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    Black comb? and gender identity

    I should mention that they are 10 weeks old....
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    Black comb? and gender identity

    For the first time ever, we let our last hen have a brood-fest this year. We bought a dozen fertilized eggs and she happily did all the work. We ended up with 9 chickens and I just want to get some opinions. These are mostly Easter Eggers but one has a black wattle and comb. He is not...
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    Respiratory/Tylan 50/to treat or not to treat

    Hi Kathy, I was slogging through entries on the Tylan50 and some people were not doing injections but were putting it in their water. Doesn't mean that is right, I'm just wondering if there is more than one way to administer. Also - do you think I should wait this out? No more weird...
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    Respiratory/Tylan 50/to treat or not to treat

    I've been reading the recent posts about Tylan 50 but am more confused than ever..... We have a backyard flock of 8 - Last night one of our hens was 'sneezing' (who knew hens could sneeze) and making a raspy noise when breathing. Another was making the raspy noise but not as bad. I thought...
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    Moving chicks outside and into isolation near 1 yr old hens/ coccidiosis danger?

    Amazing information on the coccidiosus -thank you. Also glad to know that the Corid is not an antibiotic. We are looking at night temperatures of about 58. They have been fine without the heatlamp at night indoors (sort of an unheated/uncooled garage-type room). Maybe I'll wait another week...
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    Moving chicks outside and into isolation near 1 yr old hens/ coccidiosis danger?

    I have five 3 week old chicks and will be moving them out to the coop soon. Our coop has a lower level that is surrounded by hardware cloth and has a concrete floor that we cover in 6" of straw (safe from predators). I have a couple of questions related to the move: 1. The lower level has no...
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