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    What is this comming out of my newly hatched chick?

    Thank you for all your input. What is this from; hatching too early, too high humdity? What? I am trying to keep it very clean giving him his own quarters is difficult. This is what it looks like 24 hours later.
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    What is this comming out of my newly hatched chick?

    I have searched the internet for hours trying to find out what this thing (see image)coming out of my chick. i found nothingone the internet. Can some one help me identify this and tell me how to treat it so i can save my new chick. thanks
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    Selling Blue breaded silkies

    What is a fair price for a 3 or 4 month old Blue silkie? We usually sell our Blue silkies as chicks but we have grown our flock to an unmanageable number so we are trying to down size. We recently went to an auction where our roosters sold for $16.00 but, seven of our hens only sold for $8.50...
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    The Mystery that is plaguing my New Hampshires

    I'd use Seven (5%) but, that stuff is dangerous. I don't want my chickens to become blind or effect their respiratory system. I hear of the "Shake & Bake" method, putting the chicken in a bag with the dust and gently shaking it on them. Also, the hang chicken upside down and dust them method. I...
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    The Mystery that is plaguing my New Hampshires

    They are molting. I'll check for mites. When using a flashlight at night what specifically are we looking for. In other words what do mites and lice look like. My wife has been in the child care business for thirty years so she knows what lice looks like on kids. "rat snakes" I thought snakes...
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    The Mystery that is plaguing my New Hampshires

    Thank you for the info, if you can recommend a particular mite or lice dust I'll try it. I have been using DE but, the jury is still out on its effectiveness. I can not explain my two mysterious deaths. We examine them for bites and wounds and found nothing. As far as their behavior we didn't...
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    The Mystery that is plaguing my New Hampshires

    Since mid July my 10 New Hampshire hens have not produce their usual 7 to 8 daily egg production. As I mention a month or so ago two of my adult hens mysteriously died in there nesting box. I contemplated that it could be: Pack of rats but, I only found one or maybe two eggs broken the other...
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    does a dirty manure filled chicken yard make my chicken sick?

    Cleaning our chicken coop is relatively easy. Once, your remove all the chunks you give the coop a genus dose of vinegar. But, the chickens are messing in the chicken yard. The manure can not be picked up like horse manure especially after a Florida monsoon season. when I go into the yard I sink...
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    mysterious deaths

    I had two New Hampshire hens found dead in their nesting boxes. The two deaths didn't occur together but, rather two months apart. There seemed to be no marks, bites, wounds, or any visible symptoms. Can any one add any clues so I can solve these deaths. Thanks!
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    Turkeys

    We have 11 Broad Breasted Bronze young Turkeys they are 6 months old and they are for sale! Come and get them...We are located off Denton Ave just a few miles north of SR 52 Hudson FL
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