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    Chicks have coccidiosis...should I treat the entire flock?

    Noticed some blood in the droppings of my 5-week-olds last night and checked today and there is more. First time dealing with cocci in my flock but it's been extremely wet and muddy this spring AND my chickens have been sick with MG so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I will hopefully be...
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    Potentially raising my first rooster! Advice needed!

    For the first time in 16 years I am going to give one of my cockerels a chance to stay with my flock. Having never done this before and never had experience with roosters I wanted to ask for advice to, hopefully, raise him to be a gentle and respectful roo. I know there are differing opinions...
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    Anyone familiar with swab testing chickens?

    Specifically tracheal swabs. I am looking into having my chickens tested for MG etc. via a respiratory PCR panel, and am required to send in 3 tracheal swab samples. Problem is I don't know exactly how to get the samples and the testing company won't tell me how (they told me to have a vet do...
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    When do the crests show up on Olive Eggers?

    If this chick will have a crest should I be seeing it by now?
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    Are these symptoms serious?

    I am trying to figure out if the signs of illness I am seeing in my chickens are serious enough to quarantine my flock or warrant a $140+ avian respiratory PCR panel. Maybe the symptoms are unrelated and I am just worrying too much, but I'd like your opinion. Here are the symptoms I've...
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    Inactive, sleepy chicks

    I recently brought home 3 Swedish Flower chicks and they are about 6 days old now. These are my first young chicks in 8 years, so I may not be remembering correctly, but all three of them seem to be SO much less active than my previous chicks. They sleep most of the day and are up to eat and...
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    Stinky Acres Farm

    Welcome to my little hobby farm known as Stinky Acres Farm! Here I will share some of what I and my poultry are up to. There will be lots of photos and maybe some art here and there.
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    Are there any tarps that don't degrade within a few months?

    I hate tarps but I need them....I recently bought an "extreme-duty weather-resistant tarp." I think it's been outside for a little less than a year and it is no longer waterproof and it is shedding tons of tiny bits of plastic into my chicken run. :he Has anyone found better tarps or...
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    How to stop Muscovy ducks from bullying each other?

    I specifically got all female Muscovy ducks to avoid bullies but I soon learned that doesn't keep them from picking on each other. When it is egg-laying season they chase each other daily, sometimes pulling feathers, drawing blood, and almost drowning each other, and I have had to separate them...
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    Subforum name change?

    So many members are mistakenly posting random threads in the "Everything Else" subforum because they don't notice it's in the Buy~Sell~Trade section. Could the name be changed to prevent this?
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    Minor wet feather - should I be concerned?

    All of my Muscovies have some degree of wet feather. They bathe and preen multiple times a day, but it hasn't resolved. It started this spring; they had no issues in the winter. I've read it's not uncommon in Muscovies, but should I be concerned and is there anything I should do to help them?
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    Your flower gardens!

    I wasn't able to find a garden thread dedicated to flower gardens, so I'm making one! Show off your flower and ornamental gardens! Outdoor gardens only - there's another thread for house plants. Looking forward to seeing photos of your beautiful gardens!! And feel free to discuss anything...
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    • Forum: Gardening
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    One of my hens is laying thin-shelled eggs but I don't know who

    One of my hens has been laying thin-shelled eggs for a week or so. I am finding a fragile or broken egg in the nesting box every day now. They get 17% layer feed and free choice crushed oyster shell, but they are on pasture now so not eating as much of the feed. I'd like to help her out by...
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    Why is molasses-free chopped hay so hard to get?!

    I'm so frustrated. My 16-year-old sheep has a hard time chewing due to missing teeth and she gets laminitis if she eats too much feed with molasses in it. I've spent hours looking for molasses-free chopped timothy or timothy blend and they seem to either be out of stock or the prices are...
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    Hen very sick - sour crop and milky white poop

    I found my nearly two-year-old Brahma hen, Tuffet, on the floor of the coop looking very sick this evening. We didn't notice anything abnormal with her yesterday. I separated her from the flock and brought her inside for treatment and observation. Her symptoms are: Crop overflowing with...
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    Muscovy acting differently than the rest

    I was trying not to worry and thought maybe Winona was just acting differently because she just started laying. But I can't help but worry. She doesn't look well. She is not following the other three ducks or foraging with them as much. She stands there when the other ducks are doing their...
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    How long until my Muscovies lay?

    I have found a couple round nest-like indentations in my Muscovies' bedding. Does that mean they're going to lay soon? How long do you think it will be? They are 8 months old now. Also, do golf balls work to fool Muscovies into laying in a certain spot like it does with chickens? Or do I...
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    Looking for a spray paint with the perfect barn red color

    Anyone know which brand of spray paint has a good barn red color - not too pink and not too saturated? Looking to get a close match to the Behr barn red solid stain I used on my wheelbarrow project here:
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    I want to know which eggs are laid by a certain hen

    I just treated one of my hens with antibiotics and can't eat her eggs for a couple weeks so I want to be able to tell if an egg is hers. What is the best way to do this? I've seen food coloring applied to the vent as one recommendation. How long does that last?
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    Blood on eggs for over a week

    This is the first time I've dealt with ongoing blood-smeared eggs. It seems to be one or two of my 1 1/2-year-old Brahmas (I have an idea who it is, but I'm not sure). One has laid probably 5 or more eggs in the last couple weeks or so with a lot of blood on them but the other's eggs aren't as...
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