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  1. Tom Kathleen

    Nearly drowned keet hellp!!!!!!!

    QUESTION: Based on the following, would you start antibiotics as a preventative to pneumonia? PLEASE ADD ANY OTHER TIPS OR HACKS YOU SUGGEST. SITUATION: 3 day old keet found drowning in brooder water dish because someone didn't put back in the rocks after filling the water. It looked dead...
  2. Tom Kathleen

    What gender or breed is this friendly hobo?

    So this chicken just showed up in our flock one day. Somebody either dumped it with ours or it ran away or got lost. No one around here has chickens. It's calm, doesn't mount our hens, has 1 inch straight spurs (not curved like our roos). Smaller than an orpington bigger than a leghorn. We free...
  3. Tom Kathleen

    Anyone have bunch of Prairie Blues noticed sudden death?

    We have 150 laying hens of about 13 different breeds. We had 15 Praire Blues that are 18 months (a blue layer mixed with a leghorn purchased from one of those national hatcheries -- so probably terrible genetics). We had never had this "breed" before and initially liked them. They were an easy...
  4. Tom Kathleen

    Hatching anamoly

    We have first season peafowl eggs (almost 2 years old peahens and peacocks). Because these are the first eggs laid, we knew hatch rate would be low, but they were fertile. For the first three, they all had the same issue. They developed fine and have fully formed chicks, but sometime past day...
  5. Tom Kathleen

    keet with messed up leg

    I have a 3-4 week old guinea with what looks like a broken knee at the tibia/femur joint? I'm not great with anatomy -it's the part that's closer to the body than the lower joint. It hatched fine and was fine for the first 4 days, then one afternoon, the foot was behind it, but not twisted. It...
  6. Tom Kathleen

    Guinea with broken knee

    I have a 3-4 week old guinea with what looks like a broken knee at the tibia/femur joint? I'm not great with anatomy -it's the part that's closer to the body than the lower joint. It hatched fine and was fine for the first 4 days, then one afternoon, the foot was behind it, but not twisted...
  7. Tom Kathleen

    Keeping peacocks fenced in a pasture

    QUESTION: Will clipping a peacock's flight feathers and adding bird netting to the top of our cattle fencing for a total of 9 foot high fences keep my peacocks home? Is clipping the flight feathers safe? (I do NOT mean pinning -- just clipping one wing's flight feathers) Peafowl are 2 years...
  8. Tom Kathleen

    I can't believe I did this!!! HELP!!

    Got Midnight Marans from Hoover's early Sept. Last 2 nights one has passed away at night. No signs of cocci, no injury, no mites, just DOA in the morning in rigor. FINE the night before. I have NEVER had this happen and am well-versed in all the horrible things that happen to chickens (we...
  9. Tom Kathleen

    Breeding calculator

    Anyone have a breeding calculator for guinea fowl? I've seen them for chickens and peafowl, but there's generally less info on guinea. My son started hatching guinea eggs this summer and we love the lavendars. So when he hatches a bunch, he sells the others and keeps the ones we like the...
  10. Tom Kathleen

    Any info on Prairie Bluebells and Midnight Majesty

    Just got my chicks from a "meh" hatchery (because they were the only ones shipping to my state with the 2 breeds I wanted to try -- I already have a lot of other chickens). QUESTION: Anyone have Prairie Bluebells that they know for sure are PBs? If, so, what did they look like? My PBs look...
  11. Tom Kathleen

    what is this thing in the egg?

    Is this a chalaza or a worm? Chickens have only been laying for 2 weeks, so getting used to how REAL eggs look ;-). It seems different than other chalaza, but we find that our fresh eggs are very different than store eggs -- brighter color, more durable shells, etc. No signs of worms in...
  12. Tom Kathleen

    The Neighbor's cat

    Help needed. The neighbor's cat ate a leghorn -- they are still smallish. But now I'm worried she's developed a taste for chicken and knows where to get them so any of my flock could be at risk. I'm going to try some stuff this morn to deter her but need something quick and easy (i.e. don't...
  13. Tom Kathleen

    Thanks

    Thanks for the join. This site has been a wealth of information in reading the threads and I'm grateful for it. Might have saved one of my chick's life last night with the electrolyte advice when you have to make your own.
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