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    Chicken disease that can cause blindness in humans????

    Hi Ridestofar, Well the eye doc doesn't know how long it takes for histoplasmosis to show signs that you have it but she does not see evidence of my having it at this time. She thinks I may have breathed in some of the bacteria that was flying around as I was pressure washing the coop and that...
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    Chicken disease that can cause blindness in humans????

    Shall do.
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    Chicken disease that can cause blindness in humans????

    I was cleaning my large snaplock chicken coop with a pressure sprayer Monday, this is Thursday. Yesterday I woke up feeling like I had something in my eye and noticed a little tiny bump on the upper edge of my lower lid and lightly scraped at it with my nail. Pus came out several times as I...
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    Just lost half of my first hatch, dying every few hours...

    I would like to know if I can make this stuff up ahead of time for "just in case", and if so how long will it last? Is it shelf stable? It sounds like it would be but I'm no herbal expert.
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    What causes soft yolks?

    Have gotten an egg for two days in a row now that the yolk busted upon cracking into the frying pan, which has not happened before. I collect the eggs and we use them up almost daily so they are not old. But one of my hens is about four-five years old. So I suspect it is her eggs.
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    Scabby Rooster on Burger King commercial

    Yes, that's the one. : (
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    Maine

    My four chickens and one rooster came through well, despite weather that made me want to move to Florida. Got down into the low single digits several times and we've had WAY more than our fair share of rain for them to have to slog through half frozen mud. My rooster's comb got a little...
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    Scabby Rooster on Burger King commercial

    I was just wondering if anyone has seen the poor rooster on the Burger King commercial? His comb is so scabby it looks MISERABLE. You'd think they would want to present anything they have to do with in the healthiest light but not so in this case. There is more than one of their rooster...
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    Rooster "hit" me

    Maybe so but I've never been able to kill anything unless it's suffering and he does a good job of protecting his hens so I'll just be more careful from now on. Thanks for the advice!
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    Rooster "hit" me

    This may be a stupid question, but I figure what's the harm. My rooster just "hit" me and gave me a good cut. Should I do anything special other than a warm soapy wash and normal disinfectant? Hurts like the dickens, think he may have hit a nerve in the back of my hand. He hasn't liked me ever...
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    What feed do you reccommend I get and why?

    I wouldn't have thought they needed animal protein until I saw one of my hens eat a whole frog on two different occasions. And I guess insects aren't plant protein.
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    Ended Official BYC Contest: Worst Chicken Molt Pictures, Fall-Winter 2013

    My chickens are molting now as it is turning cold here so I am worried about them. My white leghorn the most although she still looks fully feathered the number of feathers on the ground is astonishing. Your signature area touches me as it expresses my feelings also, 'cause I'm worn.
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    Comment by 'Xanadu' in item 'Production'

    Wish there was a code on each page that would tell what all the initials mean.
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    Mites & a Snake

    Thank you for the advice on the bugs Chris. I agree with you about the large block of text. I will try to amend my ways. Oh and my son thought we would have to kill the snake but I would never do that unless I thought it was a rattle snake and I couldn't find any other way to protect my...
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    Mites & a Snake

    I guess I said something wrong as everyone else who has posted on this subject has at least one reply. Oh well. Managed by putting my boots into a large plastic bag with a scoop of DE and coating my hands & arms up to my elbows with the DE & an intense hot scrubbing shower immediately to feed...
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    Mites & a Snake

    Well I went out to the run/coop day before yesterday to get the eggs & found a 4 1/2 foot snake inside the cat litter converted nesting box in a circle around two eggs. Since I have gotten as many as three eggs I am wondering if he ate one. I scared him away with my husbands grabber stick as he...
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    Five Roosters One Hen

    Out of the four babies I got in March one seems to be a roo. It is the one the store person called a yellow buff which I assume is actually a Buff Orpington. It is the most beautiful glorious golden color and largest bird at five months of all in my pen which also includes one 4-5 month old...
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    black watermelon seeds for chickens?

    Whenever I eat tomatoes, tomato sauce, catchup (Italian & Mexican food), potato anything, peppers in any form, or eggplant I hurt and my joints get worse. I am sensitive the same way to the citrus family so can't take most forms of vitamin c, drink sodas or eat jams, etc. (preservative of...
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    Comment by 'Xanadu' in article 'Heny my Big Fluffy Blue hen'

    In the future if you can't get a chicken out of somewhere you can't reach into it may help to have it trained to a certain treat although you hadn't had Penny long enough for that I know. Mine will come from anywhere to me if I have the big bag of dried mealworms that I get from Lowes and I...
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    Comment by 'Xanadu' in item 'Golden Sex Link'

    Thank you Haveandtohold. I am a relative newby and I don't approve of the way the world treats most animals. Thus after reading the article you gave the link to I am not into production hens although to start with we didn't know any of this. My husband just brought home a "yellow buff" as the...
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