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    Barred Rock Sick

    When you say electrolytes, what kind? Can I use the liquid kind like you get for children or is there a special form available for poultry? Also, I heard garlic might help. Anyone know how to give it (chopped in food or steeped and added to water)?
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    Barred Rock Sick

    Got chicken problems this morning. My barred rock (Rocki) that I barely saved from Coccidiosis last year and who has never laid since came out of the roost this morning fluffed up, grayed comb, listless and not eating. I went to pick her up (had to check for bound egg, which there wasn't) she...
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    Innoculating Hens

    hmmm, guess I best get the hardware cloth onto that storm window pronto then so I can leave it open
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    Innoculating Hens

    Yes, we have stray dogs, coyote rarely but do have an active bobcat population and racoons. When I learned all this was AFTER my pen went up, so yes, we ARE changing it to hardware cloth fencing LOL. Although at night, when predators are active (except dogs of course), we have the girls securely...
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    Innoculating Hens

    My three adult hens got it from a couple of "Hobos" that decided to start hanging around our place. I've been treating them for it for a week, then will wait another week and do another round. Wondered if after they are clear of the second round if I can safely vaccinate them to prevent this...
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    Innoculating Hens

    Can you safely innoculate grown hens against Coccidiocis?
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    Sickness in Barred Plymouth Rocks

    By the way, should I leave off putting the apple cider vinegar in their water while using the Corid?
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    Sickness in Barred Plymouth Rocks

    Thank you - that is a wealth of helpful info! Will get started immediately. Yes, quite possible it tracked in on my feet as there are two feral chickens that keep hanging around our property, a roo and a small hen. Should I treat with the Corid and the antibiotics at the same time? Or try the...
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    Sickness in Barred Plymouth Rocks

    Are these chickens prone to any particular illnesses? I have a Barred Plymouth Rock named Rocki that is part of a small 3-hen flock I've had for over two years. The other two are RIR and Americauna. They all eat the same feed, insects, vegetable scraps, etc. and are kept in a pen rather than...
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    Alabama Hatchery?

    Actually you CAN order from S&G in Clanton. They even have a website you can utilize..http://sandgpoultry.com/
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    Mice!

    I don't think I've ever seen those in the stores here. Do you know a brand name I could look up?
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    Mice!

    Help! My chicken pen is infested with mice! I've tried snap traps (they get the bait and never trip the trap), the horrible sticky traps (they eat the peanut butter and waltz right off of it!). I do NOT want to use poison due to hazard to chickens, cats, children, dogs, etc. I go in every night...
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    Origins of coop

    Here's one to keep you all busy. My little granddaughter wants to know where the word "coop" comes from. I can't find an origin. Anyone here know?
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    New to raising Chickens in Alabama

    Welcome to BYC Marbury. We live in Clanton. Ours are the Alabama Layers, 3 pet hens being one Americauna named Liberty, one RIR named Lil Red and one pudgy Barred Rock named Rocki!
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    Comment by 'mimijacobs' in article 'The Bama Layers'

    And you did an excellent job sweetheart!!! But one small note. Helps if you put the photos in order of progress.
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    Barred Rock Hen, or Roo?

    BTW, I've been getting an average of two eggs a day for a couple of weeks now..hmm, may be that my girls are a few weeks older than I thought
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    Barred Rock Hen, or Roo?

    Whew, thanks! It's just I see all these pics on here of the hens and they all have tiny little combs and almost no wattle, so obviously that would cause me a bit of hesitation! Her entire behavior/attitude has always been that of a hen, so I am hopeful she is really a SHE
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    Barred Rock Hen, or Roo?

    My barred rock "hen" is about 14-16 weeks old and has developed a gorgeous but troubling set of bright red full comb and wattles. However, I have never heard a crow out of "her" and two of the 3 new hen group that she is part of are laying - brown eggs. Since the other two are a RIR and an...
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    Door Closer

    We bought one of those prefab mini coops and of course it's too small so we are building a proper hen house and pen. We will save the mini coop for when we have a broody hen/chicks. We are wanting to install on the new hen house a door/closer like the one on the mini coop but I can't find those...
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