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    way to easily worm entire flock?

    hello I bought some safeguard for goats I have had chickens for about 3 years and have never NEEDED to worm them and by that I mean I've never seen any worms in dropping or had any health issues up until about 6ish months ago when I bought some adult birds and in my ignorance I didn't practice...
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    something wrong with this hen?

    hello I was searching craigslist to pass time and came across some chickens for sale one of the pics looks "off" to me is something wrong with this hen? Her head looks swollen or something but im a novice so maybe this is the way this breed looks?
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    Pekin help!

    Hello I'm really new to ducks and I was wondering if yall had any clue of the sex of these ducks? They are 5-7 weeks old.
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    excessive beak scraping and respiratory issues

    Hello I've made a couple post about respiratory issues in my flock the past couple of days. I'm a chicken watcher I know my birds behavior and I know the clean their beaks by scraping. Well I've been sitting with them today and they are ALL excessively wiping their beaks and not just on hard...
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    tylan 50 question

    How much tylan 50 should I give a large hen for a suspected respiratory infection? Would orally be just as good? Is there a dosage difference between oral/injection? How long should I give it to the hen for each method? Thanks guys I'd be lost without yall!
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    if you had to choose one of these feeds...

    I posted this in nutrition but I think this may be a better place to post. I called the feed store and the game bird is for sure available but at the 13.5% protein is that enough protein for my layers? they will of course have free oyster shell available at all times. Im trying to switch to a...
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    ⠀ another aninimal protein question.

    hello im trying to switch to a feed with animal protein and this is the only thing I THINK I can find locally (besides whats available at TSC) what do you guys think? Crude Protein, min....................................20.00% Lysine...
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    should i cull and start over?

    hello ive never had to deal with much poultry illness my birds have never had respiratory infection or mites or anything like that. I was down to two leghorns (due to neighbors dog) and decided to get some hens from craigslist (yeah I know now) so I got 4 hens that were about 8 months old around...
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    possible respiratory infection?

    Hello I have one hen that keeps sneezing it was very infrequent at first but today when I was out there she did it several times so I took out their nipple waterer and mixed up a Gallon of oxytetracycline (2-1/2 Tbs. Per gallon) in a one gallon bucket and made that their only water available...
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    wanting 6 blue and 6 dark brown eggs

    hello I have a very small egg business (mostly family and friends) and I currently have white egg layers and olive green as well as minty green eggs. Im looking for someone that might be able to sell me 6 hatching eggs from blue egg layer and 6 hatching eggs from a dark brown egg layer...
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    When a hatch goes "too" long leg problems?

    I was wondering if a hatch goes long (got whatever reason) but let's use the reason of your temps were a few degrees too cool and you're hatching on day like 24 is there a greater chance of leg problems in these chicks? I had a crummy first hatch and didn't have any hatch till day 23 and another...
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    Anyone who knows about welsummer/maran/EE I have a question.

    Hello my small flock consists of one welsummer rooster 4 EE (2 that are solid black and look just like an americauna I beleive it is *not the rumpless breed the other one lol*) and one that almost looks like a welsummer hen and the other EE is splash. As well as two leghorn hens. Now I get two...
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    Does this chick need to be culled?

    It was born yesterday I assisted I probably shouldn't have and it would have died a natural death:( it's leg turns in very badly and it's unable to walk in fact it turns in so bad that it mostly lays on it try belly and the bad leg stuck out behind it. Is there anything that can be done? Here...
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    internal pip eggtopsy&chirping

    hello guys I have a question or several rather. Friday was day 21 on my hatch. I had two chicks hatch yesterday morning which was the day 23 I haven't been able to candle the majority of them because my Candler isn't strong enough to see through the darker eggs. So today I decided to water...
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    spring molting?

    Hello all I've noticedsome of my birds are starting to lose feathers not a ton but enough that it's noticeable I can tell some are going to fall out because they are twisted the wrong way or longer than the rest kind of Sticking out and stuff. I don't *think* we have mites but I can look again...
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    Is comb size always an indication of sex?

    I know it depends on the type of comb but what I mean is I have 3 BO and two have a bigger comb than the other one. Mind you they are still tiny it's more like 2 have a visible comb and 1 still barely has one at all. They were SR so could be boy or girl but....I have two boys huh?
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    will my turner fit?

    hi all I went against the advise on here and against my better judgment and bought a LG from tractor supply (still air) and the turner to go with it. Well needless to say its been somewhatly difficult to regulate everythimg on it. I am picking up a hova bator 1583 model this Saturday I was told...
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    Is this a silkie?

    I've never had a silkie befor so when I saw two little feather footed five toed fluff balls at tsc I snatched them up but one had a different look to it. It's kinda more stringy looking? What's that about?
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    I bought three buff orphingtons at tsc

    I bought three straight run BO from tsc I'm really bummed about the larger than life combs two of them have I have the WORST luck with straight run chicks...that is all....
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    yellow ducklings?

    are all solid yellow duckling pekin (spelling?) my daughter got 3 from tsc and I was just wondering what they could be.
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