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    Are Welsummers prone to bumble foot?

    I have a mixed flock of hen and a few roosters that I started a year and a half ago. I noticed that my Welsummer rooster and the four hens I have were continually having trouble with bumble foot while my other heritage breeds were not. Has any one else experienced this with this breed or is it...
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    A few birds with Fowl Pox -- what now?

    I have a laying flock of about 50 free range chickens. I have had a couple birds come down with fowl pox type lesions around the eyes. I separated and treated them until the scabs where gone. I still do have a couple of chickens with scabs on their combs but we have been having frost bite...
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    egg laying age for Africans?

    At what age do Africans typically start laying? I have my five month old geese in the same pen with my 25 broilers and someone is laying white eggs. The first one was quite large (could be a double yolk chicken egg), but they have gotten smaller (regular chicken size). It is possible that a...
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    Hi from Grazing Goose Farm in upstate NY

    In March I got my first chickens--14 Araucanas. They were so much fun I decided that I would like some rare breed birds to breed and some geese to help with guarding the flock who are free-range during the day. So in April I put in an order for the above along with some dual purpose chickens...
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    3 month old with twisted beak-- having trouble eating

    I have a 3 month old Aracauna who has a twisted beak (the top goes to the left and the bottom to the right). She has been doing Okay until today, even though she is very thin. She pecks at the feeder constantly but never seems to get much in her mouth. I have watered down her feed to make a...
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