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    Killer queens or heart attack?

    His neck was solid as was most of his body and he was in an Omlet pen so could not have flown as he never got out. No evidence of pecking, he seemed in good order , they had not removed his feathers. I thought it was because he was a juvenile ? I really dont know and guess I never will. He...
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    Killer queens or heart attack?

    Not sure if anyone can answer this. I put a young rooster into the pen with 5 ladies. He was pecked but they settled and all seemed fine until bedtime. On the night he did not go in the coop. We did put him in the coop. We went in this morning and he was dead in the coop. No missing feathers not...
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    What’s wrong with my Rooster’s feet!?

    If its leg mites, get your old cooking oil in a tub, they can stand in do this for 3 days / 3 nights quick dip in count to 10 and it should clear and kill the mites, its amazing how the mists gone and legs return to normal. cold cooking oil Good luck. (
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    Red Mites Help

    I use puppy pads in the nest areas so I can detect mites so dont use straw or hay
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    Red Mites Help

    Ouch the coop was £500 each.
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    Red Mites Help

    I dont think it will be as the dematiaceous earth is scattered about after the clean. some things cant be purchased here so I went to the vet and as i cant get rid of them i dont know what else to do. I will keep taking them but i think keeping chickens will be history . I burnt all the...
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    Red Mites Help

    I have omlet plastic chicken houses , I have sprayed and cleaned every 3 days for 3 months. They dont go away. I have been to the vets and the vet put the frontline on each one. The chickens as stated above have been plastered in dematiaceous earth. As im in the UK buying permethrin is not...
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    Red Mites Help

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    Red Mites Help

    I have bought some infested chickens, they are eating my chickens slowly . I have tried water, cooking fat and washing up liquid, Dematiaceous earth .frontline ( put on by the vet) yes I took all 12 chickens to the vet. Smoke bombs apple cider vinegar. johnson's Veterinary Poultry Mite and Lice...
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    Feathers removed

    I had a problem with the dawn to dusk where the doors were closed and would not open so I removed the side opener on the Omlet pen, I found my roo had all his feathers removed and in the pen. Anyone know what would cause this please. He was on his own as he was attacking another roo ( his...
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    Mites killed my chick vet wont help

    I had 6 chickens 3 died of of old age, I went to an auction and bought some more of which 3 were chicks. I kept them separate for a week , then together. I was horrified to find mites on the egg in the nest box. not just one lots , found them on me aswell, tried to get the vet to help...
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    Anyone ever buy eggs off ebay

    Yes and none hatched out of 12 I bought from one buyer. I swear the hen that laid them was a pullett, the eggs had a film over them (only way i can explain). Another batch i bought i got 3 out of 24. My experience of ebay eggs is negative. I bought eggs from a poultry auction and had a much...
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    I Just Lost my ENTIRE flock:(****

    I am so sorry you lost your chickens... If i live near you you can have some of mine:cd I mean that... Years ago i had chickens in a pen and had trouble with foxes....they killed all my hens and ducks. So we dug down deep and put broken glass in first then a layer of cement, then glass and...
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    What big beaks you have sisters

    Poobear ...you were right.. turns out a cat maybe one of my own has been visiting over my electric fencing and the total of 9.5 chicks later i have stopped it. One chick can not use its leg and this batch have no mother or big chickens that can get them. Looks like the cats squeezed in and done...
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    What big beaks you have sisters

    Can anyone help me to understand why would a hen kill a baby chick please? The only other thing that would kill the chicks is ? cat? I have 8 hens and have discovered that one of my hens with chicks has 4 missing one beheaded and another has 3 missing chicks...... they may have squeezed out but...
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