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    Egg bound - gave bath - didnt' work

    Ok, I gave her a warm bath, but now after reading more, I didn't have enough water for her to float in. I only put it about half way up her back and then gently splashed it onto her vent area. She is drinking (and drank quite a bit during the bath) but as of this morning, no egg. I read...
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    hen acting "funny" - WTH is this?

    Hen has been acting very strange last couple of days. Just sitting around. She walks very funny - likes she's in pain. The area between her back legs and vent looks swollen but upon feeling it - I can't feel anything. If she was egg bound would I feel something hard (like an egg)?. It's not...
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    new roo - badly swolllen feet

    Got a new flock in about 3 weeks ago (kept them segregated, etc - have received new NPIP test (passed) for new and old birds - no worries about a disease spreading throughout the flock) and about a week after getting them, we noticed the roo's feet were badly swollen and they appear to be...
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    Nubian cross doe in milk and 2 mo old buck

    I have a 2 year old Nubian cross doe (freshened 6/14/12) I would like to sale. She has horns. I obtained her and her twin daughters in May of this year. She kidded twin bucks on 6/14/12. I am keeping one buck and would like to sale the other. He is dehorned. She is milking about 2 cups in the AM...
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    Please help! I wanted to show this guy in 2 weeks

    what the HECK is wrong? I saw a few spots last weekend and they looked like dried blood and I thought it might be my other 2 dominant roos pecking on his, but last night I went out to inspect everyone to see who was going to need baths for the show and look at him now!!!!! I do not see...
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    changed from hay to shavings in next boxes

    and the girls seem to hate them. They are now laying in on the ground. I'm guessing I should just switch back to hay? or will they adjust?
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    Terramycin eye ointment

    I tried ordering this from about 7 different companies. All were backordered :( I found a guy on ebay that was selling it, only everything is in Turkish. The Turkish I'm not worried about - It does have Pfizer's logo on the box and the ingredients are the same as the stuff in English...
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    homemade broody box

    I am very tired of other hens coming and laying in the next box that a broody hen is in. I have to go thru all the eggs each night and pick out the ones that were laid that day. It has been a HUGE PITA!!! here's what I did looking at it from the side looking at it from the top...
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    could a roo's spur slice her slide?

    I don't have a picture of it (I discovered it last night and it was already too dark for a pic) and I'm at work so I can't go take one now. However, last night when I went to check on my broody hens and lock everyone up, I discovered one of my hens (who was fine this past weekend) sitting in a...
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    I don't think it's an impacted crop

    I thought I posted a topic about this but now can't find it so I don't know if I received any responses/replies or not. If I did post, I apologize for the duplicate post. My Maran hen has a very large distended (what I think is her) crop. It's been this way for several weeks. It will go...
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    I thought impacted crops were hard?

    my blue Maran has what I think is an impacted crop, but it is soft to the touch and very "mushy." I thought impacted crops were hard to the touch. Is it impacted or is she just a pig? I'm leaning toward impacted because it's so huge - about softball size and it hasn't seemed to change in size...
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    Hen hatched chick and moved to another next

    I had a hen hatch her first egg Tuesday (it's my first hatched egg too !!! :) and I don't know how she did it but she took the chick and moved to another next box (18inches below the next she was on, with no ramp or anything connecting the next boxes) and was sitting on unfertilized eggs. I...
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    Friend needs helping figuring out what she has

    My friend's flock is about 6-8 months old and she acquired them from different people/places so she really doesn't know what she has. Can anyone help her? Mystery #1 - hasn't laid yet Mystery #2 - hasn't laid yet Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    Email from Ideal Poultry

    I received an email just awhile ago (yup, I'm from Texas) announcing that Ideal Poultry was Celebrating its 75th Year. At the bottom of their announcement it states "If you haven't already visited Backyard Chickens you might want to visit their site. They have a very informational forum." I...
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    flat roof to sloped roof

    I have to replace the flat roof on my "baby" coop (right now everyone is 2 months old). It's got a 20+year old flat roof on it that leaks like a sieve. Here are the materials I have. LOTS of 2X4s (these were all free I just need to remove nails), LOTS of shingles, rolls of tar paper, and I...
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    Anyone bought or tried 'Omega Ultra Egg'?

    Was in TSC yesterday getting feed and I say this bag of stuff named "Omega Ultra Egg." Ingredients: Ground Flaxseed, Folic Acid, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6). It's a 4.5 pound bag and was about $20. Feeding directions...
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    plastic waterers with red bottoms

    yes, I would like automatic waterers, but right now it's not doable. I have one 5 gallon bucket in my main coop with nipples (which the chickens do use) and in the "baby" coop I have the white plastic waterers that have the red bottoms. Ideally, once you screw the black lid on the water is...
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    is 2 weeks long enough?

    I have teenagers that I have been keeping in a separate pen in my main coop for 2 weeks. Is 2 weeks a long enough "training" period for them to know the main coop is where they should now roost at night? or will they attempt to go back to the "baby" coop? Should I leave them locked up for...
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    should I wait 45 days instead of 30?

    I bought 3 lavender orphs, 1 buff orphs, and 4 leghorn chicks from a lady locally on July 30th that are quarantined and 107 chicks I bought from Ideal Poultry that are quarantined in a (larger) different area. I've had them all for 3 weeks today and really, really want to put them together, but...
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    Is there a way to "bookmark"

    particular topics and/or feeds? I'm not sure of the terminology, but for example, I'm in Texas would like to follow the Texas feed. Is there a way to mark this somehow so I couldn't have to scroll thru all the pages? (It just so happens that Texas is only on the second page:). I also follow...
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