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  1. One of the girls

    Vintage Egg Laying Chart

    Quote: Thanks Terry. Glad to read that!
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    Vintage Egg Laying Chart

    Quote: Hi Terryg, Hope you weren't offended by my comment. It was meant to make you and others chuckle. I even watched your chickens for a while. I've got my own to watch too. Cheers and best wishes for a fine 2012 to you.
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    Vintage Egg Laying Chart

    Terryg and all: It occured to me what a bunch of chicken heads we all are. I mean seriously watching someone else's chickens on camera. If I look at that from an objective standpoint it's crazy.
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    Nebraskans Speak Up!!! NEBRASKA ROCKS!!

    Hi Gilavina, I looked online and there isn't much info for Nebraska. I'd appreciate a few notes when you've got a moment, for one or two poultry events in our state. Thank you very much, Donna
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    Found Injured Rooster

    You can use sterile saline eye wash for the eye. Clean the area first with warm wet compresses. Don't rub. Blot. Q-tip swabs are great for detailing the area. Use lots of these so the infection goes into the waste can and isn't spread to good tissue. Once you get the area clean then use the...
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    What are your chickens' favourite treats?

    Me & Jack : Did anyone mention watermelon yet? My birds often walk around with pink beards in the summers because they get lots of watermelon! In the heat of summer cold juicy watermelon is their favorite treat. Whenever I cut into one they get all the rinds after I scoop out my own serving...
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    Found Injured Rooster

    That's fairly terrible. My BO rooster sustained a dog attack similar to your's and he healed up fine and was normal. Irrigate with sterile saline and give oral antibiotics. I'd bet he heals up fine. Chickens have an amazing ability to recover from terrible wounds.
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    Nebraskans Speak Up!!! NEBRASKA ROCKS!!

    gilavina Thanks for the info. I would like to attend a show and a sale. I will look at the state poultry clubs also. It's interesting and fun to learn what's going on and find friends here at BYC who are chicken heads like I am. Cheers, Donna
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    Found Injured Rooster

    I've administered injections into leg muscles. The drum stick or thigh. It feels safer to me because I'm not near lungs, heart, or large arteries, or the spine. Try the leg if you find you must use an injection.
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    How many eggs? 1,2,3...

    Well one would hope you'd get 6 out of the group on average. Once the days grow longer and the birds get warmed up and eating bugs and greens you should get a half a dozen I would think.
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    Help With Rooster From Hell!!!

    My BO roosters occasionally would (for fun or sport I think) run at me. I took to picking up my 'rooster stick' and shaking it at them while I said "Do I need a rooster stick?" If they backed down (which they virtually always did) I'd put the stick down and peace would reign again. Visitors to...
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    Updated 1-15-11 Very sick hen; not egg bound; diarrhea, droopy, standing upright

    Try placing her, during the last phase of recuperation, near or against the coop fence, so everyone can see one another but not touch. You might have to rig up a temp enclosure to accomplish this with her crate at one end for shelter. This way everyone can get used to the idea that 'Matilda' has...
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    Nebraskans Speak Up!!! NEBRASKA ROCKS!!

    Bump for the Nebraska thread. Wish everyone a wonderful 2012! And your chickens too.
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Quote: Yes indeed. And Octavia is absolutely lovely. Thanks for posting the photos. Can I get some hatching eggs when/if one of my girls goes broody again? Cheers, Donna
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    What have you done for your chicklets today?

    I fixed them a chicken tostada: Whole wheat tortilla, big scoop of heavily red-peppered cottage cheese, topped with lettuce, julienned carrot and cabbage.
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    clothing for chickens???

    Quote: Two of my younger hens lived in the house for warmth till they feathered out in early summer. They tried several times to follow me back into the house on my way in.
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    1 egg from Gracie (a young sex link). She hardly ever misses a day. Zero from the other three (I guess semi-retired!!) hens. I'm waiting for the red pepper treatment to kick in!
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    UPDATE:Eye infection/deformity??? Please help? PIC

    Quote: Well that's good news. Hopefully she sustained only a peck, or has a local bacterial problem. Keep the area clean and dry. Flush with the saline often then pat dry. Don't rub. If you can post another picture of her now that she's cleaned up I'd like to see how she looks. Cheers, Donna
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    UPDATE:Eye infection/deformity??? Please help? PIC

    # 1 is Get the area clean then work on the eye lids and eventually under the eye lids. A warm damp compress held gently against the area will loosen most of that debris. Once you've got a clean slate then flush with the sterile solution for eyes. Don't rub obviously because if this is a local...
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    What should I do?

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