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    Sick Embden gander

    Thanks for your reply Miss Lydia. The geese are free ranged so they have access to lots of greens and I also throw produce out for them daily. It's possible he could have gotten into something here on the farm but all the other birds have the same access. I have never dewormed them but I will...
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    Sick Embden gander

    I have an 8 year old Embden gander who has been doing a little more resting than normal lately. He's eating and drinking OK but just seems to be a bit off. For several days now I have noticed him resting while his mate stands guard next to him. He has a small amount of dirt collecting at the...
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    Sick Embden gander

    I have an 8 year old Embden gander who has been doing a little more resting than normal lately. He's eating and drinking OK but just seems to be a bit off. For several days now I have noticed him resting while his mate stands guard next to him. He has a small amount of dirt collecting at the...
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    Help! very sick chick

    Well. this little chick is still alive but she's still sick. She's had corid for two days now, she's eating and drinking if I put food and water right in front of her but not walking around. She sits with her legs stretched out in front of her and she won't flap her wings when I mock drop her...
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    Help! very sick chick

    Found a 9.6 ml/gallon dose on this forum so I used that and syringe fed the chick several mls and put some down for all the others. Keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks!
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    Help! very sick chick

    Thanks for your prompt replies! I managed to get some subQ fluids in but she's still really dumpy even after the fluids and dextrose. I do have Corid 9.6% but it's labeled for calves. Any ideas about mixing this for poultry? Is 4.7ml/gallon sound right?
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    Help! very sick chick

    I have a 3 month old chick who is suddenly very weak and lethargic this morning. So weak she won't eat and can barely hold her head up. A quick exam showed no obvious trauma and respiratory rate seems about normal. Her crop is empty so I gave her some oral dextrose just in case she's...
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    Broody hen question

    Thanks for your reply. It worked! Well, kinda. I sold the original chicks on Wednesday evening and immediately placed the new cornish cross chicks (and two wellsummer chicks from the incubator) with the hens. Both of them called the chicks to them and squatted down, hovered over them and kept...
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    Broody hen question

    I would like to raise some cornish cross chicks using my broody layer hens in hopes that they will have a better quality of life than my previous meat chicks who were raised in pens without a hen and who refused to leave the pen to free range. I have three broody hens (Marans and a Jersey...
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    Freedom rangers are ready for camp, however ...

    Wow! Who knew? Thanks PotterWatch. That was a very informative link. You're right... it's the intestinal lining. I can't help but wonder why on earth this is normal for chickens. I already ran out and got some corid and treated tonight but I can skip the rest of the treatment.
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    Freedom rangers are ready for camp, however ...

    I have been raising 25 freedom rangers since the beginning of November. This is my very first attempt at raising meat birds of any kind so I'm not really not at all sure how things are normally done. I've been feeding a meat bird crumble up until a week ago when I switched to purina flock raiser...
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    Water-filled belly: safe to eat?

    I second what alathea said and err on the side of caution. When we see fluid in the abdomen we think of liver disease or paritonitis both of which can be caused by microbes. I wouldn't take the chance with my health.
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    nevermind

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    New predator: Great Horned Owl. Will it eat chickens or ducks?

    Yep, caught one in the act tonight... had a family emergency and couldn't get home before dark to shut the door on the coop. As I pulled into the drive (it had only been dark for 45 minutes) I saw an owl fly off from a spot on the ground near the coop and found one of my runner hens dead and...
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    Just won a breeding pair, now what?

    I went to a poultry show yesterday and entered a raffle for a breeding pair of royal palm turkeys... and I won! I was really shocked and unprepared. So, I brought the 5 month old pair home and this morning I released them on the property (2.5 acres, mostly wooded) with the rest of the free...
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    Rooster trying to teach my dog to attack

    Thanks for all the wonderful feedback. I followed your advise... rehomed the RIR (to a person who knew why he had to go) and bought an 8 week old Welsummer. Can't wait for him to start crowing. So far, he has shown no interest at all in the dog, just keeps clear of him.
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    Rooster trying to teach my dog to attack

    Thanks for the offer skillswife... unfortunately, I'm about 1,000 miles from you in Portland, Oregon.
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    Rooster trying to teach my dog to attack

    Done! I found the perfect home for that rooster... 20 hens, no dogs and a proud new owner. Now, the search begins for the perfect rooster. Thanks for all your advise!
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    Rooster trying to teach my dog to attack

    Thanks everyone! I just put an ad on Craigslist for a free dog-attacking rooster. Don't know if I'll get any takers but it's worth a shot.
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    Rooster trying to teach my dog to attack

    He's a Rhode Island Red. I got him on Craigslist as a free rooster looking for a good home. The previous owner said he got along well with dogs. I would like a rooster that is either a Welsummer, RIR, Buff Orpington, Americauna, Wyandott, or speckled Sussex because those are the breeds of hens I...
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