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    Swollen Caruncle

    He is alone. No other birds with him.
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    Swollen Caruncle

    Monday after work i came home and noticed my toms caruncle/wattle was / is swollen 2x its normal size. started oxytetraceline thinking an infection. 2 days later it seem to be the same. any ideas??
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    Ants attacking injured chick

    I have a rescued appx 10 weeks old. He is injuried around his neck. Injuried so bad that i can see the flesh and possible cut(s). the injury is drawing ants...how can i protect him from the ants?
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    (help Help Help Help !!!)ants And Injuried Chicken

    I have a rescued appx 10 weeks old. He is injuried around his neck. Injuried so bad that i can see the flesh and possible cut(s). the injury is drawing ants...how can i protect him from the ants?
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    Official BYC Poll: The Worst Predator

    This has been the worse year for me as far as predators are concerned. In the last month I have lost 41 of 43 pullets to an unknown predator. I have plugged every hole around my chicken run with cinder blocks, or concrete. I have reinforced my windows with chicken wire or 1/2" hardware cloth. ...
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    "windows" in a metal coop

    electricity in the coop? or an extension cord and fan will help cool...you can get fans with clips at walmart for about 10 bucks..as far as the window....sounds like a good idea..may want to run the frame from the floor to the roof and secure it to the frame..then mount window, fans etc
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    Post Hatch Incubator Cleaning.

    about fort oglethorpe....ah no....im about 45 mins south of macon.
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    Post Hatch Incubator Cleaning.

    this is a post-hatch issue...still holding on to one survivor from this last hatch...seems to be doing good...just lonely i suppose. If i had to bet..it is a bacteria issue..as i have not cleaned it since the last use. did i read a 10/1 mix bleach and water? love my BYC family
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    Post Hatch Incubator Cleaning.

    I have a bator 1602n (Styrofoam bottom) what is the best way to clean the Styrofoam of the incubator. can bacteria survive from one hatch and infect the next hatch. my firsst hatch about 3 months ago, 13/15 (88%)survived and going strong, the next hatch about a month ago mortality rate was 100%...
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    What can cause early mortality in new chicks?

    this sounds alot like what is happening to my new chicks right now...hatched 8 ..6 died before making it to the brooder 1 died last night after making it to the brooder. i was wondering if maybe there was a batceria in the incubator from my first hatch. because this happened to me about a month...
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    Hen with swollen side of face. Help/Advice appreciated.

    You may have a case of coryza... I have been researching this too, as I have a hen whose eye is completely swollen closed. Here is a link you can read more about coryza http://www.shagbarkbantams.com/page22.htm
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    3 day old walking on shank..

    I have a chick that is walking/stumbling around walking on her shank. Her toes are appear fully developed. But for some reason she walks around on the end of her shank, as her toes are curled up under her foot when she is walking. Does anyone have any suggestions? I will try and get pics posted...
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    Hatching

    well the bator did not smell until they started hatching...neverthelesss a little soap n water and we are good as new
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    Hatching

    Have 16 eggs in incubator 8 hatched between yesterday afternoon and early this morning, and 2 more pippin thru..wooohooo. Daddy better get a bigger brooder. no one told me that when the chicks hatch the incubator would stink like.....i dont know what...
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    ratio egg sex

    Does anyone or has one done a study to see what sort of ratio you get when hatching eggs. I guess what i am trying to get at is I have 20 eggs on day 8, of those 20 are 19 going to be roosters or vise-versa?
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    Hoarse Rooster

    Miracle of miracles...2 table spoons of ACV for every gallon of water for his horaseness and I can tell an improvement already...woohoo "There is something to be said about waking up to the sound of a rooster crowing...its almost magically". ~ Me
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    Hoarse Rooster

    I have a rooster of unknown variety… a week ago I posted and was told it sounded like gapeworm. Did the worm treatment but still he is very raspy when he “crows”. I read on another one site to put cider vinegar in the water, to clean any possible mucus in his throat; he is very shy when I come...
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    Gasping Hen

    sounds kinds like gapewormI just went thru this ..check this link out
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    Lost cock-a -doddle-do (VOICE)

    #1Recently...the last week or so I have noticed that my roo has lost his "cock". I thought nothing of it I suppose for the first day or so but now this has been going on for a week! My girls are in molt could this have something to do with his lack of a cock-a-doodle-doing.... #2 Some other...
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    Help..

    I was not expecting this...i came in from school and I have 2 chicks....hours old...what do I do? I have them in the house now with a light on them...what next?
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