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    Gapeworm dosage not high enough?

    I have a buff Orpington hen that weighs about 4 lbs, a few days ago I took her to the vet because she was gaping, breathing a bit hard and also had a limp. The vet checked her stool and said the gaping was from gapeworm, the limp was unrelated. He gave her an antibiotic shot for the limp and...
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    Duckling walking on its ankle

    I hatched out some welsh harlequins almost a week ago and noticed not long after they all hatched that one of them had a curled foot and was walking on its ankle. I’m new to ducks so I searched and saw that a lot of people suggested using painters tape to flatten the foot out, sort of like a...
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    Need help sexing welsh harlequin ducklings!

    I hatched some silver welsh harlequin ducklings a couple of days ago, some of them it’s easy enough to tell the gender, but a few of them have me stumped. I know not all of them are able to be sexed by bill color, the eggs came from a local farm and they bought their ducks from a big hatchery...
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    Toltrazuril for chickens?

    Does anyone have experience using toltrazuril for coccidiosis in chickens? I’ve read conflicting things about egg withdrawal, some say 19 days, others 60 days and then some who say you can never eat the eggs again.
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    White spot on duck egg in lockdown

    I have duck eggs in lockdown and just noticed a white spot on one of the eggs that wasn’t there before, should I be worried? They were all good before lockdown.
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    Supposed to be cream legbar, but...

    I purchased two chicks a couple of weeks ago, they are supposed to be cream legbar, but their combs are definitely not single combs. The lady I got them from hatched the eggs, but they were acquired from someone else. I mentioned maybe some eggs got mixed up or a cross happened, but she claimed...
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    Duck leg injury!

    My dog escaped the fence and injured a runner duck. Still fairly new to ducks, we managed to get the blood to stop and treated the wound with veterycin, but one leg is stiff, cold and foot is a different color than the other. Is there any hope or anything I can do for the poor thing? It’s a...
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