana, zone 9, and I was given a bunch of day lilies in shallow pots. That's as far as I got. I finally have time to put them in the ground today, but it's...
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    What's wrong with my best layer?

    There was a scuffle in the coop this morning and I looked in and just saw some pecking and chest bumping with my RIWs. I figured it was a pecking order squabble. When I came back home my best layer looked like this: She is the highest ranking hen, and was fine yesterday. Is she egg bound?
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    Fowl pox treatments? WARNING: GROSS PICS

    ETA: do I really put neosporin IN their eyes and iodine IN their mouths? Hen #1 Hen #2 My first aid kit: Background: My rooster was patient zero for fowl pox. He seems to be on the upswing. Hen #2 was the second case, she now has wet pox; her immune system was compromised by a lice...
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    Droopy new chickens, advice on treatments?

    Last week I picked up three new hens and a rooster. After two days they were added to the flock (ill-advised, I know. Let's skip that part). Just a few days later we added two more pullets who were getting pummeled in quarantine. Then yesterday, I left the gate gapped and was missing a hen...
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    Orpington pullets?

    I bought chickens at an auction again. I'm guessing splash orpington pullets, but really have no idea. They are slightly bigger than my RIW hens and similarly aged sussex pullets. The last is after a bath. My non-chicken friends think I'm crazy for insisting the pullets are not...
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    FOUR ruthless bully hens

    Last Friday my family went to a poultry auction and came home with six birds: two large pullets that I think may be orpingtons, and four Rhode Island Whites because husband was at his limit of waiting for eggs. I have the six new birds in a quarantine coop away from our main flock. Yesterday I...
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    Impacted crop in 6-week chick? Pics.

    Pic of tonight, and a few days ago. This has been my only bathtub chick for a while. After several supervised visits with the big girls, I moved her outside with my friendliest pullet. She ranged most of the day yesterday. I was busy today and left her alone in the outside pen. This afternoon...
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    Permethrin v. Pyrethrin

    I noticed a bird with mites in my flock. Quickly inspected everyone and only a few seem affected. I scrubbed out the coop and told DH to get permethrin from the feed store. He came back with pyrethrin. I can't find as much about it; I mixed it 1 tbsp to 1 gallon and have some in a spray bottle...
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