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  1. DellaMyDarling

    Duck Bumblefoot Up Into Leg

    Overwhelmed with internet threads, not really finding my answer. Initial exam of this duck does not show the classic large bumble on foot, but my poultry breeder friend assures me that it is Bumblefoot which has traveled. I'll bring him in and soak him and confirm there's no under foot wound to...
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    Roundworms *barf*

    My first encounter was during processing of a meat bird. In a rush, nicked the intestines. That was like a horror movie. I have since lost a few meat birds seemingly prematurely, found a huge pile of round worms in the run, and now am totally *barf* My birds all live and comingle together. If...
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    Cross Beak Chickie

    This poor thing...let me name it Bug. It was hatched from some of out bantam eggs, as a friend was testing his incubation skills over the summer. This is the only chick we got like this with over 6dz eggs hatched for us, thankfully. Somehow, chickie is able to eat and drink so far. I honestly...
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    Turkey Ate Nerf Dart

    I imagine nothing I can do? Any idears? Poor thing ain't near butcher weight, would be an awful waste of life if I cannot remedy.
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    New Chicks Dropping Dead

    Got our meaty chicks from post office this AM. This is the SECOND batch from Hoover's. The first batch was DOA. The chicks were each carefully picked up, dipped in food and water, and herded underneath the heat plate. As always, plain pine shavings fresh from bag. Clean water from our well...
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    Wing Clipping

    I am biting the bullet and fencing in a portion of our property. Cannot afford sad, crowded, cooped birds and cannot afford a loss a day to fox. Fenced range we shall. Yes, I know a fox can climb over. My hope is to at least take the easy out of the Meals To Go to deter them. There's plenty of...
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    Talk Me In/Out

    We are fairly positive our flock has both Mareks and MG. As discussed over the past year in my various threads. Isn't that lovely? Seeing as how "the worst case scenarios" already exist here, I am considering skipping the chick order this year and just getting some started birds off...
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    Beak Injury

    Always something new! No idear how it happened, but I have suspicion that there is need to cull some cockerel round here. Poor gal. Should I snip that? Glue it?
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    Tell Me This Is Not CL

    Omg, this doesn't look promising. With one doe and kids in my stall, I cannot separate her either.
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    Stupid Goat, Emergency?

    Very pregnant Nigerian made a grand escape. She gobbled a bunch of Chaffhaye and approximately 3 cups (maybe as much as 5, but I'm leaning toward 3) of wild bird seed mixed with BOSS (maybe 15% BOSS) I'm going to examine the bag and try to determine how much Chaffhaye was eaten. She is only...
  11. DellaMyDarling

    Meat Turkeys?

    I'll be creating either a tractor or electric fenced zone to pasture meat chickens this summer. I have had multiple requests about raising next Thanksgiving turkey. Oh boy. I know nothing about turkey. Can I raise a few turkey birds with the meat chickens? I'm still leaning toward CX meaties...
  12. DellaMyDarling

    Rabbit Waste Management

    Show me your more advanced system with the materials you used please. I'm a homestead operation, not fancy breeder. Cheap and efficient is our goal. Facebook group post has more criticism than help, but I do think it helped me decide that we want not just trays for under the cages, but a sloped...
  13. DellaMyDarling

    Gapeworm?

    When it rains it pours. Here's my top Roo, threatening to die. More than one pullet has been gaping, but I shrugged it off as cold water in their bucket.
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    Surprise Kindling, Cold Kits

    I've got too much going on to explain myself. Long story short, Delilah Bun had 6 kits. She is now in my house because they are all cold, not enough fur in box, and last night was about -10. She stomped 3 :( 3 kits are cold. Wiggly, but cold. She is in and out of nest box. Everyone is leaving...
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    Sudden Death, Accident, Injury, Unknown Illness?

    Seems neck things are theme of the day. This is a sticky situation for me and I have to be detail cautious. My youngest, most beautiful cockerel was just laid in my arms. He died suddenly. He was hatched in June and was otherwise known to be in prime health. Initial exam reveals nothing to me...
  16. DellaMyDarling

    Non-Roosting Poop Machines

    I have a very mixed age flock. Included, a large number of late summer hatchers. These guys adamantly refuse to roost. There are a couple who have broken the herd mentality, but most of them just chicken pile. As the rest of my flock has seen this, more and more often I find the older birds...
  17. DellaMyDarling

    Embryo Development (Pics)

    During my unfolding experiences with broody chickens, we've had mischievous children placing ALL eggs under the 2 hens. And then, one hen broke her brood. This leaves us with many questionable eggs! Every day I go in and remove a bunch, leaving what I think is most likely to reward my hen (and...
  18. DellaMyDarling

    My First Broody!

    Small bantam Raven has been acting brood for nearly 2 weeks. Just from catching other posts here, I knew not to invest in it right away. We took eggs from her for a while. As the days went on, it became obvious she was committing, and I stopped taking eggs. On Friday I went out and candled and...
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    Ooo, Bunny Ear Mites?

    It appears at least one of my buns has ear mites. I'll get a pic and post update, can't upload it outside anyhow. Neighbor 4H kid mentioned it might be mites when I first brought them home. That was about a month ago. I hadn't seen anything concerning with ears til this morning. Shoulda...
  20. DellaMyDarling

    I Fattened the Goats :(

    I made an error in research and feed management. Backyardherds can be real slow responses and my FB groups tend to give bad goat info, hoping better here. 2 of my Nigerian goats have been getting a pellet mix containing alfalfa/timothy pellet plus hay stretcher pellets. They share, twice per...
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