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    Cheryl

    I have a 8 week old Auracana cockeral. I already have a few roosters and this one was in my April 5th. pullet batch. He is black and white and I have been holding him since day one. I live in Chesterton and would be happy to deliver to a GOOD home.
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    new pecking order - how long does it take to establish??

    Hi everyone, It has been 1 week since I mixed 3 australorps and 1 amerucana that are about 26 weeks old to 3 golden comets that are 1 1/2 yrs. old. The australorps are just awful to the GC chasing away from the feed, pecking and fighting. This is the worst I have experienced in the 4 years I...
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    questions about laying freedom rangers???

    I kept 2 out of my 26 FR's due to their kind disposition..They are now 24 weeks old and laying and mixed in with my other layers. I have watched them lay more than one egg a day. The problem is that they are rubber eggs at least the first one is and then right away lay another egg with hardly no...
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    Freedom Rangers

    I kept 2 freedom rangers from my spring flock just because they were so friendly so far they are laying an egg every other day. Was just wondering if anyone has done this and if so has had luck in keeping the FR for a year or so with no health issues?? And how was the laying??
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    soft shelled eggs - help...

    My pullets are 20 weeks and have been wormed and treated with amproline. So i am pretty confident that there is no internal parasite problem also have checked for external - none. The problem I'm having is they are laying eggs in the nite off of their roost and the egg shells are soft but then...
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    hen acting like rooster

    I re-homed my RI rooster back in April due to his over aggressive mating to my 10 hens. They had barred backs and wing damage. Some have molted since then and others have just grew in some feathers in their bare spots. I now have a welsummer hen that crows and does the rooster dance around the...
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    soft shelled eggs

    Today I had 3 hens lay soft shelled eggs on the poop shelves. Some are molting and I had a fecal test done and came back negative. They have slowly reduced laying. 10 hens went from 9 to 6 to 2 eggs a day. I was feeding just straight layena but after doing some reading I switched to just...
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    soft shelled egss

    Today I had 3 hens lay soft shelled eggs on the poop shelves. Some are molting and I had a fecal test done and came back negative. They have slowly reduced laying. 10 hens went from 9 to 6 to 2 eggs a day. I was feeding just straight layena but after doing some reading I switched to just...
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    medicated feed or use corid in water ????

    I'm soon to start my 3rd. batch of chicks (freedom rangers). I was thinking of NOT starting them on medicated feed but to give them corid once they get out in the pen. Has anyone done anything like this. My thinking is that they really don't need the medicated feed in the clean brooder but will...
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    Need Some Speckled Sussex Info...

    Can anyone tell me about SS?? Are they good layers and how about the roosters, docile if raised by hand?? I'm re-homing my over mating RIR and trying to determine what type of breed I should get for a rooster??
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    What breed for a docile rooster??

    I am thinking of rehoming my RIR rooster he is just wearing out feathers on 8 of my 10 hens and I don't know what type of breed to replace him with. I would like a rooster for protection not so much for fertile eggs. Anyone with suggestions on docile roosters??
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    Hen saver / apron do they really work??

    Was just wondering if anyone has actually used the hen saver or hen aprons due to rooster wear?? My RIR roo is really wearing the backs of my girls and I found all the info on the 2 different products and I guess the crisscross designed ones are better. Also has anyone used them in the summer or...
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    bantam rooster

    I have 10 hens to one rooster. He is a beautiful BIG RIR. Hence the word BIG. About half of my hens are just bared backed from him. I was thinking of retiring him to a friends farm and getting a bantam rooster. Would the hens have a hard time adjusting to the new rooster and would a batam still...
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    broad spectrum wormers to use??

    Has anyone used products like Enzum or Wormazole and what are their ingredients?? I just wormed with wazine and now in 2 weeks I'll use some kind of broad spectrum wormer. I wanted to use levamisole but I can't find it anywhere..My chickens are molting and I read that fenbendazole causes new...
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    worming with wazine - dosing

    In Gail Damerow's book the chicken health handbook on pg.80 she talks about administrating piperazine (wazine) as a one time oral dose of 50 - 100 mg per bird. Does anyone have any idea what the 50-100mg means? All I have ever used was ml syringes. Conversion mg - ml ?? I called cvs and the...
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    How many treatments for mites ???

    I have treated my flock for mites 3 consecutive Mondays in a row. (dusting (3x) iver pour-on (2x) ). Is this enough? Do I need to treat for a few more weeks?? Should I dust on a monthly basis??
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    Nail Will Not Stop Bleeding - Help....

    Somehow one of my hens broke off the tip of her nail. I tried putting blood stop on it and seperated her to let her rest, seemed to start to slow down but when she went to roost I went in the coop to check up on her and noticed quite a bit of blood on the poop shelf so we grabbed her and packed...
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