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    Turkey Bumblefoot- not getting pus/kernel out

    Tina, our 8 month old white rescue turkey has bumblefoot! I know white breasted turkeys are meat birds and not meant to love long. Tina is doing great, free range, not overweight, good mobility beyond the bumblefoot. She is not even limping much, just slightly. For the past week and half...
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    Tina the Turkey has Bumblefoot !!!

    Tina, our 8 month old white rescue turkey has bumblefoot! For the past week and half, I've been soaking it in Espon Salt/calendula for 10 minutes, picking off the scab with tweezers, spraying with vetrycin, applying Prid and keeping wrapped. I've delt with bumblefoot surgery in my hens, but...
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    Depressed Chicken, How to Manage?

    Hello and hope everyone is having a good day! I have something that I have never dealt with before in my 10 years of raising chickens. Last week, our 1 year old Egyptian Fayoumi rooster, Clyde, was killed. His main hen and hatch mate, Bonnie (who is also an egyptian fayoumi) has been slowly...
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    Duck with both leg lameness, Almost like Superman/Flying pose

    I have a 10 month old female duck who suddenly went lame on both legs. We found her a few days ago when she didnt get into the coop at night. She had both legs straight behind her. When I picked her up, she was able to stand for a moment, then when she tried to move both legs went behind her...
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    2 week old Chick Wheezing/Crackling & Now nasal discharge

    Hope this finds everyone staying healthy during this crazy time. Two weeks ago we adopted 9 chicks. We got 4 Americana and 1 Red Sexlink from a local feed store. We also got 2 Fayumi & 2 Sumatra from Wilco. They were all vaccinated against Mericks, and less than a few days old. They have...
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    Serama pullets or Cockrels?

    This is my first time hatching Seramas and they are about a month old. I know 1 is a cockerel but the others are tricky for me to decider. Hatched about 1 month ago I named them Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Chalotte wen they hatched since the colors were perfect!
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    Prolapse Vent in older hen with difficultly breathing when reinserting vent

    Hello, I have a heartbreaking question that I would love to get advice on. My bantam hen is about 5 years old, one of my brooder mamas whose idea of a perfect life is to sit in her nest box all day. She is still laying and hasn't had any trouble before. Today I notice her vent was extremely...
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    Day 28 and Ancona duck eggs not piped

    Still new to backYard chickens and I realize there are probably many threads that have great information that can help me but I thought I'd try this first and if anyone can point me in the right directions. New to incubating, I have a brinsea mini advanced and today is day 28 hatch day for my...
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    Mite infestation with my brooding chickens, 10 days from hatching

    I have four banty chickens who are currently sitting on 3 clutches of eggs, due to hatch in 10 days. Today when I went to check on them I was overwhelmed with red mites all around the nest boxes and in the coop. I have treated by coop about 6 months ago with neem, wood ash and diatamacious...
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