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    One of my roosters Rooster with clogged vents

    one of my roosters has 2 clogged vents..hes happy..free range and alert but i notice a crusty waxy substance clogging both his vents on his head..and foul smelling..hes about 2 years old. can you use hydrogen peroxide on the vents to kill the infection? or antibiotics?
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    help..I have a problem

    I came home from work and 2 of my chickens are acting like I put 100 proof in their drinking water. Alert, eating ok but all wobbly when they walk. These are chickens that have been free ranged since I got them in April..healthy vigorous,well cared for chickens that roos inside every night...
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    getting ready for winter

    I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on whats a good watering system for the cold winter months. I'd like something that is self contained and not a fire hazzard. Also my Moran roos have huge combs and wattles and Id hate to see them get frost bit. I read about using vaseline but here...
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    Polish hen adopts them all

    My polish hen got moved in with the chicks a couple weeks ago because I couldn't keep her with the free range flock. She would wander off, and/or forget to come in to roost at night. She's with 25 polish chicks 1 Turkin chick(he was the free BONUS chick...) and yesterday I moved in the 30...
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    aggressive rooster

    I have a free range flock of mixed Banty's, polish, MaraNS. Total of 57. 4 are Coo Maran roos, 1 mixed roo. banty roo. All healthy, friendly and around 8 months. I have lots of kids from different groups that come over and feed them bread. Its been very enjoyable to watch. I have noticed...
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    dAytime racoons

    Yesterday afternoon around 330 my Coo Coo Maran Roosters were making an awful fuss..I knew something was up...sure enough there was a racoon out there trying to tackle one of the roos..feathers everywhere. The 4 other roos were putting up a valiant fight, and I grabbed the closest weapon (a...
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    new Babes and bonding

    My 26 babes came on Friday and they are doing well, but they are very shy and sensitive to noise and scatter when aproaching the 'nursery'. I have found that if I continuosuly make the noise a broody hen makes or that cluck noise a mother hen makes when shes with her chicks they imediately calm...
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    Gurgling Roosters

    I have 4 Moran roos..7 months old. They have been free range. I have them seperated from the rest of my flock. Normal poo, but they sneeze alot and when they roost I hear a gurgle noise. When one of the roos crows he makes a strange gurgle noice at the end of the crow All have good...
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    gurgling sneezing rooster

    my 7 month old rooster has this gurgle noise after he crows, and he sneezes alot. He is free range with a good appetite..no discharge or weird poop. Pen is kept clean..shavings..dry..noticed one of the other roosters sneezing now. Not that easy to quarantine 23 chcikens from each other
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