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    Baytril tablets dosage in water

    Hey all I need help, our young silver hamburg pullet has a bad respiratory infection, and I have Baytril tablets on hand, halved. How many tablets per gallon of water would be the correct dosage for a less than 1 lb chicken? (she is very tiny)
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    Adding vaccinated juveniles to marek's positive flock

    -Hey all, I am planning on ordering some vaccinated 4-9 week old pullets next month, but my current flock (and pretty much my entire property) has marek's. Will the vaccinated pullets be mostly safe from the bad symptoms/death that my unvaxxed hens experience? I know it has a 90 percent success...
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    Duck Plague vaccine

    Hey all, I am getting my first ducklings next week, and I've been doing a lot of research. One disease that scares me is duck plague or duck viral entertitis. I am not sure how common it is in small duck flocks, and most hatcheries do not have an option to vaccinate them before sending, in fact...
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    When to start ducklings?

    Hey all I'm looking to get three Pekins in the next month or so. Living in Wisconsin I was wondering when would be a good time to order them? This would be my first time with ducks. At what age can they go outside up here?
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    Lazy barred rock hen

    Hey all I've got another concern, this time with my 8 month barred rock hen. For a few weeks she's been kinda lazy acting and isn't laying anymore. Her comb also seems a little a shrunken, though she's always had a kind of small comb. She still roosts and will even free range but she isn't very...
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    Why do my young roosters keep dying?

    So over the past few months I've lost 3 young cockerels to what I think might be Marek's. All our older hens seem to be fine though. It's only the young roos between 10 and 18 weeks old who die. The first one had extreme balance problems and weakness, the second one had a severe respiratory...
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    Help, my rooster has big cyst on wing

    Hey all, I just noticed my polish rooster dragging his wing and upon inspection found a huge crusty cyst on the tip near his feather follicles: As you can see I clipped the feathers away for easier viewing. I'm not sure what this is, though I think it might be an abscess from an ingrown...
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    Duramycin and LS 50 together

    Can I use duramycin and LS50 together in treating my flock? My beautiful blue ameraucana cockerel died this morning from what I believe was a severe respiratory infection as he was wheezing non stop. I am now afraid that my other chickens will come down with this and I want to start treating...
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    Suddenly laying shell-less eggs?

    Hey all, I wanted to post this a few days ago but forgot. Our Cali white pullet (21 weeks) started laying at about 19 weeks and for a week she laid normal eggs with one weird one on occasion. well, she has stopped laying shelled eggs and now only lays shell-less rubber eggs every few days. about...
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    When to start feeding layer feed?

    Our pullets just turned 17 and 16 weeks old yesterday, I heard mixed advice on when to start feeding layer food, some feed bags say starting at 16 weeks, others say 18 weeks, and still others say wait till you see the first egg. Right now they are eating All Flock feed pellets and no oyster...
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    Chicken staggering, sitting on haunches

    Hey all, our 8 week old Ameraucana seems to be suddenly having trouble standing for long periods of time, and he/she has started sitting on its haunches a lot. (it has always done this occasionally, but today it's particularly bad.) He/she still eats and drinks and even walks some, but can't...
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    Ameraucana/Easter egger (splash/wheaten)

    Hey all, I posted this in the is this a rooster thread, and one person said cockerel. I am thinking the same as this little one acts very "roostery" in a good way. Very friendly, and likes to "flirt" with me when I come outside, chirping, squatting down and tidbitting. Esther/Xerxes is about 6-7...
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    What age did your hens lay their first egg?

    Hey y'all, I was wondering what age did your pullets give you their first egg? I am eagerly anticipating the time when our 12 chickens will come into lay. Already got their nest box built and stocked with straw and dummy eggs. The first batch of pullets just turned 15 weeks Wednesday and the...
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    Introducing a single new chick to flock

    Hey all, About three weeks ago I bought a 5 week old Ameraucana to add to our current flock of 12 pullets who were at the time 12 weeks. I know that it's best to introduce more than one chick at a time, but we are limited in space and I wanted a colored egg layer. We've been slowly trying to...
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    Coccidiosis?

    Hey all, a few hours ago I went to check on my chickens, and found our 13 week old California White was still on the roost with her eyes closed. Thinking she was just tired, I came back inside for a bit then went back out and she was still the same. I took her off the roost and set her down, she...
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    California white gender

    Hello all, I'm not sure if it's too early to tell but my Cali white is almost 4 weeks old and I was wondering if anyone can tell the gender yet? It was the only St. Run I purchased from tsc. He, she seems to be feathering pretty slow compared to the pullets I bought.[/IMG][/IMG]
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    Should I be concerned about Coccidiosis?

    I am sure this has been asked before, but I was wondering if there are extra precautions I should take against Coccidiosis since my chicks are being fed unmedicated starter feed since I got them. I clean their brooder every other day, their waterers once a day and try to let them get some...
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    Discontinuing Electrolytes in water

    Hey all, I've been giving our chicks electrolyte water along with plain water, and just used my last packet. Will it hurt them to not have it for a while until I get more? They are 1 week and 2 weeks old. Also should I wean them off it slowly, like dilute the electrolytes I have now? A few weeks...
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    Types of bulb to use in my heat lamp

    Hello everyone! I have a question about heat lamp bulbs. Right now I am using a 250 watt infrared heat bulb, and while they were inside the plastic tote, it seemed to work fine, no one was overheating etc. but now that I've switched them to a different brooder the heat seems to be a little too...
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