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    refresh my memory, please!

    can someone please remind me of the dosage of VetRX for a 5 week old chick showing lethargy and fluffed feathers? 4 Bantam babies in the house because their mom disappeared (from a covered, chainlink pen -- found no bones or blood, but a handful of feathers). Other 3 look fine, alert and...
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    Merry Christmas, everyone!

    Hi folks! I haven't been able to be here much recently, but I did want to take a moment to stop in and tell all of you Merry Christmas, and that I still enjoy BYC! Have a blessed Christmas season and a Happy and prosperous New Year.
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    copper pipe in kiddie/duck pool? Yes or No..

    I saw a tip in Birds and Blooms magazine that suggested putting some copper pennies into a birdbath to keep algae growth down. I wouldn't do that with ducks b/c the goobers would probably eat the pennies and the acid would eat off the copper allowing the zinc to leach out & poison them, so I...
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    heat and short tempers

    OK, I think the heat is getting to everyone. It has been proven that as the temperatures increase, the tolerance levels decrease. It is CERTAINLY proving to be true right now. Folks IRL ( some family members at odds w/ each other, and some friends having issues w/ friends and their own family...
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    I've been upgraded! :D

    I just noticed today that at some point, I given a "greeter" tag! woohoo! Thanks, tag-team!
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    extreme makeover questions

    Please bear w/ me; this may be long due to my trying to explain everything clearly. My current chicken house (my mom has a fit and says, "that's not a COOP! It's a chicken house! -- hereafter since Mom's not reading it, for the sake of ease & speed in typing, it shall be referred to as the...
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    Nephew and son conversation *Update: More from Landon :D *

    My nephew Heath has a not quite 5 yr. old son named Landon. Landon has an active imagination. He tells Heath: "Me and Con (Landon's imaginary friend) went hunting, and we got a deer". Heath said, "How big was it?" "400 lbs." ( !!) Heath asked, "How many points did it have?" "four"...
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    Is this common/normal with turkeys?

    I have a Blue Slate hen (no other turkeys, just this one who lives w/ the chickens & 3 guineas) who will be 3 yrs. old on April 16. The woman who got her picked her up at the hatchery -- the poult had hatched about 1 or 2 hrs. before my friend got there to pick up her chicks, and this was the...
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    How much rain...

    How much rain have we gotten thus far, you ask? My ducks are happily swimming in the yard. Did I mention we have no pond? I think we've well caught up and have overcome our rainfall deficit from last year.
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    helping hen heal after bout of coccidiosis

    Hey there! We see posts regarding chickens being too plump from eating too many treats, etc., but I need help witht the opposite end of the spectrum. I have an Australorp hen approx. 3 years old who just had a major bout of coccidiosis (apparently we have a BOATLOAD of it here, and I've...
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    oh look. another chicken in the bathtub....

    I just put my Australorp chicken back out into the coop today with her flockmates after one week of "tub time". I'd gone out to do coop cleanup and saw her just standing, wings down at her sides. The soil here is LOADED with coccidia, and I have been routinely feeding medicated chick starter...
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    Coccidiosis is TERRIBLE here; are any breeds more resistant?

    Title pretty much says it all. Even with feeding medicated chick starter routinely (per veterinarian recommendation after losing a duck and multiple chickens to multiple strains of cocci), I am STILL losing chickens, the latest being a sweet, docile 3 year old Buff Orpington. They lose weight...
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    Earlier post

    In a blinding flash of stupidity, I posted something earlier that was inappropriate. I thought better of my lack of judgment, but did not know how to remove the post myself after it was already posted (do you just go back and delete the whole thing? -- should have tried that. :-/ ) , and got...
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    ok, now I know I've spent too much time on here...

    I got an email from a clothing manufacturer with a title line of "you paid HOW much for that coat?" . I didn't notice who it was from at first, and I would have SWORN the email said, "You paid HOW MUCH for that GOAT??" Can you tell I've been looking at all those adorable baby goat videos &...
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    My eggs are frozen...

    and if it gets any colder, the ones from my chickens will be, too! It's not even officially winter yet, and it's in the single digits here in western Kentucky...
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    Yet another Craig's List funny

    I have a year old stud colt and a 3year old mare for 150.00 ea Both are excellent well manured horses. (underline added by me) not even too sure exactly what a well manured horse does.... ordinarily typos tick me off (especially when they happen to be my OWN!!) but sometimes they...
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    TerrieLacy and other duck folks, need your help please. *UPDATE*

    I just lost a Pekin female, approx. 1 1/2 yrs. old. About 1 1/2 mos. ago, she had a severe bout of coccidiosis -- yes, I took her and her companion to the vet, and that was his Dx. His recommendation was to keep ALL the poultry on this place on the medicated chick starter as their everyday...
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    VERY lightweight Pekin hen

    Hi there. My almost 2 yr. old Pekin hen Abby has lost a lot of weight in the last month or two. She has been eating and drinking as normal. She stopped laying when it started getting really hot here (about 2 mos. ago). I RARELY pick them up because I didn't get them as youngsters and they...
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    This is TOO funny!

    Go to youtube and look for Tim Hawkins Old Rock Star songs -- it is HILARIOUS!
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    Attacked!

    I went outside into the chicken pen like every other morning. First I let the ducks out, then I walked to the chickenhouse to let the chickens and guineas out. As usual, they all came boiling out the moment the door was open. I scattered some scratch grains and went to rinse out the various...
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