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    Vintage Box Egg Incubator for someone near Nashville, TN

    I have an old box incubator. I believe it had a "made by" tag on it, but I can't find one now. It came my 96 year old neighbor. She is very handy but can't remember if she bought this as a kit or intact. It has had mice in it, so it would need good cleaning. I have not tried to plug it in...
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    Necropsy: Graphic. Ascites (fluid filled abdomen) after illness

    I ended the battle to help this hen get well. She was suffering too much. A necropsy confirms that. Below are the graphic pics in case it helps someone. After much reading, I think this hen may have been doomed from shortly after birth. She was given to me by a city hen keeper who said the...
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    Hen: Lethargic, hard abdomen, straining neck, standing, water doesn't stay down.....

    Hi, all: I've spent several days reading about various possibilities for an ailing hen, and can't find anything that fits her symptoms. Help would be appreciated. I'm trying to list all I can think to be important: -2 yrs old, previously great layer, previously active and no health issues -pen...
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    What the heck just happened

    I have a flock of pekins. One female has been too popular with the boys and has been very haggard lately. Today, she was holding her neck tight against her body and moving slowly. I noticed she barely ate, and I saw that her nostrils appeared pretty dirty. You couldn't see through them at...
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    What do you think about hobbling the rooster's legs?

    I have a leather strap with which I've limited the gait of my rooster. He's gotten over zealous. He can walk about freely but can't run at full gait, so the hens can get away. It also interferes with him mounting them so viciously. His spurs have also been trimmed to a very flat end. The...
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